East Fife vs Dumbarton: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (4700 seats)

East Fife perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Dumbarton can look both up and down from their 5th position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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East Fife form and stats

East Fife have collected seven points from their first three League One games here at Bayview Stadium, a promising start. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as East Fife has won their last four matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Bayview Stadium.

Happy days for East Fife in their previous game, a League One match away at Montrose (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that match, a win away at Forfar Athletic.

This is expected to be a close game, with East Fife perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with East Fife as a small favourite), we find ten games. East Fife has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Goals are plentiful at Bayview Stadium in the league this season as East Fife has scored 9 goals here in 3 attempts. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Dumbarton form and stats

Dumbarton have six points from their first three away games in the League One, meaning two victories and a loss. Momentum is building for Dumbarton in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Airdrieonians with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Montrose with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Dumbarton in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Dumbarton, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Dumbarton's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Dumbarton concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. Dumbarton can't defend away. 9 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

East Fife-Dumbarton H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Fife 1 win, Dumbarton 8 wins, 1 draw. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

I. Layne
5 goals / 1 assists
A. Dunsmore
3 goals / 1 assists
S. Agnew
3 goals / 1 assists

East Fife missing players

Dumbarton missing players

East Fife Dumbarton
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played 1 3 6
4 2 1 Won 0 2 3
2 1 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 1 1 3
15 9 4 Scored 0 5 8
7 4 1 Conceded 6 9 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 100% 100% 67%
50% 67% 100% Over 3.5 100% 67% 50%
33% 67% 100% Over 4.5 100% 67% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS 0% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score 100% 33% 50%
 
6.8 7.3 6 Corners For (avg) 4 4.7 4.7
5 6 8 Corners Against (avg) 9 7.3 7
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Dumbarton's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of East Fife's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dumbarton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • East Fife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • East Fife have not yet lost a game.
  • East Fife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • East Fife have scored in all their matches so far.
  • East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

East Fife
All League One League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
18-08-19 LC East Fife 0 - 3 Rangers
24-08-19 LO East Fife 4 - 1 Airdrieonians
31-08-19 LO East Fife 4 - 2 Raith Rovers
07-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 East Fife
14-09-19 LO Montrose 1 - 3 East Fife
21-09-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Dumbarton
28-09-19 LO Falkirk 14:00 East Fife
05-10-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Stranraer
19-10-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Forfar Athletic
26-10-19 LO Raith Rovers 14:00 East Fife
Dumbarton
All League One Playoffs 2/3 Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Dumbarton 0 - 1 St. Mirren U21
17-08-19 LO Peterhead 2 - 3 Dumbarton
24-08-19 LO Dumbarton 3 - 1 Stranraer
31-08-19 LO Montrose 1 - 2 Dumbarton
14-09-19 LO Dumbarton 0 - 1 Airdrieonians
21-09-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Dumbarton
28-09-19 LO Dumbarton 14:00 Clyde
05-10-19 LO Dumbarton 14:00 Forfar Athletic
19-10-19 LO Stranraer 14:00 Dumbarton
26-10-19 LO Dumbarton 14:00 Peterhead

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Fife 6 4 2 0 15 7 3 2 1 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 8 14
2 Raith Rovers 6 4 0 2 17 9 3 3 0 0 12 2 3 1 0 2 5 7 8 12
3 Falkirk 6 3 2 1 11 2 3 3 0 0 11 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 9 11
4 Airdrieonians 6 3 1 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 10
5 Dumbarton 6 3 0 3 8 12 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 0 1 5 9 -4 9
6 Clyde 6 2 2 2 11 10 3 2 1 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 8
7 Peterhead 6 2 2 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 6 -3 8
8 Forfar Athletic 6 2 1 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 7
9 Stranraer 6 1 1 4 8 16 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 4
10 Montrose 6 0 1 5 5 13 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 -8 1

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