The League Two overall standings tell a tale about these sides up until now, with Dumbarton leading Forfar Athletic by 20 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:
- Dumbarton have the fewest conceded goals (13) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals (13) in League Two
This pitch has the surface grass, unlike Forfar Athletic's home stadium. The previous 27 games by the away side on grass have ended with 12 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Dumbarton form and stats
Dumbarton, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in League Two, have been outstanding at home so far in the League Two with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Dumbarton, as their goalkeeper Brett Long has completely shut out the opponents for 354 minutes in the League Two.
It's back home for Dumbarton, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Elgin City away with the result 4-0. MacLean, Wallace, Wylde and Lynas found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Dumbarton played a great game against Elgin City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stranraer in a game that was won 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dumbarton handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
As for guarding their own goal, Dumbarton have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forfar Athletic so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
Forfar's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Forfar Athletic drew the match against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic. Manager Irvine brought on Ferguson to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A loss against Annan Athletic was the result prior to that, in a home game.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Forfar Athletic as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
This duo encountered each other earlier this campaign: Forfar Athletic - Dumbarton 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dumbarton five wins, three draws and Forfar Athletic two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Byrne 4 goals |  M. Aitken 4 goals |  S. Carswell 3 goals |
Dumbarton missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Dumbarton | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 43% |
| 36% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 57% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 46% | 50% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 7.9 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 1.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 4.3 |
- Dumbarton have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dumbarton have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Dumbarton have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Forfar Athletic have scored away.
- Dumbarton have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Dumbarton have the fewest conceded goals (13) in League Two
- Dumbarton have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in League Two
- Dumbarton have the most clean sheets (4) at home in League Two
- Dumbarton have the most clean sheets (8) in League Two
- Dumbarton have the most points from losing position (7) in League Two
- Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals (13) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals (4) away in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the most matches under the total-line (8) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | East Fife | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 12 |
