Dumbarton will hope that their home comfort is enough to get a result from this back-breaking meeting, against sparky Montrose.
- Dumbarton have the most conceded goals (63) in League One
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (27) in League One
Dumbarton's stadium, The C&G Systems Stadium, has a grass surface. Montrose have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Montrose when playing on grass; 7 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 28 goals in these games and conceded 30.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Dumbarton form and stats
Dumbarton's struggle is real here at The C&G Systems Stadium with only 10 points collected from 15 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-9. It's trouble wherever Dumbarton are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Dumbarton are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Pignatiello).
The Dumbarton crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Falkirk here at The C&G Systems Stadium.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting East Fife (0-2).Dumbarton has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dumbarton defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Dumbarton hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like East Fife, Alloa Athletic and Peterhead), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Montrose form and stats
Montrose have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 8-4-2 from 14 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Montrose, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Montrose might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cove Rangers proved too strong as Montrose slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Links Park.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Peterhead.The travelling fans enjoy Montrose's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
Montrose - Dumbarton 1-1 was the story when these two participants last met, also in this season. The match official showed his red card when these teams last met, and the sinner was Watson (Montrose). Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Dumbarton, three draws and four wins for Montrose. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Webster 14 goals | C. Johnston 8 goals |   S. Carswell 7 goals |
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| Dumbarton | Montrose | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 40 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 44 |
| 63 | 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 90% |
| 97% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 73% |
| 73% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 40% |
| 37% | 40% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 23% |
| 20% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 60% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 53% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 57% | 40% |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 17% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.4 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 44% | 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 46% | 36% |
| 10.9 | 10.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.7 | 9 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Dumbarton have the fewest clean sheets (3) in League One
- Dumbarton have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League One
- Dumbarton have the fewest points (10) at home in League One
- Dumbarton have the most conceded goals (29) at home in League One
- Dumbarton have the most conceded goals (63) in League One
- Dumbarton have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in League One
- Dumbarton have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in League One
- Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dumbarton is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Montrose have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in League One
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals (27) in League One
- Montrose have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in League One
- Montrose have the most clean sheets (8) away in League One
- Montrose have the most points (28) away in League One
- Montrose have the the best goal difference (+13) away in League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 34 | 65 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 60 |
| 3 | Montrose | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 51 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | -1 | 40 |
| 6 | Clyde | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 36 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -12 | 33 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -11 | 28 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 34 | -23 | 26 |
| 10 | East Fife | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 42 | -29 | 23 |
