League One: What this game might lack in glitz it should compensate in pace and dedication. Bring on Alloa Athletic - Dumbarton!
- Alloa Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dumbarton is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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!
Dumbarton play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. Up to date stats for Dumbarton when playing on artifical turf are 10 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 40 times in these games.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Alloa Athletic have to build on here at Indodrill Stadium in the League One.
Alloa Athletic drew their last game, also a home match. Montrose (placed 4th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Opportunity lost for Alloa in the Montrose match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Falkirk that finished 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 Alloa Athletic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost one.
Alloa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Indodrill Stadium with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Dumbarton form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Dumbarton are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Falkirk with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Clyde.Dumbarton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and seven defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Dumbarton are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Dumbarton have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest reported result between these participants is the Dumbarton - Alloa Athletic 1-1 played previously this season. Alloa-Dumbarton H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Alloa Athletic three wins, Dumbarton five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Boyd 6 goals |  E. Henderson 6 goals |  C. Sammon 3 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Dumbarton missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 36% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 7.3 | 9.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 8.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 38% | 37% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 48% | 48% |
| 11.2 | 13.4 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.3 | 10.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- All of Alloa Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Dumbarton's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Alloa Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alloa Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 matches under the total-line (2) in League One
- Dumbarton have the most matches over the total-line (12) in League One
- Dumbarton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dumbarton is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Montrose | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Clyde | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | East Fife | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -16 | 11 |