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Montrose face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Gable Endies 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 less than a year ago, in March 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Montrose | 5 - 4 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 12 Mar | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | Montrose | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Shire have conceded a disappointing 17 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 2 of their own chances.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Gable Endies's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 1 games have yielded only 0 points. Montrose are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 0 points from 1 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| Montrose | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Montrose only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Firs Park will be a good result. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Failed to win in previous 20 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 16 most recent games. |
| Montrose | Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |