Montrose vs Saint Johnstone
Saint Johnston will continue playing his first match at the Scotland League Cup this season, Saint Johnstone playing as a guest team to challenge host Montrose at Links Park. For Montrose this match became their second game after they had been knocked down against Saint Johnstone’s competitor Ross County.
Unmitigated Montrose was made helpless by Ross County with a pretty 4-1 defeat, a goal from M. Allan still unable to save Montrose’s face. But it is undeniable that Montrose was expected to lose in the match. Then also in group B only Saint Johnstone and Ross County are the favorite teams to qualify for the next round.
Interestingly, Montrose and Saint Johnstone met at the same event last year, when they were also in the same group, B too. Playing at his own headquarters like this Montrose fell slightly 0-1 thanks to the mere goal of wayang from T. Watt in the 34th minute. Naturally, if T. Watt also expected more contributions, the defeat was still very imprint for Montrose.
Saint Johnstone’s preparation for facing this event was quite good, they played a number of trial matches and the results were not too bad with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. In addition, Saint Johnstone was also the team that reached the quarter-finals of last season before finally being eliminated from the defending champions Celtic FC. Back again in the quality of Saint Johnston above from Montrose, chances are Montrose will be defeated.
Our Prediction: 2
Odds: 1.33