Both East Fife and Montrose are desperate for points in this game, in spite of the away side having a 22 point edge in the league table.
- East Fife have the most conceded goals (41) in League One
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (16) in League One
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
East Fife form and stats
East Fife have collected 11 points from their League One home games so far after 3-2-3. When East Fife hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Airdrieonians and Cove Rangers), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Fife lost their last game at Cove Rangers (placed 1st) after a 2-4 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for East Fife, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Cove Rangers. Fun stuff to watch!
1-1 away at Peterhead before that.East Fife has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Fife's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Montrose form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the League One. In general it has been a productive period now for Montrose as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
The supporters enjoyed Montrose's previous game versus Peterhead (placed 6th), a League One 2-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Queen's Park.The Montrose manager Petrie has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides played each other earlier this season; Montrose - Fife 4-1. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fife won two games, one match ended in a draw and Montrose have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  G. Webster 13 goals |   K. Connell 5 goals | C. Johnston 5 goals |
East Fife missing players
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| East Fife | Montrose | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 41 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 79% |
| 61% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 39% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 28% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 53% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | 42% |
| 28% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | 9.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 51% | 41% |
| 12.9 | 13.2 | 18.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
- East Fife have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
- East Fife have the most conceded goals (41) in League One
- East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in League One
- East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-20) in League One
- East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Montrose have not yet lost a game away.
- Montrose have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (16) in League One
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in League One
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in League One
- Montrose have the most clean sheets (5) away in League One
- Montrose have the most points (19) away in League One
- Montrose have the most scored goals (18) away in League One
- Montrose have the the best goal difference (+13) 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 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 40 |
| 2 | Montrose | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Clyde | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 6 | Peterhead | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Falkirk | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | East Fife | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | -20 | 13 |
