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Peterhead face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Blue Toon have beating their opponents 5 times from 8 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Peterhead | 3 - 2 | East Stirling | SLC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Peterhead | 5 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Shire have scored 5, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Peterhead's away form is none too clever either, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Blue Toon, and 12 goals against.
East Stirling find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 10 games have yielded only 2 points. Peterhead are leading the way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, with their 10 games giving them a return of 28 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 2 |
| Peterhead | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Peterhead are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to East Stirling. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not won in the 12 most recent games. |
| Peterhead | 5 successive away victories. 9 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |