Dumbarton vs Alloa Athletic: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The C&G Systems Stadium (2020 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by Dumbarton at this point, with the 2nd spot in the League One table and looking forward to facing Alloa Athletic (who are placed 6th).

Insights:
  • Dumbarton have the most scored goals (15) in League One
  • Alloa Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's look for an in-your-face match!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Alloa Athletic have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-9-20 (win-draw-loss) from 34 matches.

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Dumbarton form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Dumbarton have to build on here at The C&G Systems Stadium in the League One.

A strong away win for Dumbarton against Falkirk the last match, as C. Wilson and K. Orsi were on target.

Before that, Dumbarton had a home game versus East Fife which ended with a victory 5-0.

Dumbarton are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Dumbarton have conceded 5 from these games.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Alloa, whose manager B. Ferguson could celebrate last time after the League One win against Montrose.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Airdrieonians wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Alloa have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Alloa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Dumbarton wins - draws - Alloa Athletic wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DumbartonG. Buchanan
G. Buchanan
3 goals
Alloa AthleticC. Sammon
C. Sammon
3 goals
Alloa AthleticS. Boyd
S. Boyd
3 goals

Dumbarton missing players

Alloa Athletic missing players

Dumbarton Alloa Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 4 7
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 3 3
15 8 2 Scored S 0 4 10
10 5 2 Conceded C 0 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 43%
43% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 57%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 14%
 
3.7 5.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.2 1.6
6.1 5.3 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 5.6
2.9 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.4 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 8.9
3.9 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 4.3
56% 62% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Alloa Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Dumbarton's home-matches have had more than 3,5 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 away than home.
  • Alloa Athletic have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dumbarton have created more than twice as many corners as Alloa Athletic.
  • Dumbarton have the most scored goals (15) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the most scored goals (8) at home in League One
  • Dumbarton have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in League One
  • Dumbarton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 7 3 4 0 10 4 3 2 1 0 5 0 4 1 3 0 5 4 6 13
2 Dumbarton 7 4 1 2 15 10 3 1 1 1 8 5 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 13
3 Cove Rangers 7 3 2 2 12 9 3 1 2 0 7 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 11
4 Montrose 7 3 2 2 10 7 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 11
5 Airdrieonians 7 3 2 2 11 10 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 11
6 Alloa Athletic 7 3 1 3 10 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 10
7 Falkirk 7 3 1 3 9 8 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 10
8 Clyde 7 2 2 3 10 15 4 2 1 1 6 7 3 0 1 2 4 8 -5 8
9 Peterhead 7 2 0 5 8 12 4 2 0 2 7 6 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 6
10 East Fife 7 1 1 5 7 19 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 0 4 3 16 -12 4

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.