Seb Pocognoli has called up Kristi Montgomery to his senior squad after Kenny McLean’s withdrawal through injury. We mentioned Montgomery among the list of possible MF call ups to Pocognoli’s the senior squad. To supplement that article, here are 5 things about the in-form Kristi Montgomery.
| Name | Kristi Montgomery |
| Age | 22 |
| Position | Central Midfield |
| Current club | Blackburn Rovers |
| Club division | English 2nd tier |
| Club division Opta rating | 81.1 (10th globally) |
His mum is from Edinburgh
Leeds born Kristi Montgomery qualifies for Scotland via his mum who hails from Edinburgh. His family in Scotland live near Musselburgh. He gets at least some sporting genes from his dad who was a rugby league prop forward for Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls.
Kristi Montgomery played for Scotland at age group level
Kristi Montgomery’s Scotland age group debut is disputed. Transfermarkt state he played for Scotland U16s in 2019, subbing on for Ben Gannon-Doak. Other sources such as Flashscore state that his international debut was at U20 level. He has 5 Scotland U21 caps to date. Prior to call up yesterday by Pocognoli, Tony Docherty named Montgomery in the U21 squad for their forthcoming games versus Azerbaijan & Bulgaria.
His stats back his call up and indicate his style of play
Below are Kristi Montgomery’s best stats as currently listed on FotMob:
| Attribute | Number achieved | Percentile compared to positional peers (high = good) |
| Successful passes | 287 | 81.8 |
| Successful pass completion | 88.6% | 75.8 |
| Duels won | 39 | 90.9 |
| Touches | 448 | 82.8 |
| Defensive contributions | 59 | 100 |
| Tackles | 21 | 94.9 |
| Interceptions | 17 | 100 |
| Blocked shots | 4 | 84.8 |
| Recoveries | 35 | 86.9 |
| Clearances | 17 | 90.9 |
His first senior goal earlier this month was a gem
Montgomery has been a Rovers first team regular only since April. Such is his form he is now one of the first names on their team sheet. Earlier this month against Sheffield Utd he scored his first senior goal. He dispossessed his opponent with his first touch & then curled a real beauty from outside the box into the top corner with his 2nd touch. You can watch Montgomery’s goal at the start of this video.
His club boss is encouraging Kristi Montgomery to be more than a DM
Speaking to Rovers’ website after that Sheffield Utd game, boss Tony Mowbray stated:
“If you can add goals and athleticism to the combative nature that he’s got, you won’t be scrambling around in the Championship for too long if you can get a dozen goals over the season.“
“The whole world will be looking at the statistics and thinking ‘wow, he covers 11,500 meters a game, he makes this many tackles and he scores goals’.“
“You don’t hang around in the Championship if you do that, so I’d say that he should keep wanting to score, keep wanting to shoot and keep wanting to win the ball high up the pitch, just like he did tonight.”
