Match ends, Montrose 1, East Fife 4.
Montrose 1-4 East Fife
- From the section Football
Nathan Austin's hat-trick put East Fife top of Scottish League Two with a win at 10-man Montrose.
Ross Campbell set up Gary Fraser and he found the back of the net, but Austin turned the game on its head with a couple of goals either side of half-time.
Montrose's task got more difficult when defender Greg Pascazio was shown a straight red card.
Scott Mercer made it four before Austin took his tally to eight for the season.
Line-ups
Montrose
- 1Salmon
- 2Ferguson
- 5PascazioBooked at 50mins
- 6Allan
- 3Steeves
- 7JohnstonBooked at 72mins
- 4McCordBooked at 14minsSubstituted forMassonat 60'minutes
- 8MalinSubstituted forMallagarayat 63'minutes
- 11Webster
- 10CampbellSubstituted forKennethat 79'minutes
- 9FraserBooked at 59mins
Substitutes
- 12Masson
- 14Reoch
- 15Kenneth
- 16Mallagaray
- 17McWilliam
- 18McLeod
- 21Trialist
East Fife
- 1Goodfellow
- 12O'Kane
- 17Kerr
- 5Page
- 16Mercer
- 7MurraySubstituted forMacGregorat 79'minutes
- 2MullenSubstituted forBrownat 84'minutes
- 11Wilkie
- 3SlatterySubstituted forWalkerat 64'minutes
- 9Austin
- 10Smith
Substitutes
- 6Walker
- 8Brown
- 14MacGregor
- 15Naysmith
- 18Sutherland
- 20McGovern
- Referee:
- Mike Roncone
- Attendance:
- 572
Match Stats
Home TeamMontroseAway TeamEast Fife
- Possession
- Home46%
- Away54%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away5
- Corners
- Home4
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away22
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Montrose 1, East Fife 4.
Attempt missed. Ross Brown (East Fife) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Kevin Smith (East Fife) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Corner, Montrose. Conceded by Kyle Wilkie.
Jordan Reoch (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Allan Walker (East Fife).
Graham Webster (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin Smith (East Fife).
Foul by Scott Johnston (Montrose).
Ross Brown (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, East Fife. Ross Brown replaces Fraser Mullen.
Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Ryan Ferguson.
Foul by Gary Fraser (Montrose).
Kyle Wilkie (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Johnston (Montrose).
Declan O'Kane (East Fife) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Terry Masson (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nathan Austin (East Fife).
Attempt missed. Nathan Austin (East Fife) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Substitution
Substitution, East Fife. Graeme MacGregor replaces Craig Murray.
Substitution
Substitution, Montrose. Ryan Kenneth replaces Ross Campbell.
Goal!
Goal! Montrose 1, East Fife 4. Nathan Austin (East Fife) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Allan Walker.
Corner, Montrose. Conceded by Jonathan Page.
Gary Fraser (Montrose) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Fraser Mullen (East Fife).
Terry Masson (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Page (East Fife).
Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Andrew Steeves.
Booking
Scott Johnston (Montrose) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Johnston (Montrose).
Nathan Austin (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ross Campbell (Montrose) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Adrian Mallagaray (Montrose).
Jonathan Page (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, East Fife. Allan Walker replaces Patrick Slattery.
Substitution
Substitution, Montrose. Adrian Mallagaray replaces Gavin Malin.
Andrew Steeves (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nathan Austin (East Fife).
Substitution
Substitution, Montrose. Terry Masson replaces Ross McCord.