Montrose and Airdrieonians have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. The teams both hold mid-table places in the League One.
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in League One
- Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Montrose form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Links Park as Montrose have scored 16 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League One are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Montrose drew their last game, 2-2 away at Edinburgh City (placed 2nd).
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Queen's Park in the Challenge Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Montrose have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 0.
Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.
A decent goal production from Montrose in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Montrose have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Airdrieonians form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Airdrieonians so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Airdrieonians are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Falkirk (placed 3rd).
A defeat, in the Scottish Cup away at Dundee (after extra-time), earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Airdrieonians in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Airdrieonians, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
13 goals have been conceded by Airdrieonians in these games.
Head 2 Head
Strangely enough, Airdrieonians faced Montrose the last time they featured in a game with more than two goals in total. That was the Airdrieonians - Montrose 4-0 game five league rounds ago, and only "under 2.5" for the away team since then! Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Montrose wins - draws - Airdrieonians wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Jamieson 8 goals |  C. Gallagher 7 goals |  R. McAllister 5 goals |
Montrose missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Montrose | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 83% | 78% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 41% |
| 39% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 33% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 22% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.3 | 9.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10 | 11.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 39% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 33% |
| 8.4 | 9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
- Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Montrose have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home 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 | Dunfermline Athletic | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Montrose | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Clyde | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -16 | 9 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -31 | 7 |
