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Predictions and Tips
Dumbarton will be facing visiting side Arbroath at The Dumbarton Football Stadium in this League One match on Saturday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Dumbarton v Arbroath match are shown here - along with the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Dumbarton
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Dumbarton will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-0 League One defeat last time out to Inverness C.T.
Alfie Bavidge (15') and Charlie Gilmour (68') scored for Inverness C.T.
It has been all too rare in recent times where Dumbarton have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Dumbarton have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 14 goals along the way.
Coming into this fixture, Dumbarton are unbeaten in the league by Arbroath in their previous 4 matches.
Arbroath
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After being beaten in their last game against Alloa Athletic in League One action, Arbroath and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
The only player to score from Arbroath was Gavin Reilly (13'). Stefan Scougall (21'), Luke Rankin (40') and David McKay (56') scored for Alloa Athletic.
In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Arbroath, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per match within that time is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Arbroath being 2.33. In any event, time will tell if the trend shall be maintained in this match.
Ahead of this meeting, Arbroath have not beaten Dumbarton when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. Not good.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 18/08/2018 shows us that Dumbarton have won 2 of them and Arbroath 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.
In all, 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 from The Sons and 8 created by The Red Lichties. The average goals per game has been 3.
📋 Team News: Dumbarton
There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Dumbarton manager Stephen Farrell to be concerned with due to a largely intact set of players. 10 (Dumbarton ) is sidelined.
ℹ️ Team News: Arbroath
Out of a mainly available group, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Arbroath manager Colin Hamilton to be concerned about. 1 (Arbroath ) won’t be playing here.
🧠 Prediction
We believe that Dumbarton have it within them to find the net against this Arbroath side, although one goal might not be good enough.
We therefore reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 1-2 winning score for Arbroath when the referee blows the final whistle. Hopefully this is a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:05 11/01/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
⚽️ Team Focus:
Dumbarton
Formed: 1872
Stadium: The Dumbarton Football Stadium (2,020)
Captain: Mark Durnan
Chairman: Neil McKay
Manager: Stephen Farrell
Competitions: League One position 10, Scottish Cup (Fourth Round)
🔑 Key Man: James Hilton
Customarily played in the Right Wing position, James Hilton was born in Scotland. After making a first senior appearance for Ayr United in the 2017 - 2018 season, the skilful Forward has hit 4 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 campaign so far from a total of 16 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 | WLWWL |
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20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 31 | WLLWD |
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20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | DWWLD |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 28 | DDWWL |
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20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | WLLLW |
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19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 25 | LWLDW |
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20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 24 | LWLLD |
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20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 20 | DWLDD |
9 |
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19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 13 | WLWLW |
10 |
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20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 7 | LLWWL |
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Airdrie United |
Inverness C.T. |
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Kelty Hearts |
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Annan Athletic |
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Alloa Athletic |
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Montrose |
Annan Athletic |
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Queen Of The South |
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Annan Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
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Cove Rangers |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 26 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
James Hilton | 4 |
Michael Ruth | 4 |
Mark Durnan | 3 |
Finlay Gray | 3 |
Carlo Pignatiello | 3 |
Gavin Reilly | 7 |
Innes Murray | 5 |
Ryan Dow | 4 |
Scott Stewart | 3 |
Fraser Taylor | 3 |
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Airdrie United |
Queen Of The South |
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