The game between East Stirlingshire and Elgin City in the Scottish Division Three on Saturday 15th January 2005 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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East Stirling prepare to entertain Elgin City at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Firs Park was earlier this season, with Elgin City inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the The Shire 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 06 Nov | Elgin City | 1 - 3 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Sep | East Stirling | 0-1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 15 May | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Jan | Elgin City | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Elgin City | 3 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Elgin City | 3 - 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 The Shire have scored 4, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. City have conceded 14 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 18 games have yielded only 8 points. Elgin City see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 21 points from their 18 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 Stirling | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
East Stirling are in pretty poor form at home recently, and the FootyMad are looking no further than a solitary point from this game. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 9 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Elgin City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 9 most recent games. |
