Match Report
31 points separated the sides: Alloa Athletic 5th on 51, Dumbarton 10th on 20. On the form table Dumbarton stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 10th overall. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Alloa Athletic ran at 1.53 scored and 1.31 conceded, Dumbarton at 1.42 and 1.83.
Dumbarton were winless in 12.
17 meetings are on record — 2 won by Alloa Athletic, 10 by Dumbarton, 5 drawn, at 3.35 goals per meeting. Only 35% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings. The recent trend is more open — 4.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.35 all-time.
Indodrill Stadium in Alloa, capacity 3,100, hosted the game. Alloa Athletic led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Alloa Athletic: Luke Donnelly (22'), Conor Sammon (86') · Dumbarton: Michael Ruth (68'), Craig McGuffie (79'), Mark Durnan (90')