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Stenhousemuir face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 25 of the 63 previous games, with the hosts winning just 23.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Stenhousemuir | 6 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | East Stirling | 1 - 4 | Stenhousemuir | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 15 Mar | East Stirling | 3 - 2 | Stenhousemuir | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Feb | Stenhousemuir | 3 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Stenhousemuir | 6 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 13 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Stenhousemuir | SCD3 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 26 Dec | Stenhousemuir | 2 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The The Shire's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The Warriors have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Warriors's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 12 games have yielded only 7 points. Stenhousemuir are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 28 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| Stenhousemuir | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stenhousemuir are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Stenhousemuir | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |