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East Fife v Montrose, Scottish League One, Sat, 31 Jan 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Sat, 31 Jan 2026

East FifeHome
23Full time, half-time 1–2
MontroseAway

Montrose won by 1 goal.

LWLDDLeague form, oldest to newestLLLDL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, East Fife have 11 scored home results and Montrose 10 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: East Fife at home: 1.27 points per match (11 measured matches); Montrose away: 0.90 points per match (10 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. East Fife scored 0.91 per home match (11 measured matches); Montrose scored 1.10 away (10). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.33 per club appearance across 212 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 10 of 21 pooled club appearances (47.6%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. East Fife: 0 wins; Montrose: 7 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half12
Second half11

The match in numbers

East FifeMontrose
  • 14Shots8
  • 7Shots on target4
  • 4Corners4
  • 12Fouls18
  • 1Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

East Fife

  • Shots14
  • On target7
  • Goals2

50% of shots on target, 29% of those scored.

Montrose

  • Shots8
  • On target4
  • Goals3

50% of shots on target, 75% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

0
East Fife wins
3
Draws
7
Montrose wins
Goals / meeting
2.30
23 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
70%
7 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
20%
2 of 10 meetings
East Fife clean sheets
10%
1 of 10 meetings
Montrose clean sheets
60%
6 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
10.10
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.50
10 with card data
  1. Montrose v East FifeSat, 22 Nov 2025 · Scottish League One 2025-262–1HT 2–1
  2. East Fife v MontroseSat, 20 Sept 2025 · Scottish League One 2025-261–1HT 1–1
  3. Montrose v East FifeSat, 5 Mar 2022 · Scottish League One 2021-220–0HT 0–0
  4. East Fife v MontroseSun, 2 Jan 2022 · Scottish League One 2021-220–2HT 0–0
  5. Montrose v East FifeSat, 23 Oct 2021 · Scottish League One 2021-224–1HT 0–0
  6. East Fife v MontroseSat, 21 Aug 2021 · Scottish League One 2021-220–2HT 0–1
  7. Montrose v East FifeTue, 30 Mar 2021 · Scottish League One 2020-213–0HT 2–0
  8. East Fife v MontroseSat, 24 Oct 2020 · Scottish League One 2020-212–2HT 2–1
  9. Montrose v East FifeSat, 4 Jan 2020 · Scottish League One 2019-201–0HT 1–0
  10. East Fife v MontroseSat, 2 Nov 2019 · Scottish League One 2019-200–1HT 0–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

East Fife at home, Montrose away
  • 64%
    Both teams scored
    League 52%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 100%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 94%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 81%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 78%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 50%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 49%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 33%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 28%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 14%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 9%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.64
    18 + 18 matches
  • 72%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 74%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 33%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 9.4
    Corners per match
    League 9.21
    18 + 18 matches
  • 56%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 52%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 42%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 41%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 36%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 32%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 3.9
    Cards per match
    League 4.19
    18 + 18 matches
  • 67%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 62%
    18 + 18 matches
  • 36%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 41%
    18 + 18 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

East Fife at home, Montrose away
East Fife (home)Montrose (away)
9Position7
LLDWDLast 5, oldest to newestDLDLD
18Played18
1.22Points per match0.89
33%Win %17%
1.06Scored / match1.28
1.50Conceded / match1.83
2.56Avg total goals3.11
56%Both scored72%
11%Clean sheets11%
33%Failed to score17%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

East FifeMontrose
  • 0.331st half scored / match0.50
  • 0.721st half conceded / match0.72
  • 0.722nd half scored / match0.78
  • 0.782nd half conceded / match1.11
  • 11%Leading at half-time28%
  • 72%1st half over 0.572%
  • 28%1st half over 1.539%
  • 83%2nd half over 0.594%
  • 50%2nd half over 1.556%
  • 28%Scored in both halves22%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

East Fife at home, Montrose away, this season.

Goals

East FifeMontrose
  • 1.06Scored / match1.28
  • 1.50Conceded / match1.83
  • 2.56Match total / match3.11
  • 67%Scored 1+83%
  • 39%Scored 2+28%
  • 89%Conceded 1+89%
  • 33%Conceded 2+56%
  • 78%Match over 1.583%
  • 44%Match over 2.556%
  • 17%Match over 3.550%

Shots and xG

East FifeMontrose
  • 9.50Shots for8.17
  • 7.28Shots against12.39
  • 4.11On target for3.83
  • 3.61On target against6.06
  • 11%Shot conversion16%

Corners

East FifeMontrose
  • 4.89Corners for3.67
  • 5.17Corners against5.06
  • 10.06Match total8.72
  • 78%Over 7.561%
  • 67%Over 8.544%
  • 50%Over 9.533%
  • 44%Over 10.528%
  • 39%Over 11.528%

Cards

East FifeMontrose
  • 1.89Cards for2.28
  • 1.94Cards against1.67
  • 3.83Match total3.94
  • 61%Over 2.578%
  • 56%Over 3.578%
  • 44%Over 4.528%
  • 22%Over 5.517%
  • 12.33Fouls committed13.72
Referee this season
E Anderson
Matches
12
Cards / match
3.17
12 matches
Over 3.5 cards
33%
12 matches
Over 4.5 cards
25%
12 matches
Fouls / match
23.42
12 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
5Alloa361253
6Peterhead36-1643
7Montrose36-1942
8Cove Rangers36-338
9East Fife36-2736
10Kelty Hearts36-2929
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