Stirling prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Forthbank Stadium on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 23 wins out of 34 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Forthbank Stadium was less than a year ago, in January 2003, the Binos carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 3 | Stirling | SCD3 |
2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Stirling | 2-1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Stirling | SCD3 |
2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Stirling | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Stirling | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
2001/2002 | Sat 09 Feb | East Stirling | 3 - 0 | Stirling | SCD3 |
2001/2002 | Sat 01 Dec | Stirling | 1 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Stirling Albion are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Binos in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of East Stirling is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While the Shire have hit 7 goals, 19 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 4 points from 2 games. East Stirling see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 1 points from their 2 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Stirling | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against East Stirling is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Binos in a close run game. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Stirling | 8 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
East Stirling | Lost each of the previous 7 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 16 most recent games. |