Dumbarton make the trip to Stair Park on Saturday for the League Two fixture with hosts Stranraer.
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Stranraer prepare for this match after a 0-0 League Two drawn result against Spartans.
Stranraer have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ 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 head into the encounter following on from a 1-0 League Two win against Clyde in their previous match.
The only player to score 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 look at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 05/11/2022 shows that Stranraer have won 1 of them and Dumbarton 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 for The Blues and 10 created by The Sons. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league meeting featuring these clubs was League Two match day 18 on 05/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Stranraer 5-0 Dumbarton.
The match was refereed by George Calder.
The Stranraer boss Scott Agnew doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a completely injury-free squad to choose from.
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Dumbarton gaffer Stephen Farrell to be concerned about. Brett Long (Broken ankle) misses out for this game.
We’re of the opinion that Dumbarton and Stranraer may both find scoring difficult here.
Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. We’re 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, 02:09 20/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Stranraer
Formed: 1870
Stadium: Stair Park (4,178)
Captain: Grant Gallagher
Chairman: Iain Dougan
Manager: Scott Agnew
Competitions: League Two position 9
⭐ 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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Stranraer |
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Elgin City |
| Peterhead |
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Stranraer |
| Dumbarton |
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Clyde |
| Forfar Athletic |
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Dumbarton |
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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 |
| Peterhead |
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