FootyMAD's East Stirlingshire match preview

History of the Peterhead v East Stirlingshire fixture

Peterhead prepare to entertain East Stirlingshire at Balmoor Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 6 of the previous 8 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Balmoor Stadium was less than a year ago, in January 2004, with Peterhead annihilating their visitors 6-0 in a Scottish Division Three match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sat 10 Apr	East Stirling	0 - 3	Peterhead	SCD3
2003/2004	Sat 24 Jan	Peterhead	6-0	East Stirling	SCD3
2003/2004	Sat 29 Nov	East Stirling	1 - 3	Peterhead	SCD3
2003/2004	Sat 20 Sep	Peterhead	2 - 0	East Stirling	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 12 Apr	East Stirling	1 - 1	Peterhead	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 15 Feb	Peterhead	6 - 0	East Stirling	SCD3
2002/2003	Sat 30 Nov	East Stirling	1 - 4	Peterhead	SCD3

Recent respective form guides

Peterhead have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Blue Toon, with 5 goals against.

The away form of East Stirling is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Shire have conceded 20 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Peterhead	6	3	1	2	14	9	10
East Stirling	6	1	0	5	5	20	3

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 Blue Toon in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Peterhead	Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
East Stirling	Lost each of the previous 25 away matches. Not won in previous 25 away matches. Last drawn game 36 outings ago.