It's game two of the League One season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Dumbarton-Airdrieonians!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Airdrieonians's home stadium. The visitors last 23 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses.
Dumbarton form and stats
Last season, Dumbarton's league statistics were 11 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the League One. Over these 28 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Dumbarton managed 6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 14 conceded.
Dumbarton are returning here after visiting Clyde in a League One game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. R. MacLean and C. Duthie scored the goal(s).
Prior to that, an away loss at Partick Thistle in the League Cup.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Challenge Cup game versus Rangers U21 in only four days. This game is also played here at The C&G Systems Stadium.
Airdrieonians form and stats
Let's have a look at how Airdrieonians performed last season in the League One: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 18/14 goals scored/conceded. Recent form does not give Airdrieonians much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Dumbarton will be a tough nut to crack.
Home advantage was not enough for Airdrieonians in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Montrose, 0-3.
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Queen of the South's place.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Dumbarton victory, five draws and four Airdrieonians wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Dumbarton missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Dumbarton | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dumbarton | Last season | Airdrieonians | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Montrose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Clyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |