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Brechin City prepare to entertain Raith Rovers at Glebe Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning just 7 of the 30 games played, and losing 16.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Glebe Park was less than a year ago, in February 2008, as the The City squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Raith Rovers | 1 - 1 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Brechin City | 3-2 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Raith Rovers | 1 - 1 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | Brechin City | 0 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Mar | Brechin City | 1 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 20 Jan | Raith Rovers | 1 - 0 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Brechin City | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Brechin City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Rovers, and 8 goals against.
Brechin City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 13 points from 7 games. Raith Rovers's total of 13 points from their 7 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Bells Scottish Division Two.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brechin City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Brechin City's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Raith Rovers. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brechin City | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Raith Rovers | Undefeated in last 8 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |