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Airdrie Utd. prepare to entertain Gretna at Shyberry Excelsior Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. The Diamonds lost the only previous game contested between the two teams.
The only previous meeting between Airdrie Utd. and Gretna at was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a Scottish Challenge Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Gretna | 0 - 2 | Airdrie Utd. | SCD1 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 15 Aug | Airdrie Utd. | 0-3 | Gretna | SCC |
Recent respective form guides
Airdrie United's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The The Diamonds's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Gretna's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Black and Whites's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 15 goals for and 14 against.
Airdrie Utd. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 16 games have yielded only 11 points. Gretna are leading the way in the Bells Scottish Division One, with their 16 games giving them a return of 33 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Airdrie Utd. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Gretna | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the The Diamonds at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Black and Whites come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Airdrie Utd. | 7 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Gretna | 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |