The game between Elgin City and East Stirlingshire in the Scottish Division Three on Saturday, 21st August 2010 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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East Stirling face a trip to Elgin City at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Shire 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 April 2010, with East Stirling inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the City in a Scottish Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Apr | Elgin City | 0 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Wed 10 Feb | East Stirling | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Oct | Elgin City | 1 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 22 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Feb | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Dec | Elgin City | 0 - 4 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The City's have scored 14 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 15.
East Stirling's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the The Shire have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 2 games have yielded only 0 points. East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 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 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the The Shire has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Elgin City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | 19 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |
