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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 40 and win only 14 of the 64 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 5 - 2 thriller, in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 15 Nov | East Stirling | 5 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
East Stirlingshire's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While The Shire have scored 5, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Dumbarton's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Sons have hit 8 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 36 points from 23 games. Dumbarton's total of 35 points from their 21 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Irn Bru Scottish Division Three.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Stirling | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Dumbarton are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Firs Park with a well-deserved point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Stirling | 21 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 11 . |
| Dumbarton | 4 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |