FM Preview: Dumbarton v Livingston 15 Dec 2012

Last updated : 14 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Dumbarton v Livingston fixture

Livingston face a trip to Dumbarton at The Rock on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Livi have winning an impressive 9 games, and losing 3.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Rock was was two seasons ago, in March 2011, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 29 Sep Livingston 5 - 0 Dumbarton Scottish Division One
2012/2013 Tue 28 Aug Livingston 3 - 2 Dumbarton Scottish League Cup
2010/2011 Sat 30 Apr Livingston 1 - 1 Dumbarton Scottish Division Two
2010/2011 Sat 05 Mar Dumbarton 0-3 Livingston Scottish Division Two
2010/2011 Sat 06 Nov Livingston 2 - 0 Dumbarton Scottish Division Two
2010/2011 Sat 14 Aug Dumbarton 1 - 2 Livingston Scottish Division Two
2000/2001 Tue 22 Aug Dumbarton 0 - 4 Livingston Scottish League Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Dumbarton's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Sons have scored 11, a worringly large 17 have been leaked at the other end.

Livingston's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Livi have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Dumbarton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 13 games have yielded only 5 points.

Livingston's 22 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 4th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Dumbarton 6 2 0 4 9 16 6
Livingston 6 3 1 2 9 9 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Livingston are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Dumbarton 5 games since last home draw.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Livingston 7 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 6 outings ago.

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