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East Fife face a trip to Arbroath at Gayfield Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Fifers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with East Fife inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Red Lichties in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 29 Nov | East Fife | 2 - 0 | Arbroath | SFAC |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | East Fife | 3 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | Arbroath | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Apr | East Fife | 2 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Jan | Arbroath | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | East Fife | 0 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Arbroath | 2 - 3 | East Fife | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Arbroath's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The The Red Lichties's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
East Fife's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Fifers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Arbroath are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 18 points from 19 matches. East Fife lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 28 from their 20 games 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 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| East Fife | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Fifers has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Arbroath. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arbroath | 7 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| East Fife | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |