Season ticket holders at Balmoor Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Peterhead languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Dumbarton will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Peterhead form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Peterhead at their home stadium (Balmoor Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The Peterhead crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Falkirk here at Balmoor Stadium in a League One match. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Raith Rovers.
Peterhead has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Peterhead have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Dumbarton form and stats
5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dumbarton in their League One matches away.
Dumbarton play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Aberdeen. It was a League One defeat before that one as the away game against Falkirk wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
The travelling fans enjoy Dumbarton's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. The Dumbarton manager J. Duffy has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dumbarton - Peterhead 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Peterhead victories, 0 draws and 7 Dumbarton wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Layne 8 goals |   S. Brown 7 goals |  P. Crossan 5 goals |
Peterhead missing players
Dumbarton missing players
| Peterhead | Dumbarton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 28 |
| 33 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 35 |
| 90% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 95% |
| 81% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 80% |
| 62% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 60% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 57% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 29% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 24% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 219 | 121 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 78 | 171 |
| 75 | 44 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 40 | 73 |
| 33% | 32% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 38% |
- Dumbarton has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Dumbarton has the most points from losing position (12)
- Dumbarton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Peterhead has the most matches over the total-line (13)
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | East Fife | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |