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Montrose face a trip to Arbroath at Gayfield Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Gable Endies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 28 and win only 11 of the 52 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2007, the The Red Lichties carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Montrose | 3 - 3 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Mar | Montrose | 0 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 02 Jan | Arbroath | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Montrose | 0 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Arbroath | 3 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 21 Mar | Arbroath | 3 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Montrose | 0 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Arbroath are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, The Red Lichties have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 3.
Montrose's away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The Gable Endies have put away 14 chances in these games, a let in just 3.
Arbroath's total of 17 points from their 11 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Irn Bru Scottish Division Three. Montrose are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 20 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| Montrose | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Montrose are certainly at their peak on the road, though your FootyMad panel sees this as a stern test, and one from which they may have to settle for a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arbroath | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Montrose | 4 successive away victories. 12 games since last away draw. |