Dunfermline Athletic take on Dumbarton in Tuesday’s League Cup clash.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton match are shown here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Dunfermline Athletic
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Dunfermline Athletic will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 3-0 League Cup loss in their previous game against East Kilbride.
Lewis McGrattan (24'), Finlay Gray (53') and Cameron Elliott (75') scored for East Kilbride.
Dunfermline Athletic have not been in good attacking form in recent times. Their sum of goals equals just 4 versus opposing sides during their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Dunfermline Athletic have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 9. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see if that trend might be replicated in this next game.
Dumbarton
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After a loss in their previous game against St Mirren in League Cup competition, Dumbarton will be hoping to turn things around here.
Ramos (7', 73'), Chris Mochrie (39') and Thomas Falconer (77') scored for St Mirren.
The attacking players from Dumbarton have suffered from a shortage of goals over their last six encounters, recording the poor return of just 3. In those matches, The Sons have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 14.
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Head to head
An inspection of their past head to head meetings going back to 25/11/2017 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for Dumbarton. They’ve not been able to get themselves any wins at all while Dunfermline Athletic have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those matches played.
A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 17 of them from The Pars and 3 created by The Sons. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.
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Team News: Dunfermline Athletic
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Dunfermline Athletic gaffer Neil Lennon to be concerned about due to a largely intact set of players. 1 (Dunfermline A.) won’t play.
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Team News: Dumbarton
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is just the one fitness problem for the Dumbarton gaffer Frank McKeown to be concerned with. 1 (Dumbarton) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Dumbarton will likely be able to break down this Dunfermline Athletic side, but that may not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 winning score for Dunfermline Athletic after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Checking on the latest odds for this match in the WDW market, a victory for Dunfermline Athletic is best priced at 1.22, backing the game finishing all-square is 5.5 & staking on a victory for Dumbarton will get you 9.5. They’re the top bets available at present.
Victor Martins,
02:03 14/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Dunfermline Athletic
Formed: 1885
Stadium: KDM Group East End Park (11,480)
Captain: Charlie Gilmour
Chairman: Jim Leishman
Manager: Neil Lennon
Competitions: League Cup (Group C)