All the facts and stats for the League Cup clash: Arbroath - Montrose

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arbroath & Montrose face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

It should be mentioned that Montrose play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Montrose on grass are 5 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-14. You can compare this with overall results below.

Arbroath have less rest than Montrose in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Forfar Athletic.

L L D W L

Arbroath form and stats

Arbroath participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.

With 2 Championship wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Arbroath are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Arbroath haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 312 minutes ago. O'Brien scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Arbroath will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Forfar Athletic.

Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against St. Mirren in the League Cup.

Arbroath aren't scoring a lot here at Gayfield Park in the league, with only {11 goals} from 18 games. Arbroath's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

D L W W W

Montrose form and stats

They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.

5-4-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Montrose in their League One matches away.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Cowdenbeath in their previous outing. The League Cup fixture ended 1-1.

The match earlier was the League Cup-battle against Forfar Athletic, a home loss (1-2).

Montrose are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 18 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Montrose have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Arbroath have not lost in the last 6 matches (5-1-0) facing Montrose.

Arbroath missing players

Montrose missing players

Arbroath Montrose
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
5 1   Won W   3 8
10 6   Drew D   3 5
10 6   Lost L   5 12
22 8   Scored S   12 36
35 16   Conceded C   16 46
84% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
72% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
36% 23%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 68%
24% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 40%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 20%
52% 46%   BTTS BTTS   64% 68%
24% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 16%
40% 46%   Failed to Score F T   36% 20%
 
4.8 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 5.2
5.2 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.7
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
7 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 10.2
2.6 2.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 3.8
33% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 38%
 
9.1 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.5
3.9 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forfar Athletic 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
2 St. Mirren 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 6
3 Montrose 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
4 Cowdenbeath 4 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 -2 2
5 Arbroath 3 0 0 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 -1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee 36 17 12 7 66 40 18 10 4 4 42 22 18 7 8 3 24 18 26 63
2 Ayr United 36 16 10 10 61 43 18 7 7 4 28 17 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 58
3 Queen's Park 36 17 7 12 63 52 18 10 4 4 32 22 18 7 3 8 31 30 11 58
4 Partick Thistle 36 16 9 11 65 45 18 10 4 4 39 20 18 6 5 7 26 25 20 57
5 Greenock Morton 36 15 12 9 53 43 18 11 2 5 29 16 18 4 10 4 24 27 10 57
6 Inverness CT 36 15 10 11 52 47 18 6 7 5 25 18 18 9 3 6 27 29 5 55
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46 49 18 7 7 4 34 24 18 4 3 11 12 25 -3 43
8 Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29 47 18 2 8 8 11 22 18 4 8 6 18 25 -18 34
9 Hamilton Academical 36 7 10 19 31 63 18 3 6 9 18 30 18 4 4 10 13 33 -32 31
10 Cove Rangers 36 7 10 19 38 75 18 5 4 9 21 34 18 2 6 10 17 41 -37 31
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 36 23 12 1 63 21 18 10 8 0 30 10 18 13 4 1 33 11 42 81
2 Falkirk 36 19 10 7 70 39 18 10 5 3 38 17 18 9 5 4 32 22 31 67
3 Airdrieonians 36 17 9 10 82 51 18 10 3 5 50 27 18 7 6 5 32 24 31 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 17 6 13 56 47 18 10 2 6 31 23 18 7 4 7 25 24 9 57
5 Queen of the South 36 16 6 14 59 59 18 9 2 7 30 25 18 7 4 7 29 34 0 54
6 Edinburgh City 36 15 6 15 60 55 18 7 3 8 28 30 18 8 3 7 32 25 5 51
7 Montrose 36 13 9 14 50 55 18 8 5 5 31 26 18 5 4 9 19 29 -5 48
8 Kelty Hearts 36 10 10 16 39 54 18 7 4 7 21 18 18 3 6 9 18 36 -15 40
9 Clyde 36 5 9 22 35 68 18 4 6 8 23 32 18 1 3 14 12 36 -33 24
10 Peterhead 36 3 7 26 19 84 18 3 4 11 10 33 18 0 3 15 9 51 -65 16