Brechin City hope to sell all 4070 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 34 points and a 8th position in the League One table. Visiting Montrose holds 5th place with 41.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brechin City and 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: 13 matches played resulting in 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 21-17 (scored/conceded). It's quite the trip for Montrose when visiting Brechin City as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Brechin City form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Brechin City are 5-4-6 (wins-draw-losses).The Brechin City fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Glebe Park: A 0-3 defeat against Airdrieonians. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Stranraer.
There will be little rest for Brechin City after this match as they are travelling to Dumbarton for a League One game in only three days.
The Brechin City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Last season, Brechin City's league statistics were 0 wins, 4 draws and 32 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Championship. Over these 36 matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 90. Playing at home last season Brechin City managed 0-4-14 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 40 conceded.
Montrose form and stats
Playing away, Montrose have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 8 defeats so far this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Petrie, the Montrose manager, as the last three away games were defeats.Montrose are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the League One against Stranraer. Before that, Montrose secured a home win against Stenhousemuir with the score 2-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Montrose manager S. Petrie as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Arbroath.
Montrose are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games. Montrose have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Let's have a look at how Montrose performed last season in the League Two. They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 29/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Montrose - Brechin City 5-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Brechin City, 0 draws and 3 wins for Montrose.Top Goalscorers
 M. Rennie 12 goals |   A. Jackson 10 goals |  C. Johnston 5 goals |
Brechin City missing players
Montrose missing players
| Brechin City | Montrose | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 14 | 30 |
| 37 | 19 | Scored | 15 | 41 |
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | 21 | 46 |
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | 79% | 87% |
| 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 21% | 33% |
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 13% |
| 60% | 60% | Both teams to score | 57% | 57% |
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 14% | 17% |
| 20% | 20% | Failed To Score | 29% | 27% |
| 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 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 27 | 64 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 54 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 53 |
| 4 | East Fife | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | -1 | 44 |
| 5 | Montrose | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -5 | 41 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Brechin City | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 34 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -13 | 33 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -24 | 31 |
