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Dumbarton pack their bags to visit Stirling Albion at Forthbank Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 37 games played, Sons have recorded 7 wins, and Stirling Alb. have come away with 18 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Forthbank Stadium was more than three years back, in March 2006, with Stirling Alb. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 03 Oct | Dumbarton | 2 - 3 | Stirling Alb. | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 08 Aug | Dumbarton | 3 - 0 | Stirling Alb. | SLGC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Stirling Alb. | 3 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 28 Jan | Dumbarton | 3 - 2 | Stirling Alb. | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 07 Dec | Stirling Alb. | 0 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Dumbarton | 2 - 0 | Stirling Alb. | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Stirling Alb. | 3 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Stirling Albion have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Binos in those games, with 7 conceded.
The away form of Dumbarton however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Sons, and 9 goals against.
Stirling Alb. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 28 points from 15 games. Dumbarton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 18 from their 14 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stirling Alb. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Dumbarton are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Stirling Alb.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stirling Alb. | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Dumbarton | Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |