League One preview: Can Airdrieonians edge out victory against Dumbarton?

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Penny Cars Stadium (10171 seats)

The hosts, Airdrieonians, should be expected winners in this game, but Dumbarton have proven both skill and intrepidity. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Airdrieonians is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Dumbarton have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

10-4-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Dumbarton when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 24 matches are 29-39 (scored/conceded).

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Airdrieonians form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Airdrieonians at their home stadium (Penny Cars Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Airdrieonians, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Airdrieonians enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Falkirk's place. The match ended 3-0.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Clyde in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Airdrieonians have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won eight times, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Airdrieonians in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Airdrieonians have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Dumbarton form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Dumbarton have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far.

P. Boyle was the last player to score for the away team. Dumbarton haven't scored a league goal in the last 190 minutes.

Dumbarton's previous game was their home loss versus Queen's Park (0-3).

Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Peterhead's place.

We have checked recent matches where Dumbarton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, zero draws and six defeats.

The visiting Dumbarton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. The Dumbarton manager S. Farrell has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Dumbarton - Airdrieonians 2-2. Last ten meetings with these teams: Airdrieonians won four, Dumbarton triumphed in one and we saw five draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
4 goals
AirdrieoniansR. McCabe
R. McCabe
3 goals
AirdrieoniansG. McGill
G. McGill
3 goals

Airdrieonians missing players

Dumbarton missing players

Airdrieonians Dumbarton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 0 Won W 0 3 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 2 Lost L 1 2 4
16 8 1 Scored S 0 7 16
12 7 5 Conceded C 3 10 19
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 90%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
50% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
30% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 30%
 
5.2 7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 4.3
4.2 2.6 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 5.4
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.2 6.8
4.3 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.2
37% 36% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 50%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Airdrieonians have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Airdrieonians have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Airdrieonians is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • All of Airdrieonians's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Dumbarton's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Dumbarton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dumbarton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dumbarton have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
  • Dumbarton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 5 5 0 17 7 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 2 3 0 8 4 10 20
2 Cove Rangers 10 5 2 3 18 14 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 3 0 3 10 10 4 17
3 Airdrieonians 10 5 2 3 16 12 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 2 2 1 8 5 4 17
4 Montrose 10 4 4 2 18 10 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 3 2 0 12 2 8 16
5 Falkirk 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 3 0 3 8 8 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 14
6 Dumbarton 10 4 2 4 16 19 5 1 2 2 9 9 5 3 0 2 7 10 -3 14
7 Peterhead 10 4 0 6 19 17 5 3 0 2 12 6 5 1 0 4 7 11 2 12
8 Alloa Athletic 10 3 2 5 14 16 5 2 1 2 9 9 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 11
9 Clyde 10 3 2 5 13 22 5 2 1 2 6 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -9 11
10 East Fife 10 2 1 7 12 25 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 0 5 4 18 -13 7

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.