FM Preview: Annan Athletic v Elgin City 11 Sep 2010

Last updated : 10 September 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Annan Athletic v Elgin City fixture

Elgin City face a trip to Annan Athletic at Galabank on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The City will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a Scottish Division Three match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010Tue 06 AprElgin City1 - 0Annan Ath.SCD3
2009/2010Sat 06 MarAnnan Ath.3 - 3Elgin CitySCD3
2009/2010Sat 14 NovAnnan Ath.0 - 2Elgin CitySCD3
2009/2010Sun 06 SepAnnan Ath.4 - 2Elgin CitySCC
2009/2010Sat 29 AugElgin City1 - 1Annan Ath.SCD3
2008/2009Sat 28 MarElgin City0 - 1Annan Ath.SCD3
2008/2009Sat 07 MarAnnan Ath.6 - 0Elgin CitySCD3

Recent respective form guides

Annan Athletic are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.

Elgin City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the City have hit 7 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Annan Ath. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 8 points from 4 games. Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 4 games have yielded only 0 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Annan Ath.62221088
Elgin City61059213

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Black and Golds, as the City have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Annan Ath. Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Elgin City Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 5 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.