East Fife vs Montrose, Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

East Fife vs Montrose, Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Match Details: January 31st 2026 | Bayview, Fife | Scottish Premiership League One | 15.00pm

Key Betting Tip: Away win at 2.90 odds represents excellent value based on the tip provided by our team of in-house tipsters.

East Fife sit currently in sixth after playing 21 games so far. Following their 5-1 loss to Queen of the south the side add that to their 5 game losing run, however they have scored an average of one goal since the start of the season.

For Montrose they position themselves in seventh only a point off their weekend rivals. As of recent they have punished the league’s top two and but struggle to find that consistency to bolster them up the table.

East Fife vs Montrose Analysis

East Fife Last 5 Matches:

East Fife 1-5 Queen of South (Scottish Premiership League One)

East Fife 0-2 Inverness (Scottish Premiership League One)

Stenhousemuir 5-0 East Fife (Scottish Premiership League One)

East Fife 0-1 Kelty Hearts (Scottish Premiership League One)

East Fife 0-1 Peterhead (Scottish Premiership League One)

East Fife’s losing tally will strongly effect their confidence heading into this one overall this season their losing ratio is stronger than their winning, They’ve taken the lead 11 times and have conceded an equaliser om four occasions.

Montrose Last 5 Matches:

Alloa Athletic 4-1 Montrose (Scottish Premiership League One)

Montrose 2-1 Inverness (Scottish Premiership League One)

Queen of South 1-0 Montrose (Scottish Premiership League One)

Montrose 3-0 Stenhousemuir (Scottish Premiership League One)

Kelty Hearts 0-3 Montrose (Scottish Premiership League One)

Montrose have won four out of their last eight matches, they’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 9 out of 10 of their home matches and have conceded the first goal in thirteen out of twenty.

East Fife vs Montrose Predictions

Our advanced algorithm analyses over 200 data points to generate these predictions, suggesting that there is an implied probability of 34.5% chance of an away in this fixture. The model factors in current form, head-to-head records, player availability, and tactical matchups.

East Fife vs Montrose Betting Tips

Football Park’s Best Bet: Away win @2.90 odds- Our team of in-house betting tipsters have predicted an away win in this fixture.

Key Players to Watch

Sam Culbert is a young prospect who spent a lot of his time at Livingston in the academy he then went into the junior leagues with darvel last season before making his move to east fife in which hell look to impress.

For Montrose Blair Lyons and Callum Sandilands have been on the score sheet in recent times for their team and they’ll look to create that distance between themselves and east fife on Saturday.

East Fife vs Montrose match facts

Referee: Euan Anderson

Broadcast Details:

UK: East Fife TV

Stadium information: East Fife's original ground was Bayview Park, in Wellesley Road in the centre of Methil. Since 1998, home matches have been played at the new all-seated Bayview Stadium situated at the old Lower.