FM Preview: East Stirlingshire v Elgin City 12 Nov 2011

Last updated : 11 November 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the East Stirlingshire v Elgin City fixture

Elgin City face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Ochilview on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 22 games played, City have recorded 9 wins, and East Stirlingshire have come away with 10 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2011, the Shire carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 27 Aug Elgin City 2 - 0 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2010/2011 Sat 23 Apr East Stirling 2-1 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2010/2011 Sat 13 Nov East Stirling 0 - 2 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2010/2011 Sat 09 Oct Elgin City 2 - 0 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2010/2011 Sat 21 Aug Elgin City 0 - 2 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2009/2010 Sat 17 Apr Elgin City 0 - 1 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2009/2010 Wed 10 Feb East Stirling 2 - 0 Elgin City Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

East Stirlingshire's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While Shire have scored 4, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.

Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.

East Stirlingshire find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 11 games have yielded only 3 points.

Elgin City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 20 points from 11 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
East Stirlingshire 6 1 1 4 9 18 4
Elgin City 6 3 3 0 15 5 12

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Although Elgin City have been far from successful in recent away games, we can see nothing other than an easy victory for them against East Stirlingshire. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
East Stirlingshire Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Elgin City Previous 3 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
7 games since last defeat.

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