FootyMAD's St. Mirren match preview

Last updated : 12 August 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the St. Mirren v Stranraer fixture

Stranraer travel to take on St. Mirren at St Mirren Park on Saturday afternoon, with the intention of improving a poor record there. The have tasted victory on only 1 occassions from the 9 previous games.

The last time the two teams met at St. Mirren was back in April 1999, over five years ago, with St. Mirren annihilating their visitors 5 - 1 in a Scottish Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1998/1999Sat 24 AprSt. Mirren5 - 1StranraerSCD1
1998/1999Sat 05 DecStranraer1 - 2St. MirrenSCD1
1998/1999Sat 17 OctSt. Mirren1 - 0StranraerSCD1
1998/1999Wed 05 AugStranraer0 - 1St. MirrenSCD1
1994/1995Sat 15 AprSt. Mirren2 - 0StranraerSCD1
1994/1995Sat 11 MarStranraer1 - 3St. MirrenSCD1
1994/1995Mon 26 DecSt. Mirren1 - 0StranraerSCD1

Recent respective form guides

St. Mirren are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Buddies have scored 9 and conceded 1 during this period.

The The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The The Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.

St. Mirren see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division One, showing a record of 0 points from their 1 games played so far, Stranraer's 3 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
St. Mirren64118413
Stranraer63216511

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against St. Mirren is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win

Sequence statistics:
St. Mirren Won 4 successive home games.
5 games since last home draw.
Stranraer 4 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.