Forfar Athletic vs Montrose: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

Forfar Athletic are welcoming Montrose for another important game after their 0-3 result against 3rd-placed Falkirk.

Forfar Athletic and Montrose should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Forfar Athletic, who have the fewest scored goals (4) in League One, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

Forfar Athletic lost their last game at Falkirk (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to East Fife (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Forfar Athletic handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D1-L0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Forfar Athletic here at Station Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Forfar Athletic have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montrose form and stats

Still no away game victory in the League One for Montrose with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. With the Montrose losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Montrose has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Montrose failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs East Fife (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3. The game before that, in the Challenge Cup, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Partick Thistle.

We have checked recent matches where Montrose have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W2-D0-L2.

Montrose are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). For Montrose, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Forfar Athletic victories, 3 draws and 3 Montrose wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Lyons
2 goals
R. Forbes
1 goals
C. Tapping
1 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Montrose missing players

Forfar Athletic Montrose
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Away vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played 1 3 6
2 1 1 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 1 1 1
3 1 0 Lost 0 2 5
4 2 1 Scored 2 3 5
6 2 0 Conceded 2 7 13
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 83%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 100% 100% 83%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 100% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 0% BTTS 100% 67% 67%
50% 67% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score 0% 33% 33%
 
3.8 3.7 6 Corners For (avg) 5 4.3 5
6.3 6.3 3 Corners Against (avg) 6 7.3 7.8
1.5 1.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.7 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats This season:
  • All of Montrose's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Montrose have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Montrose have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Montrose have yet to win a game.
  • Montrose haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Forfar Athletic
All League One Playoffs 2/3 League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 LC Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 Livingston
24-08-19 LO Peterhead 1 - 0 Forfar Athletic
31-08-19 LO Forfar Athletic 0 - 0 Clyde
07-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 East Fife
14-09-19 LO Falkirk 3 - 0 Forfar Athletic
21-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Montrose
28-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Raith Rovers
05-10-19 LO Dumbarton 14:00 Forfar Athletic
19-10-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Forfar Athletic
26-10-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Airdrieonians
Montrose
All League One Playoffs 2/3 League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup League Two Challenge Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 LO Falkirk 2 - 1 Montrose
24-08-19 LO Raith Rovers 3 - 0 Montrose
31-08-19 LO Montrose 1 - 2 Dumbarton
07-09-19 CC Montrose 0 - 2 Partick Thistle
14-09-19 LO Montrose 1 - 3 East Fife
21-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Montrose
28-09-19 LO Montrose 14:00 Peterhead
05-10-19 LO Clyde 14:00 Montrose
19-10-19 LO Airdrieonians 14:00 Montrose
26-10-19 LO Montrose 14:00 Stranraer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Fife 6 4 2 0 15 7 3 2 1 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 8 14
2 Raith Rovers 6 4 0 2 17 9 3 3 0 0 12 2 3 1 0 2 5 7 8 12
3 Falkirk 6 3 2 1 11 2 3 3 0 0 11 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 9 11
4 Airdrieonians 6 3 1 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 10
5 Dumbarton 6 3 0 3 8 12 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 0 1 5 9 -4 9
6 Clyde 6 2 2 2 11 10 3 2 1 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 8
7 Peterhead 6 2 2 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 6 -3 8
8 Forfar Athletic 6 2 1 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 7
9 Stranraer 6 1 1 4 8 16 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 4
10 Montrose 6 0 1 5 5 13 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 -8 1

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