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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, winning 33 and drawing 14 of the 52 games played.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Bayview Stadium was less than a year ago, in February 2005, with East Fife running out comfortable 2-0 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: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 15 Feb | East Fife | 2-0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | East Fife | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Fifers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
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, 19 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Fife are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 16 points from 9 games. East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 7 points from their 8 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 |
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 | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 7 away matches. Not won in previous 16 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |