The game between East Stirlingshire and Queens Park in the Scottish Division Three on Saturday 27th September 2003 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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East Stirling prepare to entertain Queens Park at Firs Park on Saturday evening, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. It couldn't be much closer,Shire having the edge 26 games to 20.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Firs Park was less than a year ago, in April 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners 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: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | East Stirling | 0-2 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Queens Park | 3 - 4 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | East Stirling | 0 - 4 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Queens Park | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Sep | Queens Park | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SLC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Mar | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 12 Jan | Queens Park | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While Shire have scored 6, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Queens Park's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Spiders's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 6 games have yielded only 2 points. Queens Park's 8 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
| Queens Park | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Firs Park for the Shire and the Madmen are unable to see past Queens Park claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Failed to win in previous 24 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 24 most recent games. |
| Queens Park | 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |
