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Montrose prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Links Park Ground on Saturday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Gable Endies are clearly on top, winning 53.23% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Links Park Ground was less than a year ago, in May 2004, the Gable Endies 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 02 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Montrose 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, 10 to 9.
East Stirling have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Shire have hit 8 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Montrose are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 22 points from 16 games. East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 16 games have yielded only 8 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Montrose | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Gable Endies's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past East Stirling. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Montrose | 6 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| East Stirling | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |