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Dumbarton face a trip to Berwick Rangers at Shielfield Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 19 of the 45 previous games, with the hosts winning just 17.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2007, the Borderers carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Dumbarton | 2 - 0 | Berwick Rgrs. | SFAC |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 07 Mar | Berwick Rgrs. | 2 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Mar | Dumbarton | 1 - 2 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Dumbarton | 2 - 0 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Berwick Rgrs. | 3 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Dumbarton | 1 - 1 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 15 Jan | Berwick Rgrs. | 0 - 3 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Berwick Rangers's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Borderers have scored 12, a worringly large 22 have been leaked at the other end.
Dumbarton's away form is none too clever either, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Sons's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Berwick Rgrs. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 4 points from 2 games. Dumbarton see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 2 points from their 2 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Berwick Rgrs. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Dumbarton on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Berwick Rgrs.. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Berwick Rgrs. | 5 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Dumbarton | Not won in previous 8 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |