FM Preview: Dumbarton v Livingston 14 Aug 2010

Last updated : 13 August 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Dumbarton v Livingston fixture

Livingston travel to take on Dumbarton at Strathclyde Homes Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Livi have winning 60.00% of the games played between the two.

The last time the two teams met at Dumbarton was more than a decade ago, in February 1997, with Livingston inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Sons in a Scottish Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1996/1997Sat 19 AprLivingston1 - 2DumbartonSCD2
1996/1997Sat 08 FebDumbarton2 - 3LivingstonSCD2
1996/1997Sat 02 NovLivingston5 - 0DumbartonSCD2
1996/1997Sat 14 SepDumbarton2 - 4LivingstonSCD2
1994/1995Sat 25 MarMeadowbank1 - 0DumbartonSCD2
1994/1995Sat 11 FebDumbarton4 - 0MeadowbankSCD2
1994/1995Sat 19 NovMeadowbank0 - 0DumbartonSCD2

Recent respective form guides

Dumbarton's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Sons have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Livingston's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Livi's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.

Dumbarton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 1 games have yielded only 0 points. Livingston see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, showing a record of 1 points from their 1 games played so far,

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Dumbarton61146164
Livingston631214810

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Livi has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Dumbarton. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Dumbarton Failed to win in previous 5 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Livingston Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 3 most recent games.