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East Fife face a trip to Peterhead at Balmoor Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 4 of the 10 previous games, with the hosts winning just 2.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with East Fife inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Blue Toon in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | East Fife | 0 - 3 | Peterhead | SCD2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Oct | Peterhead | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 02 Aug | East Fife | 0 - 2 | Peterhead | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | East Fife | 0 - 3 | Peterhead | SFAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Peterhead | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 15 Jan | Peterhead | 0 - 0 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | East Fife | 0 - 2 | Peterhead | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Peterhead are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the The Blue Toon in those games, with 6 conceded.
East Fife have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Fifers have hit 5 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Peterhead are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 44 points from 27 games. East Fife lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 37 from their 26 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Peterhead | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
| East Fife | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the The Blue Toon. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Peterhead | Unbeaten in the last 11 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| East Fife | 10 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |