1st position in the League One table for Arbroath so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Montrose visits Gayfield Park.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League One. That game, against Brechin City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Montrose. This pitch has grass, which is not Montrose's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Montrose have performed like this: Played 14 matches resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 24-17 (scored/conceded).
Arbroath form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Gayfield Park as Arbroath has scored 29 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats are 10-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).The fans are hoping that Arbroath will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League One game against Forfar Athletic. Before that, Arbroath played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Stranraer.
The Arbroath fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 matches. Arbroath have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Montrose form and stats
Playing away, Montrose have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats so far this season.Montrose play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Brechin City. Before that, Montrose secured a home win against Stranraer with the score 3-1.
Montrose have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, 15 away games. As opposed to that, Montrose have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Montrose - Arbroath 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arbroath won 5 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Montrose has 1 win.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linn 21 goals |  M. Rennie 12 goals |  R. Wallace 10 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Montrose missing players
| Playername | Goals | Assist | Starts | % Started |
|---|
| Arbroath | Montrose | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | Played | 15 | 31 |
| 58 | 29 | Scored | 18 | 44 |
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | 21 | 46 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 87% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 87% |
| 48% | 53% | Over 2.5 | 47% | 52% |
| 35% | 47% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 32% |
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | 13% | 13% |
| 58% | 60% | Both teams to score | 53% | 55% |
| 29% | 20% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 19% |
| 16% | 20% | Failed To Score | 27% | 26% |
- Montrose hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Arbroath is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 27 | 64 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 54 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 53 |
| 4 | East Fife | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | -1 | 44 |
| 5 | Montrose | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 44 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | Brechin City | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 51 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -14 | 34 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -13 | 33 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -24 | 31 |
