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

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 18.Jul
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Links Park (3292 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Montrose or Forfar Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Montrose nor Forfar Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Montrose form and stats

Montrose participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

The story so far in the League One for Montrose at their home stadium (Links Park) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Montrose's previous match was a League Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 versus St. Mirren. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Clyde (1-2).

There will be little rest for Montrose after this match as they are travelling to Cowdenbeath for a League Cup game in only four days.

Montrose have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Links Park with 31 goals in 18 league matches. Montrose have conceded 26 in these home matches.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

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

6-4-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Forfar Athletic in their League Two matches away.

The fans enjoyed Forfar Athletic's previous game versus Cowdenbeath, a League Cup win (1-0) played at home.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs East Fife.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 20 goals have been conceded by Forfar Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Montrose have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Forfar Athletic.

Montrose missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montrose Forfar Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
8 5   Won W   5 13
5 2   Drew D   3 5
12 6   Lost L   5 7
36 23   Scored S   14 28
47 28   Conceded C   17 25
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 64%
68% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 40%
44% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 12%
20% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
64% 69%   BTTS BTTS   46% 48%
16% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 32%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   31% 28%
 
5.2 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5
4.7 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 5.3
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 7.6
3.8 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.8
38% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 40%
 
11.2 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 8.9
4.8 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.8

  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 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Montrose 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 St. Mirren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
5 Cowdenbeath 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 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 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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stirling Albion 36 21 10 5 67 37 18 13 4 1 42 18 18 8 6 4 25 19 30 73
2 Dumbarton 36 18 8 10 49 39 18 10 4 4 25 16 18 8 4 6 24 23 10 62
3 Annan Athletic 36 14 9 13 61 51 18 8 5 5 36 21 18 6 4 8 25 30 10 51
4 East Fife 36 14 8 14 54 50 18 7 3 8 28 24 18 7 5 6 26 26 4 50
5 Forfar Athletic 36 13 9 14 37 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 6 4 8 17 20 -6 48
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 11 13 51 55 18 6 7 5 26 24 18 6 4 8 25 31 -4 47
7 Stranraer 36 12 9 15 43 57 18 9 5 4 28 23 18 3 4 11 15 34 -14 45
8 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 36 11 9 16 36 47 18 6 3 9 22 29 18 5 6 7 14 18 -11 42
9 Elgin City 36 11 7 18 44 62 18 6 4 8 21 24 18 5 3 10 23 38 -18 40
10 Albion Rovers 36 11 6 19 47 48 18 6 3 9 20 19 18 5 3 10 27 29 -1 39

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Montrose 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 St. Mirren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
5 Cowdenbeath 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

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