| This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Montrose and East Stirlingshire at 15:00 on Saturday, 23rd January 2010 in the Scottish Division Three. |
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History of the Montrose v East Stirlingshire fixture
East Stirlingshire face a trip to Montrose at Links Park Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Shire will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 42 and win only 18 of the 73 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 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: |
| 2009/2010 |
Sun 06 Dec |
East Stirlingshire |
1 - 0 |
Montrose |
SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 |
Sat 19 Sep |
Montrose |
0 - 3 |
East Stirlingshire |
SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 |
Sat 18 Apr |
East Stirlingshire |
2 - 1 |
Montrose |
SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 |
Sat 21 Feb |
Montrose |
0 - 2 |
East Stirlingshire |
SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 |
Sat 06 Dec |
East Stirlingshire |
5 - 0 |
Montrose |
SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 |
Sat 20 Sep |
Montrose |
3 - 0 |
East Stirlingshire |
SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 |
Sat 26 Apr |
East Stirlingshire |
3 - 1 |
Montrose |
SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Montrose's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Gable Endies have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
East Stirlingshire's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While The Shire have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Montrose find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 17 games have yielded only 6 points. East Stirlingshire are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 32 points from 16 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
P |
| Montrose |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
| East Stirlingshire |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
East Stirlingshire are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, but with 6 weeks past without a game and Montrose improving, things are going to be tought however the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: |
| Montrose |
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
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| East Stirlingshire |
11 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 12 outings ago.
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