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Elgin City prepare to entertain Arbroath at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, beating their opponents 2 times from 5 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-3 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Arbroath | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Elgin City | 1-3 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 27 Oct | Arbroath | 5 - 0 | Elgin City | SFAC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | Arbroath | 4 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 24 Mar | Elgin City | 0 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 07 Mar | Arbroath | 2 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Elgin City | 0 - 4 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Arbroath have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 43 points from their 31 games so far. Arbroath's total of 48 points from their 31 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Irn Bru Scottish Division Three.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
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. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Arbroath | 10 games since last away draw. |