League One: Falkirk - Montrose pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

It's finally time for the League One opening game for these sides, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Falkirk or Montrose get that very important first victory?

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!

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Falkirk form and stats

The season before, Falkirk's league results were 12 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, providing 6th position in the League One. During these 36 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 55. Performing as the host team in the former season Falkirk generated 5-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 31 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Falkirk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Falkirk as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Falkirk has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Falkirk have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Falkirk have scored 2 goals and conceded 4 times.

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Montrose form and stats

Let's have a look at how Montrose performed last season in the League One: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 14 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 28/16 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Montrose in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Montrose, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Montrose have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Falkirk won five, Montrose triumphed in four and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Falkirk missing players

Montrose missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Falkirk Montrose
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Falkirk Last season Montrose
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
12 5   Won W   9 15
8 3   Drew D   5 14
16 10   Lost L   4 7
49 23   Scored S   28 53
55 31   Conceded C   16 36
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
89% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 75%
58% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 47%
22% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 25%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
56% 61%   BTTS BTTS   39% 56%
17% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   56% 39%
31% 33%   Failed to Score F T   17% 17%
 
5.9 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.1
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
5 1   Red cards R C   4 8
 
10.2 9.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 10
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
35% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 37%
 
8.7 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 9.1
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.