FootyMAD's East Stirlingshire match preview

Last updated : 02 December 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the East Stirlingshire v East Fife fixture

East Fife face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 54 games played, Fifers have recorded 20 wins, and East Stirling have come away with 26 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2005, the The Shire carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006Sat 15 OctEast Fife3 - 1East StirlingSCD3
2004/2005Sat 19 MarEast Stirling1 - 0East FifeSCD3
2004/2005Tue 15 FebEast Fife2 - 0East StirlingSCD3
2004/2005Sat 13 NovEast Stirling1 - 1East FifeSCD3
2004/2005Sat 11 SepEast Fife1 - 0East StirlingSCD3
2002/2003Sat 03 MayEast Stirling0 - 4East FifeSCD3
2002/2003Sat 22 FebEast Fife3 - 0East StirlingSCD3

Recent respective form guides

East Stirlingshire are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.

East Fife have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Fifers have hit 8 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 14 games have yielded only 8 points. East Fife lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 20 from their 15 games so far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
East Stirling60156201
East Fife61147134

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for East Fife on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against East Stirling. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
East Stirling Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 7 most recent games.
East Fife Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.