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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 70 games played, Gable Endies have recorded 22 wins, and East Stirling have come away with 35 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2008, with East Stirling running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Montrose | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Apr | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, The Shire have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 8.
Montrose's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The Gable Endies's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
East Stirling lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 21 points from their 14 games so far. Montrose are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 25 points from 14 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 16 |
| Montrose | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form Gable Endies, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Won 6 successive home games. 14 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 9 matches. |
| Montrose | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |