There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League One table so far. Here's the Dumbarton - Falkirk latest:
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 pitch has grass, which is not Falkirk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Falkirk have performed like this: Played 38 matches resulting in 13 wins, 8 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 39-46 (scored/conceded).
Dumbarton form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Dumbarton have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 7 games.
The Dumbarton fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium: A 2-4 defeat against East Fife (placed 2nd). Prior to that, an away loss at Airdrieonians.
A goal frenzy last time out for Dumbarton, with a total of 6 goals in the match against East Fife. Fun stuff to watch!
Dumbarton has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Dumbarton have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Falkirk form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in League One, are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Airdrieonians with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Falkirk won their away game at Forfar Athletic. The scoreline was 2-0.
Falkirk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Falkirk's manager R. McKinnon has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Falkirk - Dumbarton 6-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Dumbarton, 5 draws and 4 wins for Falkirk. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Layne 6 goals |   C. Sammon 6 goals |  D. McManus 5 goals |
Dumbarton missing players
Falkirk missing players
| Dumbarton | Falkirk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 24 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 77% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | East Fife | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 5 | Montrose | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 7 | Clyde | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 10 |