FM Preview: Arbroath v Dumbarton 05 Nov 2011

Last updated : 04 November 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Arbroath v Dumbarton fixture

Dumbarton face a trip to Arbroath at Gayfield Park 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 lose 36 and win only 15 of the 66 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in February 2010, with Arbroath running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 10 Sep Dumbarton 3 - 4 Arbroath Scottish Division Two
2009/2010 Sat 24 Apr Dumbarton 0 - 2 Arbroath Scottish Division Two
2009/2010 Sat 27 Feb Arbroath 3-1 Dumbarton Scottish Division Two
2009/2010 Sat 24 Oct Dumbarton 1 - 0 Arbroath Scottish Division Two
2009/2010 Sat 15 Aug Arbroath 3 - 1 Dumbarton Scottish Division Two
2007/2008 Wed 05 Mar Arbroath 0 - 0 Dumbarton Scottish Division Three
2007/2008 Sat 23 Feb Dumbarton 2 - 1 Arbroath Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

Arbroath are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Red Lichties have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 6.

The Sons have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Sons, and 17 goals against.

Arbroath are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 23 points from 11 games.

Dumbarton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 14 from their 11 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Arbroath 6 3 2 1 9 6 11
Dumbarton 6 3 1 2 7 9 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Neither team is setting the world alight, and we think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Red Lichties. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Arbroath Unbeaten in the last 6 home games.
Dumbarton 5 games since last away draw.
4 games since last defeat.

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