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Elgin City prepare to entertain Montrose at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 5 of the 12 previous games, with the City winning just 3.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was just last season, in December 2005, the City carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Apr | Montrose | 1 - 3 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Elgin City | 1-0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 Aug | Elgin City | 0 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 03 Jan | Elgin City | 2 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Montrose have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Gable Endies have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 19 games have yielded only 10 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 20 points from their 18 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 |
| Montrose | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
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 Montrose. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | 21 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Montrose | 7 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |