FM Preview: Elgin City v Peterhead 14 Feb 2012

Last updated : 13 February 2012 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 Mon 02 Jan Peterhead 3 - 0 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
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

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Elgin City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, City have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 6.

Peterhead have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Blue Toon's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.

Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 29 points from their 20 games so far.

Peterhead see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 23 points from their 22 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Elgin City 6 2 1 3 10 16 7
Peterhead 6 3 1 2 6 8 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

City are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Elgin City Unbeaten in the last 7 home games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Peterhead 4 games since last away draw.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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