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Brechin City face a trip to Stranraer at Stair Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The City 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 just last season, in February 2003, with Brechin City inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Blues in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Brechin City | 3 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 25 Feb | Stranraer | 2 - 3 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 02 Nov | Brechin City | 3 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Sep | Stranraer | 6 - 1 | Brechin City | SLC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Stranraer | 3 - 1 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Apr | Brechin City | 1 - 3 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 04 Mar | Stranraer | 0 - 2 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Stranraer could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Blues have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.
Brechin City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The The City's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Stranraer are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 9 points from 4 games. Brechin City's 6 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stranraer | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Brechin City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Blues, as the The City have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stranraer | Won 7 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Brechin City | 4 games since last defeat. |