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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 8 of the 17 previous games, with the hosts winning just 5.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Montrose inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the City in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 10 Jan | Montrose | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 15 Nov | Elgin City | 1 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Montrose | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Apr | Montrose | 3 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Jan | Elgin City | 2 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Fri 12 Oct | Montrose | 0 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While City have scored 4, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Gable Endies have hit 8 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 21 games have yielded only 12 points. Montrose lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 33 from their 24 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Montrose | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Gable Endies has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Elgin City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Montrose | No win in the 3 most recent games. |