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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 less than a year ago, in February 2005, with Montrose inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Shire in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Montrose | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 01 Mar | Montrose | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Feb | East Stirling | 1 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While The Shire have scored 6, a worringly large 16 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 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 3 points from 4 matches. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 4 points from their 4 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
| Montrose | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Montrose on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against East Stirling. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | 14 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 16 . |
| Montrose | Not won in previous 4 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |