FootyMAD's East Fife match preview

History of the Elgin City v East Fife fixture

Elgin City prepare to entertain East Fife at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was less than a year ago, in February 2005, the City carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 09 Apr	East Fife	1 - 2	Elgin City	SCD3
2004/2005	Sat 26 Mar	East Fife	2 - 0	Elgin City	SCD3
2004/2005	Sat 12 Feb	Elgin City	2-1	East Fife	SCD3
2004/2005	Sat 02 Oct	Elgin City	2 - 1	East Fife	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 05 Apr	East Fife	5 - 0	Elgin City	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 18 Jan	Elgin City	0 - 1	East Fife	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 16 Nov	East Fife	4 - 0	Elgin City	SCD3

Recent respective form guides

Elgin City have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While City have scored 8, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

East Fife's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Fifers have hit 10 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 6 points from their 7 games so far. East Fife's total of 12 points from their 7 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Bells Scottish Division Three.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Elgin City	6	1	2	3	8	13	5
East Fife	6	4	0	2	10	7	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Borough Briggs for the City and the Madmen are unable to see past East Fife claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Elgin City	Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
East Fife	4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago.