Possible nail-biting contest in Forfar Athletic - Dumbarton game

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Forfar Athletic welcome Dumbarton for the opening game at Station Park. Read on!

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Cup. This match was also played here at Station Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Dumbarton have had more rest.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Dumbarton have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-4-10 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Forfar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost three.

Forfar have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Forfar Athletic have scored 2 goals and conceded 6 times.

Last season, Forfar Athletic's league statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the League One. Over these 28 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Forfar Athletic managed 4-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 22 conceded.

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Dumbarton form and stats

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: three wins for Dumbarton, two draws and one defeat.

It's a day of discovery for Dumbarton as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Dumbarton have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Dumbarton has scored 3 goals and conceded 2 times.

Let's have a look at how Dumbarton performed last season in the League One: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 19/30 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forfar three wins, two draws and Dumbarton five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Forfar Athletic missing players

Dumbarton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Forfar Athletic Dumbarton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Forfar Athletic Last season Dumbarton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
6 4   Won W   5 11
6 3   Drew D   2 5
16 7   Lost L   7 12
26 17   Scored S   19 35
47 22   Conceded C   30 44
89% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
71% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 71%
46% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 50%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 32%
18% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
46% 64%   BTTS BTTS   57% 50%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 25%
43% 21%   Failed to Score F T   36% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
236 138   Total Shots T S   104 223
89 55   Shots on Target S O   51 92
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.