About Match
In the standings it is East Fife 5th on 7 points, Montrose 4th on 9 — separated by 2. Scoring rates set the scale: East Fife 0.83 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Montrose 1.5 and 1.83, with the league averaging 1.19. Victory would move East Fife to 10 points and up to 3rd, overtaking Montrose, with other results unchanged.
East Fife have gone 6 games without a win. Montrose have won four straight. The five-game form split reads 3/15 points for East Fife against 12/15 for Montrose.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — East Fife 1, draws 2, Montrose 6, at 2.11 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Bayview Stadium in Methil, capacity 5,000, hosts the game.