FM Preview: East Stirlingshire v Peterhead 03 Mar 2012

Last updated : 02 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the East Stirlingshire v Peterhead fixture

Peterhead face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Ochilview on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having pummelled their opponents 8 times out of 11.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 14 Jan Peterhead 1 - 0 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 20 Aug East Stirling 0-2 Peterhead Scottish Division Three
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

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Recent respective form guides

East Stirlingshire are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Peterhead have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Blue Toon have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

East Stirlingshire find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 17 points.

Peterhead lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 32 from their 26 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
East Stirlingshire 6 2 2 2 10 10 8
Peterhead 6 3 1 2 10 13 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Peterhead are not doing too bad on their travels, and we think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at East Stirlingshire. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
East Stirlingshire Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Peterhead 7 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.

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