Dumbarton pack their bags to visit Airdrie United at Shyberry Excelsior Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sons will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Shyberry Excelsior Stadium was within the last three years, in July 2008, as the The Diamonds edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Scottish Challenge Cup match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2010/2011 | Sat 02 Oct | Dumbarton | 1 - 3 | Airdrie Utd. | SCD2 |
2008/2009 | Sat 26 Jul | Airdrie Utd. | 3 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCC |
2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Dumbarton | 1 - 2 | Airdrie Utd. | SCD2 |
2003/2004 | Sat 14 Feb | Airdrie Utd. | 1 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
2003/2004 | Sun 16 Nov | Dumbarton | 2 - 0 | Airdrie Utd. | SCD2 |
2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Airdrie Utd. | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | Airdrie Utd. | 2 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Airdrie United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The The Diamonds's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
The away form of Dumbarton is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Sons have conceded 14 goals in these games, and only hit 0 in reply.
Airdrie Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 16 points from their 13 games so far. Dumbarton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 13 games have yielded only 10 points.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Airdrie Utd. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Diamonds, as the Sons have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Airdrie Utd. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
Dumbarton | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |