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 earlier this season, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Scottish Division Three match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Montrose | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Montrose | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
2004/2005 | Tue 01 Mar | Montrose | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
2004/2005 | Sat 12 Feb | East Stirling | 1 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Montrose | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Shire have scored 5, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Gable Endies have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 19 games have yielded only 9 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 20 points from their 20 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
Montrose | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
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 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 12 most recent games. |
Montrose | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |