Dumbarton will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind East Fife.
Dumbarton and East Fife should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dumbarton form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Dumbarton have to build on here at YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium in the League One. Two home wins in a row for Dumbarton bring valid hopes of a third.
The fans are hoping that Dumbarton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the League One game against Airdrieonians (placed 4th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Peterhead in a game that was won 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Dumbarton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dumbarton as a small favourite), we find six games. Dumbarton has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Dumbarton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 attempts. 6 goals have been conceded.
East Fife form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, East Fife have produced an overall stat of 2-3-0 so far. Visiting East Fife has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The manager D. Young was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium. East Fife suffered a 0-1 loss to Montrose (placed 7th). A 1-1 draw at Raith Rovers's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by East Fife in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for East Fife, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
East Fife are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was East Fife - Dumbarton 2-2, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 7 wins for Dumbarton, 2 draws and 1 win for East Fife. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Layne 6 goals |   S. Agnew 4 goals |  R. Wallace 4 goals |
Dumbarton missing players
East Fife missing players
| Dumbarton | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- East Fife have not yet lost a game away.
| 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 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | East Fife | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Clyde | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Montrose | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 10 |