FM Preview: East Stirlingshire v Stirling Albion 02 Jan 2013

Last updated : 01 January 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the East Stirlingshire v Stirling Albion fixture

Stirling Albion travel to take on East Stirlingshire at Ochilview Park on Wednesday evening, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Binos have winning 55.81% of the games played between the two.

The last time the two teams met at East Stirlingshire was back in November 2006, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish F.A. Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2006/2007 Sat 25 Nov East Stirling 0-2 Stirling Alb. Scottish F.A. Cup
2003/2004 Sat 01 May East Stirling 0 - 3 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 13 Mar Stirling Alb. 6 - 0 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 10 Jan East Stirling 2 - 4 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 23 Aug Stirling Alb. 5 - 1 East Stirling Scottish Division Three
2002/2003 Sat 08 Mar East Stirling 1 - 3 Stirling Alb. Scottish Division Three
2002/2003 Wed 01 Jan Stirling Alb. 2 - 1 East Stirling Scottish Division Three

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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. The Shire's have scored 11 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.

The away form of Stirling Albion is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Binos's have scored 12 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 14.

East Stirlingshire find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 14 games have yielded only 11 points.

Stirling Albion are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 13 points from 14 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
East Stirlingshire 6 0 2 4 7 15 2
Stirling Albion 6 2 0 4 11 14 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Stirling Albion on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against East Stirlingshire. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
East Stirlingshire Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Not won in the 6 most recent games.
Stirling Albion Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 5 away matches.
Last drawn game 9 outings ago.

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