Falkirk vs Montrose fact sheet

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Falkirk have performed excellent football this season, sitting at 3rd position in the table. Montrose have a view both ways from their 4th position.

Insights:
  • Falkirk have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League One

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Falkirk form and stats

Falkirk have performed here at Falkirk Community Stadium this season with 6 wins from 10 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

Falkirk's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-2 versus Queen of the South (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that fixture, a home defeat in the Challenge Cup against Dundee. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Falkirk handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Falkirk can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times.

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Montrose form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Montrose playing as the away team in the League One this season. Montrose has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Peterhead (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

A loss against Airdrieonians was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Montrose have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Montrose are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Montrose have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Montrose have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when playing Falkirk.

Montrose - Falkirk 1-1 was the output when these sides last played each other, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
8 goals
FalkirkR. Burrell
R. Burrell
5 goals

Falkirk missing players

Montrose missing players

Falkirk Montrose
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
9 6 1 Won W 0 3 8
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
36 21 4 Scored S 2 11 29
22 10 2 Conceded C 3 15 25
94% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
89% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 75%
56% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 60%
50% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 35%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
56% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
28% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 40%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 35%
 
7.1 8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 4.9
3.8 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.8 5.2
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.8 10.8 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 7.4 8.4
4.9 5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.9
41% 42% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 38%
 
6.4 5.3 3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.1 8.9
2.8 2.4 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Falkirk have the most points (20) at home in League One
  • Falkirk have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League One
  • Falkirk have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in League One
  • Falkirk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Dunfermline Athletic 18 11 6 1 27 11 9 4 5 0 12 8 9 7 1 1 15 3 16 39
2 Edinburgh City 20 12 2 6 42 29 10 6 1 3 19 15 10 6 1 3 23 14 13 38
3 Falkirk 18 9 5 4 36 22 10 6 2 2 21 10 8 3 3 2 15 12 14 32
4 Montrose 20 8 6 6 29 25 10 5 3 2 18 10 10 3 3 4 11 15 4 30
5 Alloa Athletic 19 8 5 6 35 27 9 6 1 2 21 11 10 2 4 4 14 16 8 29
6 Airdrieonians 19 8 5 6 36 30 9 5 2 2 23 15 10 3 3 4 13 15 6 29
7 Queen of the South 20 7 5 8 33 34 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 3 3 4 17 20 -1 26
8 Kelty Hearts 20 7 3 10 20 28 10 5 2 3 12 9 10 2 1 7 8 19 -8 24
9 Clyde 19 2 4 13 23 40 10 1 3 6 14 21 9 1 1 7 9 19 -17 10
10 Peterhead 19 1 5 13 10 45 9 1 2 6 4 18 10 0 3 7 6 27 -35 8

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.