FM Preview: Elgin City v Peterhead 06 Dec 2011

Last updated : 05 December 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Elgin City v Peterhead fixture

Elgin City play host to Peterhead at Borough Briggs on Tuesday evening, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning 27.27 of the games played between the two.

The last time the two teams met at Elgin City was back in April 2005, over five years ago, 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
2011/2012 Sat 10 Sep Peterhead 1 - 3 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Sat 23 Apr Elgin City 0-2 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Tue 08 Mar Elgin City 2 - 2 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Tue 01 Mar Peterhead 3 - 0 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Sat 21 Aug Peterhead 2 - 1 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 01 May Peterhead 3 - 1 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 13 Mar Elgin City 1 - 0 Peterhead Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

Elgin City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the City, with 8 goals against.

The away form of Peterhead is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Blue Toon have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Elgin City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 22 points from 13 games.

Peterhead find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 13 games have yielded only 7 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Elgin City 6 1 4 1 8 8 7
Peterhead 6 2 3 1 8 6 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Peterhead is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the City in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Elgin City Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Peterhead 4 games since last defeat.

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