This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Montrose holding 7th place and Forfar Athletic lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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, who have the fewest points (6) at home in League One, at their home stadium (Links Park) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Montrose has won five games in a row. The Forfar Athletic match was the last time out without a victory. Montrose has recorded two wins in a row here at Links Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Montrose are returning here after visiting East Fife in a League One game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stranraer in a game that was won 2-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montrose handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W8-D0-L1.
A decent goal production from Montrose in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Montrose with 10 goals conceded in these matches.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Forfar Athletic, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season. Bitter travels for Forfar Athletic as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Airdrieonians match. It's looking increasingly bleak for Forfar Athletic who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Montrose was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Falkirk with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Airdrieonians.
We have checked recent matches where Forfar Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W5-D1-L3.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Forfar Athletic as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Forfar Athletic have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Forfar Athletic - Montrose 2-0 entered in the official records. Montrose-Forfar Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montrose 3 wins, Forfar Athletic 5 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Webster 5 goals |  B. Lyons 3 goals |  C. Ballantyne 2 goals |
Montrose missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Montrose | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 8% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 42% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Forfar Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Montrose have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Montrose have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montrose have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Forfar Athletic have scored away.
- Montrose haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Falkirk | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | East Fife | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Clyde | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Montrose | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 10 |