The game between Queens Park and East Stirlingshire in the Scottish Division Three on 24th December 2011 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Queens Park v East Stirlingshire fixture

East Stirlingshire face a trip to Queens Park at Hampden Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Shire will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 45 and win only 13 of the 74 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2011, with Queens Park running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Queens Park have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Spiders in those games, with 6 conceded.

The away form of East Stirlingshire is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Shire have hit 7 goals, 23 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Queens Park lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 22 points from their 15 games so far.

East Stirlingshire find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 16 games have yielded only 9 points.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Spiders, as the Shire have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

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