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Stirling Albion vs Dumbarton Live Stream, Predictions
The League Two fixture at Forthbank Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Stirling Albion locking horns with Dumbarton.
Our tips, poll and stats for Stirling Albion v Dumbarton can all be found here including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide
Stirling Albion
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Stirling Albion, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 League Two victory against Forfar Athletic.
For Stirling Albion, the goals were scored by Ross McGeachie (70') and Dale Carrick (78').
In their prior 6 games, Darren Young's Stirling Albion have hit the target 10 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.
Ahead of this meeting, Stirling Albion haven't been defeated in their previous 6 home league matches.
Dumbarton
WLLWWL
After suffering a loss in their previous game against Albion Rovers in League Two action, Dumbarton and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
Joe Bevan (7', 12'), Charlie Reilly (32', 91'), Callum Wilson (39') and Ayrton Sonkur (89' Own goal) scored for Albion Rovers.
Stephen Farrell's Dumbarton have turned their attacks into goals 7 times in the course of their previous sextet of matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same matches adds up to 10.
↔️ Head to head
A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 29/10/2011 shows us that Stirling Albion have won 2 of them & Dumbarton 4, with the tally of draws being 0.
A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 from The Binos and 10 created by The Sons. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.
The last league clash featuring these sides was League Two match day 10 on 08/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Stirling Albion 6-0 Dumbarton.
The referee was Barry Cook.
📋 Team News: Stirling Albion
The Stirling Albion boss Darren Young will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available to choose from.
🗞️ Team News: Dumbarton
Owing to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Dumbarton manager Stephen Farrell has zero fitness worries to speak of before this game.
💡 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Dumbarton will need things to go their way to find the net against this Stirling Albion lineup who will likely do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 1-0 victory for Stirling Albion when the referee blows for full-time.
A close call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:27 21/03/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Stirling Albion
Formed: 1945
Stadium: Forthbank Stadium (3,808)
Captain: Ross McGeachie
Manager: Darren Young
Competitions: League Two position 2
🔑 Star Man: Robert Thomson

Normally taking up the Striker position, Robert Thomson was born in Paisley, Scotland. Having played his first senior match for Alloa Athletic in the 2012 - 2013 season, the accomplished Forward has managed to score 6 league goals in the League Two 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in a total of 24 appearances.
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27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 55 | DWWDW |
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27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 53 | LLWWL |
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30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 43 | LWWDW |
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29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 40 | DWLWL |
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28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 38 | WWLWL |
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28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 37 | DDLWL |
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29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 36 | WWLDW |
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28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 33 | LWLLL |
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29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -1 | 30 | WLLWL |
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29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 28 | LDWLD |
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Goals scored | 2.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 28 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 6-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Dale Carrick | 14 |
Robert Thomson | 6 |
Kai Fotheringham | 5 |
Paul McLean | 5 |
Jack Leitch | 4 |
Declan Byrne | 5 |
Ally Love | 5 |
Gregor Buchanan | 4 |
Gregg Wylde | 4 |
Stuart Carswell | 3 |
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