The game between East Fife and East Stirlingshire in the Scottish Division Three on Saturday 15th October 2005 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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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 taste defeat on 33 occassions, and draw 14, from the 52 games played.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2005, with East Fife running out comfortable 2 - 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: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 15 Feb | East Fife | 2 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | East Fife | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Fifers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
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, 19 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Fife are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 16 points from 9 games. East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 7 points from their 8 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 Fife | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 |
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 | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 7 away matches. Not won in previous 16 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |
