This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between East Stirlingshire and Elgin City at 15:00 on Saturday, 5th April 2008 in the Scottish Division Three.
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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 53.33% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with East Stirling 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: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 19 Mar | Elgin City | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Shire have scored 8, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The City's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 32 games have yielded only 27 points. Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 46 from their 32 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the City out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at East Stirling. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | No sequences of note |
| Elgin City | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. 8 games since last defeat. |
