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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 11 of the 62 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in April 2008, the Fifers 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 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 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Sep | Dumbarton | 1 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 25 Mar | Dumbarton | 0 - 2 | East Fife | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 21 Mar | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Dumbarton | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
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 Sons's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
East Fife lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 11 points from their 8 games so far. Dumbarton are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 5 points from 8 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Sons could well see them head back from Bayview Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. |
| Dumbarton | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |