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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 earlier this season, with East Stirling annihilating their visitors 5 - 0 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: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Feb | Montrose | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Dec | East Stirling | 5 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Montrose | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Apr | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Mar | Montrose | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Dec | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 06 Oct | Montrose | 3 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The The Shire's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Montrose have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Gable Endies's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 52 points from 32 games. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 45 points from their 32 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Montrose | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
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 2 home matches. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Montrose | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |