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Montrose face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park 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, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Montrose | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 4 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While The Shire have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 21 games have yielded only 12 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 23 points from their 23 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| Montrose | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
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. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | No sequences of note |
| Montrose | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 5 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |