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Montrose face a trip to Elgin City at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 5 of the 12 previous games, with the hosts winning just 3.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2005, the City carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Apr | Montrose | 1 - 3 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Elgin City | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 Aug | Elgin City | 0 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Montrose | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 03 Jan | Elgin City | 2 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Montrose have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Gable Endies have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 19 games have yielded only 10 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 20 points from their 18 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 |
| Montrose | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the City, as the Gable Endies have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | 21 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Montrose | 7 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |