Football betting preview: Montrose vs Stranraer

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Links Park (3292 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Montrose holding 8th place and Stranraer lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Stranraer play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Stranraer when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 19 matches. They have scored 16 goals and conceded 37 times in these games.

W W W L L

Montrose form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Montrose, who have the fewest points (3) at home in League One, have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games.

Montrose are returning here after visiting Airdrieonians in a League One game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Clyde with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montrose handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D0-L1.

Montrose have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Links Park with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Montrose with 9 goals conceded in these matches.

D D D L L

Stranraer form and stats

Playing away, Stranraer, who have the most conceded goals (22) in League One, have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. Stranraer have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Stranraer has drawn their two previous away games.

Stranraer's last game was the home draw against Dumbarton (0-0). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to East Fife.

We have checked recent matches where Stranraer have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were W3-D1-L6.

Stranraer find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Stranraer are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Stranraer - Montrose 2-2 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Montrose won 3, Stranraer won 4 and 3 draws. 8 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MontroseG. Webster
G. Webster
4 goals
MontroseB. Lyons
B. Lyons
3 goals
StranraerJ. Hilton
J. Hilton
3 goals / 1 assists

Montrose missing players

Stranraer missing players

Montrose Stranraer
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 3 0 Lost L 1 3 5
14 6 4 Scored S 0 5 11
19 9 3 Conceded C 1 13 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
70% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 70%
40% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 50%
10% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
60% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 70%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
30% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 30%
 
4.7 5.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.8 5.1
6.5 7.5 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5.2
2.2 1.5 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.3
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stranraer have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stranraer have yet to win a game away.
  • Stranraer haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Montrose
All League One Playoffs 2/3 League Cup Scottish Cup League Two Challenge Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
14-09-19 LO Montrose 1 - 3 East Fife
21-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 2 - 0 Montrose
28-09-19 LO Montrose 4 - 3 Peterhead
05-10-19 LO Clyde 0 - 2 Montrose
19-10-19 LO Airdrieonians 1 - 3 Montrose
26-10-19 LO Montrose 16:00 Stranraer
02-11-19 LO East Fife 16:00 Montrose
09-11-19 LO Montrose 16:00 Forfar Athletic
16-11-19 LO Peterhead 16:00 Montrose
30-11-19 LO Montrose 16:00 Raith Rovers
Stranraer
All League One League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
14-09-19 LO Clyde 6 - 1 Stranraer
21-09-19 LO Stranraer 0 - 3 Falkirk
28-09-19 LO Airdrieonians 2 - 2 Stranraer
05-10-19 LO East Fife 1 - 1 Stranraer
19-10-19 LO Stranraer 0 - 0 Dumbarton
26-10-19 LO Montrose 16:00 Stranraer
02-11-19 LO Stranraer 16:00 Clyde
09-11-19 LO Raith Rovers 16:00 Stranraer
16-11-19 LO Stranraer 16:00 Airdrieonians
30-11-19 LO Falkirk 16:00 Stranraer

  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 10 6 2 2 24 14 4 3 1 0 14 4 6 3 1 2 10 10 10 20
2 East Fife 10 5 5 0 19 10 6 3 3 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 9 20
3 Falkirk 10 5 4 1 20 4 5 4 1 0 15 1 5 1 3 1 5 3 16 19
4 Dumbarton 10 4 2 4 14 17 5 2 0 3 7 6 5 2 2 1 7 11 -3 14
5 Airdrieonians 10 4 2 4 11 14 6 1 2 3 6 9 4 3 0 1 5 5 -3 14
6 Clyde 10 3 4 3 16 16 5 2 2 1 10 6 5 1 2 2 6 10 0 13
7 Forfar Athletic 10 3 1 6 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 1 0 4 3 8 -4 10
8 Montrose 10 3 1 6 14 19 4 1 0 3 6 9 6 2 1 3 8 10 -5 10
9 Peterhead 10 2 3 5 11 20 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 1 1 3 6 14 -9 9
10 Stranraer 10 1 4 5 11 22 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 0 2 3 5 13 -11 7

Editor’s Pick

More from Scotland - League One