A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It's no vacation for neither East Fife 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Montrose have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-6-8 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
East Fife form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bayview Stadium as East Fife have scored 13 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League One are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). East Fife haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Clyde, 91 days ago.
The points were shared in East Fife's previous game, also at home. Visiting Montrose (placed 7th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Before that, East Fife played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Raith Rovers.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does East Fife handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L3.
The East Fife manager D. Young has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. On the other hand, East Fife have conceded 7 goals.
Montrose form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Montrose playing as the away team in the League One this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to East Fife (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Stranraer.
We have checked recent matches where Montrose have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W4-D1-L3.
Montrose have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Montrose have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Montrose - East Fife 1-3, played this season. East Fife-Montrose H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Fife 5 wins, Montrose 3 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Agnew 4 goals |  R. Wallace 4 goals |   G. Webster 4 goals |
East Fife missing players
Montrose missing players
| East Fife | Montrose | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 75% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 17% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 75% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 58% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
- East Fife have not yet lost a game.
- East Fife have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montrose have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | East Fife | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | Clyde | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Montrose | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Forfar Athletic | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 7 |