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Arbroath face a trip to East Fife at Bayview Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 54 games played, The Red Lichties have recorded 20 wins, and East Fife have come away with 27 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Fifers carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Arbroath | 1 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | East Fife | 2 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | East Fife | 0 - 3 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Feb | Arbroath | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 07 Oct | East Fife | 1 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 13 Aug | Arbroath | 1 - 0 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, While Fifers have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Arbroath however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the The Red Lichties, and 4 goals against.
East Fife are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 40 points from 24 games. Arbroath lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 39 from their 22 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Red Lichties's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with East Fife, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Arbroath | 10 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |