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Elgin City face a trip to Arbroath at Gayfield Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The City lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Arbroath and Elgin City at was earlier this season, with Arbroath running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Elgin City | 2 - 0 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Oct | Arbroath | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Arbroath could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Red Lichties have rattled up an impressive 21 goals, and conceded 6.
Elgin City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The City's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Arbroath lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 29 points from their 22 games so far. Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 30 from their 23 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for City could well see them head back from Gayfield Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arbroath | Won 6 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. |
| Elgin City | 8 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |