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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, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Feb | Montrose | 4 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 02 Dec | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. The Shire have conceded a disappointing 12 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 1 of their own chances.
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 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 32 games have yielded only 21 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 28 points from their 32 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Montrose | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Shire, as the Gable Endies have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Been beaten in each of their previous 5 home matches. Failed to win in previous 12 home matches. Latest 7 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 13 most recent games. |
| Montrose | Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |