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East Fife prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Bayview Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Fifers are clearly on top, having won 31 and lost only 5 of the 50 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Bayview Stadium was just last season, in February 2003, with East Fife running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | East Stirling | 0 - 4 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | East Fife | 3-0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 4 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | East Fife | 4 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Apr | East Stirling | 1 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 16 Apr | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | East Fife | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.
The away form of East Stirling is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While the The Shire have hit 4 goals, 22 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Fife see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 5 points from their 5 games played so far, East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 5 games have yielded only 0 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Fifers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past East Stirling. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 29 away matches. Not won in previous 29 away matches. An overall losing run of 7 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |