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History of the Peterhead v Gretna fixture

Peterhead prepare to entertain Gretna at Balmoor Stadium on Saturday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. Of the two previous meetings, the Blue Toon have won one and drawn one.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Balmoor Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2003, the Blue Toon carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sat 05 Apr	Peterhead	1-0	Gretna	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 18 Jan	Gretna	1 - 1	Peterhead	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 16 Nov	Peterhead	1 - 1	Gretna	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 14 Sep	Gretna	1 - 4	Peterhead	SCD3

Recent respective form guides

Peterhead are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Blue Toon have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 3.

In complete contrast to Peterhead, Gretna are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Black and Whites have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Peterhead are holding the final promotion place in the Bells Scottish Division Three, and have accumulated 3 points from the 1 games they have played so far. Gretna are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 1 points from 1 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Peterhead	6	3	2	1	7	2	11
Gretna	6	2	1	3	6	11	7

FootyMad's prediction ...

Peterhead may be coming up against a decent side in Gretna, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Blue Toon. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Peterhead	Unbeaten in the last 18 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Gretna	5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago.