National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Montrose or Dundee that keep their silverware dream alive.
Dundee could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Ross County, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dundee.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Dundee have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-4-1 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
Montrose form and stats
Montrose participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Two home wins in a row for Montrose bring valid hopes of a third.
The home team returns to Links Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Forfar Athletic (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the League Cup game ended 0-0.
Before that, Montrose had a League Cup home game versus Brora Rangers which ended with a victory 3-0.Montrose are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Ross County awaits in three days.
Dundee form and stats
Dundee was sent out of League Cup in the 2nd round last season.4-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dundee in their Championship matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hearts game have they lost an away game, meaning Dundee has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Dundee play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Ross County (placed 4th).
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Brora Rangers in the League Cup.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Dundee given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed two matches with one win as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Forfar Athletic in just three days.
Dundee are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 14 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dundee have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Montrose wins - draws - Dundee wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Montrose missing players
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| Montrose | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 24 | 48 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 44% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Montrose | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Ross County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 5 | Brora Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |