FM Preview: East Stirlingshire v Peterhead 20 Aug 2011

Last updated : 19 August 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the East Stirlingshire v Peterhead fixture

Peterhead travel to take on East Stirlingshire at Ochilview on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having pummelled their opponents 7 times out of 10.

The last time the two teams met at East Stirlingshire was back in May 2005, over five years ago, where Peterhead annihilated the The Blue Toon 1-5 in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Tue 10 Aug Peterhead 6 - 1 East Stirling Scottish Challenge Cup
2004/2005 Sat 07 May East Stirling 1-5 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Mon 27 Dec Peterhead 3 - 0 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Sat 23 Oct East Stirling 1 - 2 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
2004/2005 Tue 10 Aug Peterhead 3 - 2 East Stirling Scottish League Cup
2004/2005 Sat 07 Aug Peterhead 5 - 0 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 10 Apr East Stirling 0 - 3 Peterhead Scottish Division Three

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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, 9 to 8.

The away form of Peterhead is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While the The Blue Toon have hit 6 goals, 20 have hit the back of the wrong net.

East Stirlingshire see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far,

Peterhead are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 0 points from 2 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
East Stirlingshire 6 2 0 4 7 13 6
Peterhead 6 0 1 5 6 16 1

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Shire, as the The Blue Toon have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
East Stirlingshire 10 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 11 .
Peterhead Lost each of the previous 6 away matches.
Not won in previous 25 away matches.
An overall losing run of 4 games.
No win in the 22 most recent games.

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