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Elgin City prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The City are clearly on top, winning 55.00% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was less than a year ago, in April 2010, with East Stirling inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the City in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Feb | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Dec | Elgin City | 0 - 4 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The City's have scored 14 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 15.
East Stirling's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the The Shire have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 2 games have yielded only 0 points. East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Borough Briggs for the City and the Madmen are unable to see past East Stirling claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | 19 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |