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Montrose face a trip to East Fife at Bayview Stadium on Monday 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 lose 31 and win only 10 of the 57 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Fifers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | Montrose | 0 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | East Fife | 2 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Montrose | 0 - 5 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | East Fife | 2 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Montrose | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, While Fifers have scored 9, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Montrose however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Gable Endies, and 9 goals against.
East Fife see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 15 points from their 16 games played so far, Montrose's 22 points from 16 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Montrose | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Gable Endies's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with East Fife, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Montrose | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 5 games since last defeat. |