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Dumbarton face a trip to East Stirlingshire at Firs 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 39 and win only 14 of the 63 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Dumbarton | 1 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Apr | Dumbarton | 1 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 25 Mar | East Stirling | 1 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 18 Dec | Dumbarton | 3 - 1 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 14 Aug | East Stirling | 4 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | East Stirling | 3 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Apr | East Stirling | 1 - 5 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 12 to 10.
The Sons have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. While the Sons have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 17 points from their 12 games so far. Dumbarton are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 23 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Sons to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see Dumbarton take away one point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | Won 4 successive home games. 12 games since last home draw. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Dumbarton | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 10 games since last defeat. |