This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between East Fife and East Stirlingshire at 15:00 on Saturday 11th September 2004 in the Scottish Division Three.
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East Stirling face a trip to East Fife at Bayview Stadium 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 lose 31 and win only 5 of the 50 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2003, with East Fife running out comfortable 3 - 0 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 03 May | East Stirling | 0 - 4 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | East Fife | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 4 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | East Fife | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Apr | East Stirling | 1 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 16 Apr | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | East Fife | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.
The away form of East Stirling is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While the The Shire have hit 4 goals, 22 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Fife see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 5 points from their 5 games played so far, East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 5 games have yielded only 0 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Fifers, as the The Shire have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 29 away matches. Not won in previous 29 away matches. An overall losing run of 7 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |
