It's early days in the League One and both Montrose and Peterhead are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Peterhead play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Peterhead when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats from 15 matches. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 35 times in these games.
Montrose form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first League One game of the season here at Links Park. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from Montrose's 14 home games.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with East Fife the opponent.
Manager S. Petrie felt very clever after L. Callaghan scored the winning goal against Forfar Athletic, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 80th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when L. Callaghan scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Montrose have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won eight times, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Montrose as they are travelling to their away game against Stirling Albion in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Montrose has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Peterhead form and stats
Things could have gone better for Peterhead in their League One away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two travels in a row for Peterhead, whose manager J. McInally could celebrate last time after the League One win against Clyde. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Cove Rangers.
We have checked recent matches where Peterhead have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, zero draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Peterhead manager J. McInally as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Kelty Hearts.
2 goals so far away for Peterhead, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montrose four wins, three draws and Peterhead three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Watson 2 goals | A. Quinn 1 goals | L. Milne 1 goals |
Montrose missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Montrose | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 35% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 29% |
- Peterhead has the most matches under the total-line (3) in League One
| Montrose | Last season | Peterhead | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 78% | ||
| 61% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 22% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 11% | ||
| 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 26% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 298 | 174 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 277 | ||
| 116 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 104 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Dumbarton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Montrose | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Clyde | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | East Fife | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 |