League One prediction and preview: Clyde modest favorites to beat Montrose

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Tue 03.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Broadwood Stadium (8029 seats)

Season ticket holders at Broadwood Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Clyde languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Montrose will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It's no vacation for neither Clyde nor Montrose 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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Clyde form and stats

Clyde have collected 19 points from their League One home games so far after 5-4-3. Two home wins in a row for Clyde bring valid hopes of a third.

Clyde's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Falkirk (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dumbarton.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Clyde have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dumbarton are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Clyde in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Clyde's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montrose form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League One. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Montrose are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Montrose won their last game, 1-0 versus Airdrieonians played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Falkirk before that.

Montrose are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

After this away game Montrose return home for a League One game against Stranraer. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Montrose are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 17 goals have been conceded by Montrose in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Montrose - Clyde 4-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Clyde wins - draws - Montrose wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
19 goals
Montrose
G. Webster
9 goals
Montrose
B. Lyons
9 goals

Clyde missing players

Montrose missing players

Clyde Montrose
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
7 5 1 Won W 1 5 13
7 4 1 Drew D 2 2 2
12 3 1 Lost L 1 5 10
31 23 4 Scored S 5 17 42
42 17 4 Conceded C 6 17 35
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
73% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 72%
54% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
31% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 36%
15% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 20%
54% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 48%
19% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 32%
38% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 24%
 
5.1 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 5.2
4.7 5.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 5
1.3 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
217 113 21 Total Shots T S 36 101 255
99 60 11 Shots on Target S O 14 38 101
31% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 45% 42%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Clyde have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 26 14 7 5 46 31 12 8 3 1 26 12 14 6 4 4 20 19 15 49
2 Falkirk 26 13 9 4 50 17 13 9 2 2 32 5 13 4 7 2 18 12 33 48
3 Airdrieonians 27 13 6 8 37 27 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 10 45
4 East Fife 27 12 9 6 44 35 14 6 6 2 27 19 13 6 3 4 17 16 9 45
5 Montrose 25 13 2 10 42 35 13 8 0 5 25 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 7 41
6 Dumbarton 26 10 5 11 33 42 13 5 3 5 14 14 13 5 2 6 19 28 -9 35
7 Clyde 26 7 7 12 31 42 12 5 4 3 23 17 14 2 3 9 8 25 -11 28
8 Peterhead 26 7 5 14 30 41 14 5 4 5 16 14 12 2 1 9 14 27 -11 26
9 Forfar Athletic 26 6 6 14 25 43 14 4 3 7 17 22 12 2 3 7 8 21 -18 24
10 Stranraer 25 2 10 13 27 52 11 2 4 5 13 19 14 0 6 8 14 33 -25 16

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.