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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 20 games played, City have recorded 8 wins, and East Stirling have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2010, with East Stirling running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 09 Oct | Elgin City | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2010/2011 | Sat 21 Aug | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Apr | Elgin City | 0 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Wed 10 Feb | East Stirling | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Oct | Elgin City | 1 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 22 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire 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, 7 to 5.
The away form of Elgin City is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the City have hit 6 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 11 points from their 12 games played so far, Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 16 from their 12 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Elgin City on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against East Stirling. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Elgin City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |