The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Dumbarton are in the 5th position while the guests worry at 10th.
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
When playing at home in the League One, Dumbarton have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games.
Happy days for Dumbarton in their previous game, a League One match away at Raith Rovers (placed 1st) that ended with a 2-0 victory. In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Forfar Athletic.
Dumbarton has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Stranraer form and stats
Stranraer, who have the most conceded goals (41) in League One, have only collected 2 points from their away games in the League One, after 0-2-7 (9 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Stranraer who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Clyde was the last time a defeat was avoided. Bitter travels for Stranraer as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the East Fife match.
The manager S. Farrell was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Stair Park. Stranraer suffered a 2-4 loss to Forfar Athletic (placed 9th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus East Fife.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Stranraer, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Stranraer's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 24 goals in 9 travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Stranraer - Dumbarton 0-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Dumbarton victories, 1 draw and 5 Stranraer wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Layne 8 goals |  P. Crossan 5 goals |  R. McGeever 4 goals |
Dumbarton missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Dumbarton | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 41 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 78% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 61% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 6 | 6 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 159 | 87 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 84 | 156 |
| 70 | 31 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 24 | 52 |
| 39% | 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 35% |
- Dumbarton has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Dumbarton has the most conceded goals in the first half (19)
- Dumbarton has the most points from losing position (12)
- Dumbarton has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stranraer has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Stranraer has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Stranraer has the fewest points (2) away
- Stranraer has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals (24) away
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals (41)
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
- Stranraer has the the worst goal difference (-17) away
- Stranraer has the the worst goal difference (-23)
- Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stranraer have yet to win a game away.
- Stranraer haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stranraer is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | East Fife | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 31 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 6 | Montrose | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Clyde | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -23 | 10 |