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Elgin City prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The City are clearly on top, having won 9 and lost only 2 of the 14 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was less than a year ago, in April 2007, the City carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Apr | Elgin City | 2-1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Dec | East Stirling | 0 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Elgin City | 5 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 Aug | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Elgin City | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 28 Jan | East Stirling | 0 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | Elgin City | 1 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While City have scored 8, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
East Stirling's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The The Shire's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 6 games have yielded only 3 points. East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 12 points from 6 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
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 | 34 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 11 . |
| East Stirling | 9 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |