Dumbarton vs Peterhead Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Dumbarton

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Dumbarton will be hoping for a better result after a 2-0 League Two loss in their previous game against Elgin City.

Connall Ewan (37') and Liam Harvey (64') scored for Elgin City.

It has been seldom 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 matches, shipping 9 goals during that time.

Looking at their past form shows that Dumbarton:

• have not beaten Peterhead in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 home league matches.

Peterhead

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Peterhead come into this match following a 2-1 League Two win with the downing of Bonnyrigg Rose in their previous match.

For Peterhead, the goals were scored by Hamish Ritchie (70') and Kieran Shanks (89'). Neil Martyniuk (80') scored for Bonnyrigg Rose.

Illustrating their predisposition for high-scoring encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the previous six games in which Peterhead have played, giving an average of 3.33 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have got 8 of these goals. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Heading into this fixture, Peterhead have not lost to Dumbarton in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 04/05/2021 shows us that Dumbarton have won 2 of them & Peterhead 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 26 in total which averages out at 4.33 goals per meeting.

📋 Team News: Dumbarton

The Dumbarton manager Stephen Farrell will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Peterhead

Thanks to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Peterhead boss Jordon Brown doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Peterhead have it within them to put one past this Dumbarton outfit, although it realistically won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a narrow 2-1 win for Dumbarton by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 01:00 19/09/2023