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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 earlier this season, with Brechin City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Blues in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 09 Aug | Stranraer | 1 - 2 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Brechin City | 1 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 13 Jan | Stranraer | 0 - 2 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Oct | Brechin City | 3 - 0 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 03 Sep | Stranraer | 3 - 1 | Brechin City | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Stranraer | 2 - 0 | Brechin City | SCD1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Brechin City | 0 - 0 | Stranraer | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stranraer need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While The Blues have scored 6, a worringly large 18 have been leaked at the other end.
Brechin City's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The The City's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Stranraer find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 20 games have yielded only 12 points. Brechin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 34 from their 21 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stranraer | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
| Brechin City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the The City has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Stranraer. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stranraer | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 7 home matches. Not won in the 12 most recent games. |
| Brechin City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 7 most recent games. |