Delightful dogfight as daring Clyde duels with determined Dumbarton

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Thu 15.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadwood Stadium (8029 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Clyde and Dumbarton experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 8th and the visitors in 9th place.

Insights:
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals (30) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only two days ago. That game was an away game at Partick Thistle, so at least Clyde are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Dumbarton's home stadium. The visitors last 25 games on artifical turf have ended in 6 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses.

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Clyde form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Clyde, who have the most conceded goals (30) in League One, have to build on here at Broadwood Stadium in the League One.

In their previous game, the manager D. Lennon led his Clyde to a defeat in the League One match away at Partick Thistle. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Broadwood Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Clyde lost 1-2 at Falkirk's place.

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

The manager D. Lennon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St. Johnstone in only two days.

Clyde has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Clyde defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dumbarton form and stats

There's been little loot from Dumbarton's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the League One. Dumbarton, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Dumbarton, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Cove Rangers (placed 2nd). Before that, Dumbarton secured a home win against East Fife with the score 2-1.

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

Goals are few and far between in Dumbarton's away league games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels. Dumbarton have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dumbarton - Clyde 1-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Clyde won four, Dumbarton won four and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
9 goals
ClydeC. Howie
C. Howie
2 goals
ClydeA. Love
A. Love
2 goals

Clyde missing players

Dumbarton missing players

Clyde Dumbarton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
9 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
19 11 3 Scored S 0 4 8
30 15 2 Conceded C 1 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 81%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 38%
56% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
38% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
25% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 19%
19% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 38%
38% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 62%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.8 7.9 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.6 5.7
3.1 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 1.8
38% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 22%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Clyde have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clyde have scored more than double the goals of Dumbarton.
  • Clyde have the fewest clean sheets (3) in League One
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals (15) at home in League One
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals (30) in League One
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in League One
  • Clyde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dumbarton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals (4) away in League One
  • Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Falkirk 16 9 4 3 26 12 9 5 3 1 11 5 7 4 1 2 15 7 14 31
2 Cove Rangers 16 8 4 4 20 11 8 6 0 2 14 6 8 2 4 2 6 5 9 28
3 Partick Thistle 16 7 6 3 23 13 8 3 4 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 12 6 10 27
4 Airdrieonians 17 8 2 7 27 22 8 4 1 3 15 10 9 4 1 4 12 12 5 26
5 Montrose 16 6 6 4 26 21 8 3 3 2 15 10 8 3 3 2 11 11 5 24
6 East Fife 16 7 3 6 21 22 8 5 3 0 13 6 8 2 0 6 8 16 -1 24
7 Peterhead 16 6 2 8 13 19 8 3 1 4 5 10 8 3 1 4 8 9 -6 20
8 Clyde 16 5 2 9 19 30 8 3 1 4 11 15 8 2 1 5 8 15 -11 17
9 Dumbarton 16 4 4 8 8 16 8 3 1 4 4 7 8 1 3 4 4 9 -8 16
10 Forfar Athletic 17 2 5 10 11 28 8 0 2 6 5 14 9 2 3 4 6 14 -17 11

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.