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East Fife face a trip to Arbroath at Gayfield Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Fifers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2004, when they played out a goalless draw in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Arbroath | 0 - 0 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Dec | East Fife | 0 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 18 Oct | Arbroath | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Sep | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Arbroath | SLGC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 24 Apr | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 19 Dec | Arbroath | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Arbroath's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Red Lichties have scored 8, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
East Fife's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Fifers, and 14 goals against.
Arbroath lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 1 points from their 1 games so far. East Fife find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 1 games have yielded only 0 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arbroath | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| East Fife | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for East Fife on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Fifers. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arbroath | 13 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| East Fife | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 9 most recent games. |