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Montrose face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Ochilview 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, the The Shire carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 23 Jan | Montrose | 0 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sun 06 Dec | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Montrose | 0 - 3 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Apr | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The Shire in those games, with 7 conceded.
Montrose have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 50 points from 27 games. Montrose find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 16 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Montrose | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is a game in which both sides are showing indifferent form, so the Madmen are expecting the Gable Endies to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | 13 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 22 . |
| Montrose | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |