Annan Athletic vs Dumbarton match preview

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Competition: Scotland League One Play-Offs
Competition: Tue 09.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (500 seats)

It's the first match of the new campaign for Annan Athletic and Dumbarton. The sheet is empty, the possibilities endless.

It should be mentioned that Dumbarton play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dumbarton on artifical turf are 9 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 20 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 32-31. You can compare this with overall results below.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Annan and Dumbarton.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Annan Athletic as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses from 36 games. The team scored 36 goals at home last season and conceded 21. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Annan Athletic handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Annan are traveling soon after this match as the League One Play-Offs match at Dumbarton awaits in four days.

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Dumbarton form and stats

A job perfectly done for Dumbarton last season as they secured promotion from League Two. With a grand total of 18 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.

Dumbarton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

A new game in only four days for Dumbarton, the League One Play-Offs home match versus Annan Athletic. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Annan, one draw and six wins for Dumbarton. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Annan AthleticT. Goss
T. Goss
23 goals
Annan AthleticA. Smith
A. Smith
7 goals
Annan AthleticC. Johnston
C. Johnston
5 goals

Annan Athletic missing players

Dumbarton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Annan Athletic Dumbarton
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Annan Athletic Last season Dumbarton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
14 8   Won W   8 18
9 5   Drew D   4 8
13 5   Lost L   6 10
61 36   Scored S   24 49
51 21   Conceded C   23 39
94% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
86% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 69%
67% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 42%
44% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 25%
14% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
64% 61%   BTTS BTTS   44% 44%
22% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 44%
19% 22%   Failed to Score F T   22% 17%
 
5.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.1
4.4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.2
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.1
4.5 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.5
37% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 39%
 
9.1 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 9.2
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.5

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stirling Albion 36 21 10 5 67 37 18 13 4 1 42 18 18 8 6 4 25 19 30 73
2 Dumbarton 36 18 8 10 49 39 18 10 4 4 25 16 18 8 4 6 24 23 10 62
3 Annan Athletic 36 14 9 13 61 51 18 8 5 5 36 21 18 6 4 8 25 30 10 51
4 East Fife 36 14 8 14 54 50 18 7 3 8 28 24 18 7 5 6 26 26 4 50
5 Forfar Athletic 36 13 9 14 37 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 6 4 8 17 20 -6 48
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 11 13 51 55 18 6 7 5 26 24 18 6 4 8 25 31 -4 47
7 Stranraer 36 12 9 15 43 57 18 9 5 4 28 23 18 3 4 11 15 34 -14 45
8 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 36 11 9 16 36 47 18 6 3 9 22 29 18 5 6 7 14 18 -11 42
9 Elgin City 36 11 7 18 44 62 18 6 4 8 21 24 18 5 3 10 23 38 -18 40
10 Albion Rovers 36 11 6 19 47 48 18 6 3 9 20 19 18 5 3 10 27 29 -1 39

Annan Athletic:
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 Charleston Battery 9 5 3 1 14 8 5 2 2 1 8 5 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 18
2 Birmingham Legion 10 5 1 4 15 18 5 2 1 2 9 11 5 3 0 2 6 7 -3 16
3 Louisville City 8 4 2 2 7 10 3 2 0 1 2 3 5 2 2 1 5 7 -3 14
4 Miami FC II 9 2 5 2 10 8 6 2 3 1 9 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 11
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 9 2 5 2 10 9 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 1 4 2 7 8 1 11
6 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 3 2 4 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 2 5 -2 11
7 Loudoun United 8 3 1 4 11 11 5 2 1 2 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 7 0 10
8 Memphis 901 7 2 3 2 11 10 4 0 2 2 5 9 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 9
9 Indy Eleven 8 2 3 3 7 10 4 0 2 2 3 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 -3 9
10 Tulsa Roughnecks 9 1 5 3 12 12 5 1 3 1 7 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 0 8
11 Detroit City 9 1 2 6 4 8 4 0 1 3 1 4 5 1 1 3 3 4 -4 5
12 Hartford Athletic 8 1 2 5 11 17 3 0 1 2 1 4 5 1 1 3 10 13 -6 5

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