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Stirling Alb. face a trip to Raith Rovers at Stark's Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 40 games played, Binos have recorded 11 wins, and Raith Rovers have come away with 18 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2006, with Stirling Alb. inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Rovers in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 03 Sep | Stirling Alb. | 1 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Stirling Alb. | 2 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Raith Rovers | 2 - 3 | Stirling Alb. | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Stirling Alb. | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Raith Rovers | 5 - 2 | Stirling Alb. | SCD2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Raith Rovers | 0 - 1 | Stirling Alb. | SCD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 27 Dec | Stirling Alb. | 3 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Raith Rovers need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While Rovers have scored 4, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Stirling Alb.'s away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Binos's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Raith Rovers are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 11 points from 11 matches. Stirling Alb. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 20 points from 11 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Stirling Alb. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stirling Alb. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Raith Rovers | Failed to win in previous 9 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Stirling Alb. | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. 10 games since last defeat. |