FM Preview: Peterhead v Montrose 01 Sep 2012

Last updated : 31 August 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Peterhead v Montrose fixture

Peterhead prepare to entertain Montrose at Balmoor on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 10 wins out of 14 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Balmoor was less than a year ago, in April 2012, the Blue Toon carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 07 Apr Peterhead 2-1 Montrose Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 18 Feb Montrose 1 - 3 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Mon 26 Dec Peterhead 2 - 3 Montrose Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 01 Oct Montrose 2 - 1 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
2010/2011 Sat 24 Jul Peterhead 5 - 0 Montrose Scottish Challenge Cup
2008/2009 Sat 26 Jul Peterhead 6 - 0 Montrose Scottish Challenge Cup
2006/2007 Tue 15 Aug Montrose 1 - 3 Peterhead Scottish Challenge Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Peterhead have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.

The away form of Montrose is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Gable Endies have hit 8 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Peterhead are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 7 points from 3 games.

Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 2 points from their 3 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Peterhead 6 3 2 1 8 4 11
Montrose 6 1 2 3 8 14 5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Its a close one to call, but we think that Blue Toon's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Montrose. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Peterhead Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Unbeaten run of 4 matches.
Montrose Not won in previous 5 away matches.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

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