FootyMAD's East Fife match preview

Last updated : 05 October 2007 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the East Fife v Albion Rovers fixture

Albion Rvs. face a trip to East Fife at Bayview Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Wee Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2007, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners 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:
2006/2007Sat 21 AprEast Fife1 - 3Albion Rvs.SCD3
2006/2007Sat 24 FebAlbion Rvs.0 - 3East FifeSCD3
2006/2007Sat 21 OctEast Fife2 - 2Albion Rvs.SCD3
2006/2007Sat 12 AugAlbion Rvs.0 - 1East FifeSCD3
2005/2006Sat 11 MarEast Fife1 - 0Albion Rvs.SCD3
2005/2006Sat 14 JanAlbion Rvs.3 - 1East FifeSCD3
2005/2006Sat 29 OctEast Fife1 - 1Albion Rvs.SCD3

Recent respective form guides

East Fife have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, Fifers have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 6.

Albion Rvs. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Wee Rovers have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

East Fife are leading the way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, with their 8 games giving them a return of 19 points. Albion Rvs. see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 7 points from their 7 games played so far,

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
East Fife631213810
Albion Rvs.60246112

FootyMad's prediction ...

Wee Rovers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against East Fife. Home win

Sequence statistics:
East Fife 17 games since last home draw.
Albion Rvs. Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
An overall losing run of 4 games.
No win in the 6 most recent games.