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Elgin City prepare to entertain Forfar Athletic at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, beating their opponents 1 times from 5 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 16 Feb | Forfar Ath. | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 21 Nov | Elgin City | 0-2 | Forfar Ath. | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Sep | Forfar Ath. | 3 - 3 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 11 Apr | Elgin City | 1 - 4 | Forfar Ath. | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 24 Mar | Forfar Ath. | 1 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Elgin City | 0 - 1 | Forfar Ath. | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | Forfar Ath. | 0 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While City have scored 5, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.
Forfar Ath.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Loons's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Elgin City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 22 points from 27 matches. Forfar Ath. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 44 points from 28 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Forfar Ath. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Borough Briggs for the City and the Madmen are unable to see past Forfar Ath. claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Forfar Ath. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. |