This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between East Stirlingshire and Clyde at 15:00 on Saturday, 11th September 2010 in the Scottish Division Three.
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East Stirling play host to Clyde at Ochilview on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 9 of the 18 previous games, with the The Shire winning just 5.
The last time the two teams met at East Stirling was way back in the black-and-white days of July 1977, the The Shire carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1977/1978 | Fri 01 Jul | East Stirling | 2-1 | Clyde | SCD2 |
| 1977/1978 | Fri 01 Jul | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Clyde | SCD2 |
| 1977/1978 | Fri 01 Jul | Clyde | 2 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD2 |
| 1976/1977 | Thu 01 Jul | Clyde | 4 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD2 |
| 1976/1977 | Thu 01 Jul | East Stirling | 1 - 3 | Clyde | SCD2 |
| 1976/1977 | Thu 01 Jul | Clyde | 2 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD2 |
| 1972/1973 | Sat 01 Jul | Clyde | 1 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Clyde have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Bully Wee's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
East Stirling lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 6 points from their 4 games so far. Clyde see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 4 points from their 4 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| Clyde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your number one FootyMad panel have studied this game long and hard, and cannot separate the two. A draw for the The Shire. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | 19 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Clyde | 5 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |
