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Elgin City prepare to entertain East Fife at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 5 of the 11 previous games, with the City winning just 4.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was earlier this season, with East Fife inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the City in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Elgin City | 1-2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Apr | East Fife | 0 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Elgin City | 5 - 3 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 07 Jan | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Elgin City | 1 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 26 Mar | East Fife | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While City have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
East Fife's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Fifers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 9 games have yielded only 0 points. East Fife are leading the way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, with their 9 games giving them a return of 19 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| East Fife | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the City at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Fifers come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 9 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 9 most recent games. |
| East Fife | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |