The game between East Stirlingshire and Forfar Athletic in the Scottish Division Three on Saturday, 6th March 2010 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Forfar Ath. face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Ochilview on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Loons will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the The Shire carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory 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: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 14 Nov | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | Forfar Ath. | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 24 Oct | Forfar Ath. | 4 - 2 | East Stirling | SFAC |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 29 Aug | Forfar Ath. | 5 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 04 Apr | Forfar Ath. | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 17 Jan | East Stirling | 3 - 2 | Forfar Ath. | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 08 Nov | Forfar Ath. | 2 - 3 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Forfar Ath. | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Forfar Ath.'s away form is equally impressive, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. Those games have seen the Loons pummel 12 goals, and let in 3.
East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 44 points from 23 games. Forfar Ath. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 40 points from 22 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Forfar Ath. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Forfar Ath. are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at East Stirling. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Forfar Ath. | Undefeated in last 7 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |
