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Montrose face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 69 games played, Gable Endies have recorded 22 wins, and East Stirling have come away with 34 victories.
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: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Mar | Montrose | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Dec | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 06 Oct | Montrose | 3 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Apr | East Stirling | 0 - 2 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
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 8, a worringly large 11 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. The Gable Endies's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 35 games have yielded only 31 points. Montrose are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 59 points from 35 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Montrose | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Gable Endies out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at East Stirling. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. |
| Montrose | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. 8 games since last defeat. |