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Elgin City face a trip to Dumbarton at Strathclyde Homes Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the City.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Sons carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Elgin City | 2 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 04 Aug | Dumbarton | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Dumbarton | 1 - 0 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 27 Jan | Elgin City | 0 - 1 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Dumbarton | 3 - 1 | Elgin City | SCD3 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Elgin City | 0 - 2 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Elgin City | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Dumbarton are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Sons in those games, with 6 conceded.
Elgin City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the City have hit 6 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Dumbarton are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 19 points from 20 matches. Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 27 from their 21 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| Elgin City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Elgin City on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Dumbarton. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Dumbarton | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. |
| Elgin City | No sequences of note |