League One information and preview: Airdrieonians odds-on front runner to overcome Montrose

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Penny Cars Stadium (10171 seats)

A very important fixture in League One as both squads are challenging for the top spots. With Airdrieonians in 2nd place and Montrose placed 3rd, this has all the looks of a thriling duel. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Airdrieonians have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League One
  • Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (20) in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 12 League One games here at Penny Cars Stadium for Airdrieonians. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. After failing to beat Cove Rangers here at Penny Cars Stadium, Airdrieonians has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Airdrieonians drew their last game, 1-1 away at Cove Rangers (placed 1st).

Before that, Airdrieonians played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Queen's Park.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Airdrieonians handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Airdrieonians's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montrose form and stats

Montrose's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Montrose collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the League One. 6 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Montrose's last game was the home draw against Dumbarton (1-1).

Before that, Montrose secured a home win against Falkirk with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Montrose have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were five victories, three draws and four defeats.

Montrose has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered history involving both these teams is the Montrose - Airdrieonians 2-1 played earlier this season. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Airdrieonians won three games, one match ended with a draw and Montrose got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

MontroseG. Webster
G. Webster
13 goals
AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
7 goals
MontroseC. Johnston
C. Johnston
7 goals

Airdrieonians missing players

Montrose missing players

Airdrieonians Montrose
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 1 Played P 2 11 24
13 9 0 Won W 0 6 11
5 0 0 Drew D 1 4 10
6 3 1 Lost L 1 1 3
40 24 0 Scored S 1 20 39
28 15 2 Conceded C 2 6 20
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 92%
79% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 79%
67% 83% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 42%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 25%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 8%
58% 58% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 54%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 55% 38%
17% 17% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 17%
 
6.7 7.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.2 6.2
3.9 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.3 4
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.4 11.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.7 10
4.9 5.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 4.2
34% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 48% 38%
 
9 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.7 9
3.9 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Airdrieonians have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League One
  • Airdrieonians have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Montrose have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (20) in League One
  • Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in League One
  • Montrose have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in League One
  • Montrose have the most scored goals (20) away in League One
  • Montrose have the the best goal difference (+14) away in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 24 15 6 3 47 22 12 8 4 0 28 10 12 7 2 3 19 12 25 51
2 Airdrieonians 24 13 5 6 40 28 12 9 0 3 24 15 12 4 5 3 16 13 12 44
3 Montrose 24 11 10 3 39 20 13 5 6 2 19 14 11 6 4 1 20 6 19 43
4 Queen's Park 23 7 13 3 38 24 11 5 5 1 22 10 12 2 8 2 16 14 14 34
5 Falkirk 24 9 5 10 36 36 12 4 2 6 17 18 12 5 3 4 19 18 0 32
6 Clyde 24 7 9 8 29 39 12 4 4 4 17 23 12 3 5 4 12 16 -10 30
7 Alloa Athletic 24 6 7 11 30 40 11 3 3 5 15 19 13 3 4 6 15 21 -10 25
8 Peterhead 23 6 6 11 29 34 12 4 4 4 16 11 11 2 2 7 13 23 -5 24
9 Dumbarton 24 6 5 13 33 49 12 2 4 6 17 22 12 4 1 7 16 27 -16 23
10 East Fife 24 3 6 15 21 50 12 3 4 5 11 14 12 0 2 10 10 36 -29 15

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.