Falkirk have performed better than Dumbarton so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Dumbarton's home stadium. The visitors last 19 games on artificial turf have ended in 7 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses.
Falkirk form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Falkirk, who have the most clean sheets (10) in League One, at their home stadium (Falkirk Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The home team returns to Falkirk Stadium after sharing the points with Airdrieonians (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Montrose and winning 3-2.
Falkirk are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W5-D0-L0.
The Falkirk manager L. Miller has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. Falkirk have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dumbarton form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Dumbarton have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
There were no winners in Dumbarton's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Stranraer (placed 10th). Prior to that result Dumbarton won their away game at Raith Rovers. The scoreline was 2-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Dumbarton played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Dumbarton has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Dumbarton have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dumbarton - Falkirk 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Falkirk 4 wins, 5 draws and Dumbarton 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 9 goals |   I. Layne 8 goals |  C. Sammon 6 goals |
Falkirk missing players
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| Falkirk | Dumbarton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 32 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 32 |
| 79% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 68% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 47% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 58% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 16% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 6.5 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 227 | 108 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 72 | 165 |
| 95 | 50 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 39 | 72 |
| 34% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 39% |
- Dumbarton has the most conceded goals in the first half (19)
- Dumbarton has the most points from losing position (12)
- Dumbarton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Falkirk has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Falkirk has the most clean sheets (10)
- Falkirk has the most scored goals (20) at home
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+15) at home
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+20)
- Falkirk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Falkirk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 32 |
| 4 | East Fife | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Montrose | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Clyde | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 21 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 11 |