The League Two game at Stair Park on Saturday sees hosts Stranraer go into battle with opponents Dumbarton.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Stranraer v Dumbarton match are shown here - plus the latest match odds.
Stranraer will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 League Two tied result versus Spartans.
Stranraer have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their โgoals forโ figure equals just 3 versus opposition teams during their last 6 outings. In those games, Stranraer have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 8.
Ahead of this clash, Stranraer are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.
Dumbarton will go into the match following a 1-0 League Two win with the eclipse of Clyde in their most recent outing.
The only name on the scoresheet from Dumbarton was James Hilton (73').
In the course of their six previous matches, Stephen Farrell's Dumbarton have found the net a total of 13 times, yielding them a goals scored per game average of 2.17.
Coming into this contest, Dumbarton are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 05/11/2022 shows us that Stranraer have won 1 of these and Dumbarton 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from The Blues and 10 belonging to The Sons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was League Two match day 18 on 05/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Stranraer 5-0 Dumbarton.
The referee was George Calder.
The Stranraer boss Scott Agnew has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever before this game with a completely healthy group to choose from.
From a largely available group, thereโs just a single fitness problem for the Dumbarton boss Stephen Farrell to contend with. Brett Long (Broken ankle) wonโt be in action.
Weโre of the opinion that Dumbarton and Stranraer may both find scoring difficult here.
Letโs see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. Weโre therefore seeing a hard-fought 0-0 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 12:05 20/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Stranraer
Formed: 1870
Stadium: Stair Park (4,178)
Captain: Grant Gallagher
Chairman: Iain Dougan
Manager: Scott Agnew
Competitions: League Two position 9
โญ Star Man: Thomas Orr
Regularly taking to the field in the Striker position, Thomas Orr was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Greenock Morton in the 2014 - 2015 season, the accomplished Forward has bagged 5 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 26 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 66 | DDDDD |
| 2 |
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33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 55 | DDWDW |
| 3 |
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33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 55 | WWDWW |
| 4 |
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33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 51 | LDWDD |
| 5 |
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33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 44 | DWWDL |
| 6 |
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33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | -21 | 38 | WDLDD |
| 7 |
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33 | 7 | 15 | 11 | -6 | 36 | DDLLL |
| 8 |
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33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 35 | LLDDW |
| 9 |
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33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 32 | LLDLD |
| 10 |
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33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 31 | WDLWL |
| Spartans |
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Stranraer |
| Clyde |
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Stranraer |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
| East Fife |
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Elgin City |
| Peterhead |
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| Dumbarton |
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Clyde |
| Forfar Athletic |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
| Spartans |
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Dumbarton |
| East Fife |
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Dumbarton |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
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Elgin City |
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Dumbarton |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Spartans |
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Clyde |
| Forfar Athletic |
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Dumbarton |
| Spartans |
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| East Fife |
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| Stranraer |
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| Clyde |
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| Stenhousemuir |
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Dumbarton |
| Goals scored | 1.6 |
| Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| Time first goal scored | 41 |
| Time first goal conceded | 59 |
| Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.1 |
| Biggest victory | 5-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Goals scored | 1.7 |
| Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| Time first goal scored | 24 |
| Time first goal conceded | 39 |
| Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.7 |
| Biggest victory | 6-2 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
| Deryn Lang | 5 |
| Thomas Orr | 5 |
| James Dolan | 4 |
| Matty Grant | 4 |
| Ben Armour | 3 |
| Tony Wallace | 11 |
| Michael Ruth | 8 |
| James Hilton | 5 |
| Finlay Gray | 4 |
| Ryan Wallace | 4 |
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| Forfar Athletic |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Elgin City |
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