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Montrose face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, 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 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Montrose | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 4 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Montrose | 5 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While The Shire have scored 4, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Gable Endies have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 8 games have yielded only 1 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 10 points from their 8 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| Montrose | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Gable Endies out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at East Stirling. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Montrose | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |