The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Montrose welcome Falkirk for the opening game at Links Park. Read on!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Montrose and Falkirk.
Montrose form and stats
Montrose have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Montrose scored 3 goals and let in 3 goals during these two games.
Last season, Montrose's league statistics were 15 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the League One. Over these 28 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Montrose managed 9-0-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 19 conceded.
Falkirk form and stats
Let's have a look at how Falkirk performed last season in the League One: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 8 and lost 2 with 19/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Montrose victory, zero draws and five Falkirk wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Montrose missing players
Falkirk missing players
| Montrose | Falkirk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Montrose | Last season | Falkirk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 8 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 86% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 75% | ||
| 61% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 25% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 39% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 54% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 298 | 174 | Total Shots | T S | 164 | 333 | ||
| 116 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 140 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | ||
| 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 | Clyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | East Fife | 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 | Forfar Athletic | 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 | Partick Thistle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 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 | Raith Rovers | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 53 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 36 | 52 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | Montrose | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | East Fife | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | -9 | 38 |
| 7 | Clyde | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -8 | 34 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -14 | 26 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 24 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 27 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 37 | -29 | 16 |