Dumbarton are welcoming East Fife for another important game after their 0-4 result against 2nd-placed Montrose.
- Dumbarton has the most clean sheets (5) in League One
- East Fife has the fewest points (0) away in League One
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 form and stats
Dumbarton, who have the most clean sheets (5) in League One, must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three League One games here at The C&G Systems Stadium.
Dumbarton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Montrose (0-4). Before that, Dumbarton had a home game versus Cove Rangers which ended with a victory 1-0.
Dumbarton were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 seven games. Dumbarton has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dumbarton here at The C&G Systems Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). 3 goals have been conceded.
East Fife form and stats
The manager D. Young is not happy with the away performances in the League One so far, as all 4 matches have been lost. It's all red in the travel logs of Fife, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Fife go into this game after a win, the home game against Forfar Athletic that ended 2-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Peterhead wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with East Fife playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four East Fife wins, two draws and four defeats.
East Fife are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. The East Fife manager D. Young has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: East Fife - Dumbarton 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Dumbarton victories, two draws and four East Fife wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Denholm 2 goals | K. Smith 1 goals | R. Wallace 1 goals |
Dumbarton missing players
East Fife missing players
| Dumbarton | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5.8 | 3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| 21% | 67% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 53% |
- All of East Fife's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dumbarton has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in League One
- Dumbarton has the most clean sheets (5) in League One
- East Fife has the fewest points (0) away in League One
- East Fife has the most conceded goals (9) away in League One
- East Fife has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in League One
- East Fife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- East Fife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- East Fife have lost all their away matches so far.
- East Fife 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 | Falkirk | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Montrose | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Peterhead | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | East Fife | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Clyde | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 5 |