FootyMAD's East Fife match preview

History of the Arbroath v East Fife fixture

Arbroath prepare to entertain East Fife at Gayfield Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Red Lichties are clearly on top, winning 53.85% of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Gayfield Park was just last season, in February 2004, when they played out a goalless draw in a Scottish Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sat 17 Apr	East Fife	1 - 2	Arbroath	SCD2
2003/2004	Sat 21 Feb	Arbroath	0-0	East Fife	SCD2
2003/2004	Sat 27 Dec	East Fife	0 - 1	Arbroath	SCD2
2003/2004	Sat 18 Oct	Arbroath	0 - 1	East Fife	SCD2
2001/2002	Tue 11 Sep	East Fife	1 - 0	Arbroath	SLGC
1998/1999	Sat 24 Apr	East Fife	1 - 2	Arbroath	SCD2
1998/1999	Sat 19 Dec	Arbroath	2 - 1	East Fife	SCD2

Recent respective form guides

Arbroath's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Red Lichties have scored 8, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.

East Fife's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Fifers, and 14 goals against.

Arbroath lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 1 points from their 1 games so far. East Fife find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 1 games have yielded only 0 points.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Arbroath	6	1	1	4	8	14	4
East Fife	6	0	2	4	5	16	2

FootyMad's prediction ...

Arbroath are in pretty poor form at home recently, and the FootyMad are looking no further than a solitary point from this game. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Arbroath	13 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games.
East Fife	Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 9 most recent games.