FM Preview: Peterhead v Montrose 05 Jan 2013

Last updated : 04 January 2013 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
2012/2013 Sat 24 Nov Montrose 2 - 0 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
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

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Recent respective form guides

Peterhead are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Blue Toon in those games, with 3 conceded.

The Gable Endies have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Gable Endies's have scored 13 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 15.

Peterhead are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 25 points from 16 games.

Montrose's total of 23 points from their 16 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Irn Bru Scottish Division Three.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Peterhead 6 3 2 1 9 3 11
Montrose 6 3 1 2 14 12 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Blue Toon are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Peterhead Unbeaten in the last 9 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Montrose Undefeated in last 4 away games.

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