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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 January 2006, the The Shire carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Montrose | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Montrose | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Montrose | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Montrose | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 01 Mar | Montrose | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While The Shire have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Gable Endies have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 13 points from 14 matches. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 17 points from their 15 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| Montrose | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
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. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Montrose | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 7 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |