This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Arbroath and Brechin City at 15:00 on Saturday, 8th November 2008 in the Scottish Division Two.
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Brechin City pack their bags to visit Arbroath at Gayfield Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 39 games played, The City have recorded 11 wins, and Arbroath have come away with 14 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Gayfield Park was more than three years back, in March 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Sep | Brechin City | 3 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 15 Aug | Brechin City | 1 - 2 | Arbroath | SCC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | Arbroath | 1 - 4 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 09 Feb | Brechin City | 4 - 3 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | Arbroath | 2 - 2 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Brechin City | 4 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Mar | Arbroath | 0 - 1 | Brechin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Arbroath's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While The Red Lichties have scored 4, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Brechin City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The The City's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Arbroath find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 12 games have yielded only 6 points. Brechin City are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 25 points from 12 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arbroath | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Brechin City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brechin City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arbroath | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 12 most recent games. |
| Brechin City | Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |
