This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between East Stirlingshire and Montrose at 15:00 on Saturday 2nd October 2004 in the Scottish Division Three.
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East Stirling prepare to entertain Montrose at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The The Shire are clearly on top, winning 53.23% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Firs Park was less than a year ago, in March 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-4 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: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Montrose | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | East Stirling | 1-4 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Montrose | 5 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Montrose | 5 - 4 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 12 Mar | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Montrose | 2 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While The Shire have scored 4, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Montrose's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Gable Endies have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 8 games have yielded only 1 points. Montrose see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 10 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 Stirling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| Montrose | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Firs Park for the The Shire and the Madmen are unable to see past Montrose claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Montrose | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |
