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East Fife face a trip to Stranraer at Stair Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 37 games played, Fifers have recorded 12 wins, and Stranraer have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides 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: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 02 Jan | East Fife | 2 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 10 Nov | Stranraer | 0 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | East Fife | 3 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Stranraer | 1 - 0 | East Fife | S23P |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 02 May | East Fife | 4 - 1 | Stranraer | S23P |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 09 Aug | East Fife | 0 - 1 | Stranraer | SLGC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 14 Mar | East Fife | 0 - 3 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Stranraer have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The Fifers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the Fifers pummel 12 goals, and let in 4.
Stranraer are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 45 points from 25 games. East Fife are leading the way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, with their 27 games giving them a return of 67 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stranraer | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| East Fife | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
East Fife are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Stranraer. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stranraer | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| East Fife | 5 successive away victories. 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 17 outings ago. |