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Elgin City prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Borough Briggs on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 5 of the previous 7 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was earlier this season, with Elgin City running out comfortable 3-1 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: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Elgin City | 3-1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Elgin City | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | East Stirling | 2 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 17 Dec | Elgin City | 3 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | East Stirling | 1 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While City have scored 7, a worringly large 17 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of East Stirling is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Shire have conceded 19 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Elgin City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 10 points from 18 matches. East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 18 games have yielded only 5 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 0 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Borough Briggs for the City and the Madmen are unable to see past East Stirling claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches. Failed to win in previous 10 home matches. Latest 6 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 14 most recent games. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 16 away matches. Not won in previous 16 away matches. An overall losing run of 8 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |