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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 64 previous games, with the hosts winning just 23.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they played out a goalless draw in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Stenhousemuir | 5 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 28 Nov | Stenhousemuir | 3 - 2 | East Stirling | SFAC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | East Stirling | 0 - 0 | Stenhousemuir | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Shire have conceded a disappointing 12 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Stenhousemuir's away form is none too clever either, 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 9 goals for and 7 against.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 18 points. Stenhousemuir are leading the way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, with their 27 games giving them a return of 60 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Stenhousemuir | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
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 | 7 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Stenhousemuir | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |