Dumbarton vs Stirling Albion in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The C&G Systems Stadium (2020 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dumbarton & Stirling Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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Dumbarton form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

Dumbarton's struggle is real here at The C&G Systems Stadium with only 15 points collected from 18 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-6-9.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Dumbarton, who played 1-1 against Edinburgh City. That match was also played at this venue (The C&G Systems Stadium). Syvertsen was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Edinburgh City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

In the match before that, Dumbarton hosted Edinburgh City and drew the Playoffs 3/4 game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dumbarton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Dumbarton are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Aberdeen awaits in four days.

Dumbarton has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dumbarton defense is not exactly impregnable. 31 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.

Stirling Albion had fun at their own home (The C&G Systems Stadium) last time out, beating Edinburgh City 5-0. Banner, Leitch and Carrick scored. As mentioned above, Stirling Albion was the only team on the pitch versus Edinburgh City in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Carrick's lethal finishing against Edinburgh City. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Before that, Stirling travelled to Albion Rovers and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Stirling Albion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The visiting Stirling Albion have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Stirling have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Dumbarton, one draw and four wins for Stirling Albion. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Dumbarton missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dumbarton Stirling Albion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
6 2   Won W   2 6
6 4   Drew D   5 6
13 5   Lost L   6 13
32 9   Scored S   10 25
44 14   Conceded C   21 37
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
80% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 64%
52% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 44%
32% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 28%
24% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
60% 45%   BTTS BTTS   46% 36%
12% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
32% 45%   Failed to Score F T   46% 48%
 
5.2 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.8
6.2 6.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
4 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
9 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 7.4
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 2.9
37% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 34%
 
11.2 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 8.8
4.5 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kelty Hearts 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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