League One Play-Offs preview: Can Dumbarton edge out victory against Stranraer?

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Competition: Scotland League One Play-Offs
Competition: Tue 11.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The C&G Systems Stadium (2020 seats)

Another interesting game in the League One Play-Offs. Dumbarton is in the 1st position after playing zero matches. They welcome Stranraer who are placed 2nd after zero games.

It's no vacation for neither Dumbarton nor Stranraer as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Dumbarton form and stats

Disaster struck Dumbarton last season as they could not defend their status as a League One team. With 9 defeats from 18 games, and only 5 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Dumbarton are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D1 L5.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dumbarton handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and two defeats.

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Stranraer form and stats

A job perfectly done for Stranraer last season as they secured promotion from League Two. With a grand total of 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 4 were in away matches.

Stranraer are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Stranraer - Dumbarton 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dumbarton four wins, three draws and Stranraer three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StranraerT. Orr
T. Orr
8 goals
StranraerR. Paton
R. Paton
6 goals
StranraerD. Duffy
D. Duffy
5 goals

Dumbarton missing players

Stranraer missing players

Dumbarton Stranraer
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
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%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Dumbarton Last season Stranraer
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
7 5   Won W   5 11
4 1   Drew D   4 5
11 5   Lost L   2 6
14 8   Scored S   16 36
24 11   Conceded C   12 25
86% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
45% 36%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 77%
27% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 50%
9% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 36%
5% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
23% 18%   BTTS BTTS   55% 45%
36% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 41%
55% 55%   Failed to Score F T   9% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
6.6 5.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.4
2.4 2.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.1
24% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 40%

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 East Fife 22 10 3 9 30 33 11 7 3 1 18 11 11 3 0 8 12 22 -3 33
2 Peterhead 22 9 2 11 24 27 11 5 1 5 10 12 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 29
3 Clyde 22 8 2 12 27 38 11 5 1 5 15 17 11 3 1 7 12 21 -11 26
4 Dumbarton 22 7 4 11 14 24 11 5 1 5 8 11 11 2 3 6 6 13 -10 25
5 Forfar Athletic 22 4 5 13 18 37 11 1 2 8 10 21 11 3 3 5 8 16 -19 17
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 Queen's Park 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 54
2 Elgin City 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 38
3 Stranraer 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 38
4 Edinburgh City 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 38
5 Stirling Albion 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 36