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Dumbarton face a trip to Elgin City at Borough Briggs on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Sons have beating their opponents 3 times from 5 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Dumbarton | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Elgin City | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Feb | Dumbarton | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Elgin City | 0 - 3 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 22 Sep | Dumbarton | 2 - 2 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Apr | Dumbarton | 2 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Elgin City 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, 11 to 9.
Dumbarton have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Elgin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 22 games have yielded only 13 points. Dumbarton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 33 from their 19 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Elgin City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 6 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Dumbarton only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Borough Briggs will be a good result. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Elgin City | 22 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Dumbarton | 6 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |