FootyMAD's Dumbarton match preview

Last updated : 08 March 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic fixture

Alloa Ath. face a trip to Dumbarton at Strathclyde Homes Stadium on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Wasps will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 31 and win only 13 of the 60 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010Sat 17 OctAlloa Ath.1 - 3DumbartonSCD2
2009/2010Sat 08 AugDumbarton1 - 3Alloa Ath.SCD2
2005/2006Sat 22 AprAlloa Ath.1 - 0DumbartonSCD2
2005/2006Tue 21 MarDumbarton0 - 1Alloa Ath.SCD2
2005/2006Tue 25 OctAlloa Ath.1 - 4DumbartonSCD2
2005/2006Sat 13 AugDumbarton1 - 1Alloa Ath.SCD2
2004/2005Sat 02 AprDumbarton3 - 2Alloa Ath.SCD2

Recent respective form guides

Dumbarton's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Sons have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Alloa Ath.'s away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Wasps's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.

Dumbarton see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, showing a record of 28 points from their 23 games played so far, Alloa Ath. are leading the way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, with their 24 games giving them a return of 45 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Dumbarton62049136
Alloa Ath.642010514

FootyMad's prediction ...

Alloa Ath. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Dumbarton Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 4 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Alloa Ath. 8 games since last defeat.