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Elgin City prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Borough Briggs on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 10 wins out of 15 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was earlier this season, with Elgin City annihilating their visitors 6-0 in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Sep | Elgin City | 6-0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The City's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
The away form of East Stirling is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. The Shire have conceded 14 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 39 points from their 29 games so far. East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 28 games have yielded only 23 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that City's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past East Stirling. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. An overall losing run of 9 games. No win in the 10 most recent games. |