Albion Rovers vs Dumbarton Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Albion Rovers

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Albion Rovers will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 League Two defeat last time out to Stenhousemuir.

Thomas Orr (21') scored for Stenhousemuir.

Brian Reid's Albion Rovers have found the net a sum total of 6 times in their preceding 6 outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 10.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Albion Rovers:

• have not won against Dumbarton in their last 2 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 9 league games. Something needs to change.

Dumbarton

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Dumbarton will go into the meeting following a 2-0 League Two win over Stirling Albion in their most recent game.

The only player to score from Dumbarton was Declan Byrne (1', 5').

For 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Dumbarton, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Sons standing at 1.

Taking a look at their past results, Dumbarton:

• have not beaten Albion Rovers when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 07/03/2009 shows us that Albion Rovers have won 1 of these & Dumbarton 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 of them for The Wee Rovers and 7 netted by The Sons. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was League One match day 32 on 07/04/2012 which finished with the scoreline of Albion Rovers 1-1 Dumbarton.

The referee was Des Roache.

📋 Team News: Albion Rovers

The Albion Rovers boss Brian Reid will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

📋 Team News: Dumbarton

Owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Dumbarton manager Stephen Farrell has zero fitness concerns whatsoever before this match.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Dumbarton and Albion Rovers may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

A scoreless draw looks like a real possibility, but we’ll see what happens. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 0-0 score at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 02:46 02/08/2022