Montrose Women v Hibernian Women
SWPL 1 | Links Park
Sunday, 5 November 2023 @ 1.00pm
Hibernian Women travel to Montrose Women on Sunday lunchtime in SWPL 1.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Hamilton Academical 8-1 at home, with three goals from Eilidh Adams, two from Jorian Baucom, one from Lia Tweedie, one from Shannon McGregor and one from Rosie Livingstone.
Montrose, meanwhile, drew their last match, 1-1 against Hamilton Academical, with their goal scored by Charlotte Gammie.
Montrose are 11th in the table after 10 games, of which they have won one and drawn two, earning five points.
Hibernian are six places ahead of the home side in fifth, with five wins and two draws putting them on 17 points.
With 10 goals in 10 games so far this season, Montrose are the league's joint-third-lowest scorers with 1.0 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 43 goals at a rate of 4.3 per game.
The visitors are also below average scorers, with 2.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 2.2. They have conceded 1.8 goals per game.
In Baucom, Hibernian have one of the league's sharpest shooters so far this season. She has notched eight goals in 11 appearances, to sit fourth in the scoring charts.
Montrose's top scorers, with two goals in 10 games each, are Aimee Ridgeway, Gammie and Jade McLaren.
The hosts are in disappointing form in SWPL 1, with one win and two draws from their last six games.
With four wins and two losses over that period, Hibernian's form is much better – they have taken 12 points from 18, compared to Montrose's five.