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Montrose face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday evening, 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, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline 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: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Montrose | 5 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Montrose | 5 - 4 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 12 Mar | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | Montrose | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire could not have a worse home record, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While Shire have scored 9, a worringly large 22 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Gable Endies have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 24 games have yielded only 5 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 32 points from their 25 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| Montrose | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Montrose are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Firs Park with a well-deserved point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Been beaten in each of their previous 8 home matches. Failed to win in previous 8 home matches. Latest 14 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 14 most recent games. |
| Montrose | Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |