FM Preview: East Stirlingshire v Elgin City 23 Apr 2011

Last updated : 22 April 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,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
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
2009/2010 Sat 17 Oct Elgin City 1 - 2 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2009/2010 Sat 22 Aug East Stirling 1 - 1 Elgin City Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

East Stirlingshire's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Shire have scored 8, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.

Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the City have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

East Stirlingshire find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 33 games have yielded only 28 points.

Elgin City see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 39 points from their 32 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
East Stirlingshire 6 2 1 3 7 9 7
Elgin City 6 1 1 4 4 7 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Elgin City are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Ochilview with a well-deserved point. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
East Stirlingshire 6 games since last home draw.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 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 3 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

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