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Dumbarton travel to take on Queens Park at Hampden 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Queens Park was just over four years ago, in March 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Apr | Dumbarton | 1 - 1 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 19 Mar | Queens Park | 0 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | Queens Park | 0 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Dumbarton | 2 - 1 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 11 Mar | Queens Park | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 29 Jan | Dumbarton | 1 - 1 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 30 Oct | Queens Park | 3 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Spiders's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
The away form of Dumbarton is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Sons have conceded 11 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Queens Park see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far, Dumbarton are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 4 points from 2 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Queens Park | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Spiders, as the Sons have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Queens Park | Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Dumbarton | Not won in previous 7 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |