FM Preview: Stirling Albion v Elgin City 17 Nov 2012

Last updated : 16 November 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Stirling Albion v Elgin City fixture

Elgin City travel to take on Stirling Albion at Forthbank Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The City will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 12.50% success rate in the fixture.

The last time the two teams met at Stirling Albion was back in November 2005, over five years ago, the Binos carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish F.A. Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 18 Aug Elgin City 3 - 1 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three
2005/2006 Sat 26 Nov Stirling Alb. 2-1 Elgin City Scottish F.A. Cup
2003/2004 Sat 24 Apr Elgin City 0 - 1 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Wed 10 Mar Stirling Alb. 6 - 1 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 13 Dec Elgin City 0 - 2 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 04 Oct Stirling Alb. 3 - 0 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2002/2003 Sat 10 May Elgin City 2 - 2 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

Stirling Albion's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the City have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Stirling Albion find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 10 games have yielded only 7 points.

Elgin City are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 19 points from 11 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Stirling Albion 6 2 1 3 11 11 7
Elgin City 6 3 3 0 20 9 12

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing appears to be going right for the City out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Stirling Albion. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Stirling Albion Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Elgin City Previous 2 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
8 games since last defeat.

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