The game between East Stirlingshire and Berwick Rangers in the Scottish Division Three on Saturday, 6th February 2010 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Berwick Rgrs. face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Ochilview on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 24 of the 58 previous games, with the hosts winning just 21.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the The Shire carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 12 Dec | Berwick Rgrs. | 0 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 10 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 28 Mar | Berwick Rgrs. | 1 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Mar | East Stirling | 0 - 4 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Oct | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 02 Aug | Berwick Rgrs. | 2 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | East Stirling | 0 - 3 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Shire in those games, with 5 conceded.
Berwick Rgrs.'s away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 15 goals for the Borderers, and 5 goals against.
East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 38 points from 18 games. Berwick Rgrs. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 33 points from 19 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Berwick Rgrs. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against East Stirling is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Won 3 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Won their latest 6 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 13 . |
| Berwick Rgrs. | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |
