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Dumbarton face a trip to East Fife at Bayview 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 lose 40 and win only 13 of the 64 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2010, with Dumbarton inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Fifers in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 10 Apr | Dumbarton | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 06 Feb | East Fife | 2 - 3 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 12 Dec | Dumbarton | 0 - 3 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 10 Oct | East Fife | 0 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | East Fife | 2 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 16 Feb | Dumbarton | 0 - 3 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | East Fife | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 13 goals have been scored by the Fifers in those games, with 10 conceded.
Dumbarton have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Sons have hit 7 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Fife lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 4 points from their 3 games so far. Dumbarton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 3 games have yielded only 0 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Fifers, as the Sons have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Dumbarton | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |