Dumbarton - Stenhousemuir, Scottish Division 2
2004-03-23 20.30 CET
Pick: Dumbarton
Stake: 2%
Odds: 1,61
Final reason for bet
· Dumbarton is a good home side.
· Dumbarton has a fully fit squad.
· Stenhousemuir is the worst away team, without any sign of form.
· Stenhousemuir has problems with scoring when playing on the road.
General comment about the game
On Tuesday one of many postponed games in Scotland takes place between Dumbarton and Stenhousemuir in the second division. After an eight games winning stroll at home, Dumbarton is now the best home side in the division. When they play away they are not that good and for the moment they reside on position eight in the away table. Dumbarton did not play last weekend since also that encounter was postponed through bad weather. Prior the postponed game they beat East Fife on the road with 3-1. The postponed game however has seen the injury situation in Dumbarton clear up totally, and regarding to their coach all players will be available ahead of tonight’s game.
Stenhousemuir is the bottom team in this division in all aspects. They are the worst home side, they are the worst away side and over the last ten rounds they also hold the worst form. In the overall table they are nine points behind the second worst team and ten points behind the first team over the relegation zone. On the 13 away games played they have only managed two victories and one draw. Apparently they have troubles with scoring and from the seven last away games they have only scored three goals. Last game Stenhousemuir played away to fellow relegation battlers Alloa who won with 1-0. The game seemed to end without any goals since both teams seemed reluctant to play any good football. But then Alloa scored and this opened up the game totally with lots of holes appearing in the Stenhousemuir defence as the team went forward for an equaliser. There were not really any threats for Alloa, who just as well could have won with an extra couple of goals. Stenhousemuir only had one chance throughout the whole game and according to comments on the Stenhousemuir homepage the feeling in the club is that things will not change in the next coming games. We have here a club that seems to have given up this season totally.
As the best home side in the league so far and with the winning row they remain in, we suggest that Dumbarton will take their first win against struggling Stenhousemuir today. We stay calm and stay on a 2% stake.
Recent games for home team
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2004-03-16 |
East Fife-Dumbarton |
1-3 |
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2004-03-13 |
Morton-Dumbarton |
3-2 |
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2004-03-09 |
Hamilton-Dumbarton |
2-0 |
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2004-03-06 |
Dumbarton-Arbroath |
1-0 |
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2004-02-21 |
Dumbarton-Hamilton |
2-0 |
Recent games for away team
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2004-03-13 |
Alloa-Stenhousemuir |
1-0 |
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2004-03-06 |
Stenhousemuir-Morton |
0-1 |
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2004-02-21 |
Airdrie-Stenhousemuir |
4-0 |
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2004-02-14 |
Stenhousemuir-Forfar |
0-2 |
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2004-02-10 |
Hamilton-Stenhousemuir |
0-1 |
Home table
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Dumbarton |
12 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
18-9 |
26 |
Away table
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Stenhousemuir |
13 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
10-26 |
7 |
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