FootyMAD's East Stirlingshire match preview

Last updated : 14 December 2007 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the East Stirlingshire v Elgin City fixture

Elgin City face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the City have winning 57.14% of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008Sat 22 SepElgin City6 - 0East StirlingSCD3
2006/2007Sat 14 AprElgin City2 - 1East StirlingSCD3
2006/2007Sat 23 DecEast Stirling0 - 2Elgin CitySCD3
2006/2007Sat 14 OctElgin City5 - 0East StirlingSCD3
2006/2007Sat 05 AugEast Stirling2 - 1Elgin CitySCD3
2005/2006Sat 25 MarElgin City3 - 0East StirlingSCD3
2005/2006Sat 28 JanEast Stirling0 - 2Elgin CitySCD3

Recent respective form guides

East Stirlingshire's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While The Shire have scored 9, a worringly large 18 have been leaked at the other end.

Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. While the City have hit 10 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.

East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 16 points from their 14 games played so far, Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 18 from their 15 games so far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
East Stirling6312151010
Elgin City62139187

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the City has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to East Stirling. Away win

Sequence statistics:
East Stirling Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Elgin City 4 games since last away draw.