Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Montrose in 5th and Falkirk in 4th place.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Montrose form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Montrose at their home stadium (Links Park) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
The Montrose goalkeeper Blair Lyons is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.
The Montrose supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Clyde in League One and win 4-0. Before that match, a win away at Dumbarton.
As mentioned above, Montrose "killed" Clyde in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A decent goal production from Montrose in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Montrose have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Falkirk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (10) in League One, on their League One travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Visiting Falkirk has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
There were no winners in Falkirk's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Raith Rovers (placed 1st). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus East Fife that ended 0-0.
Falkirk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Falkirk are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Falkirk - Montrose 2-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 Montrose victory, 0 draws and 3 Falkirk wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 8 goals |   B. Lyons 6 goals |  C. Sammon 6 goals |
Montrose missing players
Falkirk missing players
| Montrose | Falkirk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 28 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 76% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 157 | 87 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 95 | 203 |
| 54 | 28 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 36 | 86 |
| 48% | 54% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 33% |
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Falkirk has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
- Falkirk has the most clean sheets (10)
- Falkirk has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+19)
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Montrose have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montrose haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Raith Rovers | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | East Fife | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 28 |
| 5 | Montrose | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Clyde | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 10 |