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Montrose face a trip to East Fife at Bayview Stadium 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 lose 32 and win only 10 of the 58 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2004, the Fifers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Montrose | 2 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 27 Dec | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | Montrose | 0 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | East Fife | 2 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Montrose | 0 - 5 | East Fife | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Fifers have conceded a disappointing 14 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 2 of their own chances.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.
East Fife find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 2 games have yielded only 0 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 1 points from their 2 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Montrose | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
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 East Fife. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Montrose | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |