Montrose supporters put their faith in manager S. Petrie to deliver victory against Peterhead

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Links Park (3292 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Montrose fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Peterhead.

Montrose and Peterhead 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.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Peterhead's home stadium. The visitors last 13 games on artificial turf have ended in 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses.

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Montrose form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Montrose at their home stadium (Links Park) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager S. Petrie led his Montrose to a defeat in the League One match away at Raith Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Links Park. Before that, Montrose had a home game versus East Fife which ended with a victory 1-0.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montrose handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W10-D0-L1.

The Montrose fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Peterhead form and stats

There's been little loot from Peterhead's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the League One. Peterhead only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. McInally, the Peterhead manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Peterhead's previous game versus Dumbarton (placed 6th), a League One 1-0 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Falkirk.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. McInally when B. Armour scored the winning goal, after being substituted in the 82nd minute.

Peterhead are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of one match.

Peterhead find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. For Peterhead, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Montrose and Peterhead have met before this season: Peterhead - Montrose 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Montrose victories, 3 draws and 4 Peterhead wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MontroseG. Webster
G. Webster
7 goals
PeterheadS. Brown
S. Brown
7 goals
MontroseB. Lyons
B. Lyons
6 goals

Montrose missing players

Peterhead missing players

Montrose Peterhead
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 22
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 7
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 4
9 5 0 Lost L 1 7 11
35 18 9 Scored S 1 11 26
30 14 1 Conceded C 2 22 33
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
76% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 90% 77%
62% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 59%
38% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 23%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
48% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 55%
33% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 32%
24% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 23%
 
5.4 6.2 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 4
5.3 5.7 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.8 5.5
1.9 1.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 1.9
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
211 114 41 Total Shots T S 29 98 231
78 40 15 Shots on Target S O 5 31 80
45% 45% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Montrose have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montrose haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Peterhead has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Peterhead has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Peterhead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterhead haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 22 12 6 4 43 29 11 7 3 1 25 12 11 5 3 3 18 17 14 42
2 Falkirk 22 11 8 3 44 13 11 7 2 2 29 5 11 4 6 1 15 8 31 41
3 Airdrieonians 22 11 5 6 33 25 12 5 4 3 17 12 10 6 1 3 16 13 8 38
4 East Fife 22 8 9 5 34 29 11 3 6 2 18 15 11 5 3 3 16 14 5 33
5 Montrose 21 10 2 9 35 30 10 5 0 5 18 14 11 5 2 4 17 16 5 32
6 Dumbarton 21 8 4 9 28 36 10 3 2 5 12 14 11 5 2 4 16 22 -8 28
7 Clyde 21 6 7 8 27 34 11 4 4 3 20 15 10 2 3 5 7 19 -7 25
8 Peterhead 22 7 4 11 26 33 12 5 3 4 15 11 10 2 1 7 11 22 -7 25
9 Forfar Athletic 22 5 4 13 21 39 11 3 2 6 14 19 11 2 2 7 7 20 -18 19
10 Stranraer 21 2 7 12 22 45 9 2 2 5 11 17 12 0 5 7 11 28 -23 13

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.