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Elgin City face a trip to Montrose at Links Park Ground on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The City will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 14.29% success rate in the fixture.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 15 Nov | Elgin City | 2 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Montrose | 3 - 3 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 25 Jan | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 02 Nov | Elgin City | 0 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Montrose | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Montrose | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Montrose have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The away form of Elgin City is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the City have hit 6 goals, 22 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 26 points from their 22 games played so far, Elgin City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 14 points from 21 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Montrose | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Gable Endies, as the City have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Montrose | 5 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Elgin City | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |