Match Report
44 points separated the sides: Arbroath 1st on 64, 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, Arbroath ran at 1.61 scored and 1.17 conceded, Dumbarton at 1.42 and 1.83.
Arbroath came in having won four on the spin. Dumbarton arrived off six straight defeats. Arbroath had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Dumbarton, 0.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Arbroath 1, draws 2, Dumbarton 2, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 0% of those meetings. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
The match was played at Gayfield Park in Arbroath (capacity 5,900). On the scoreboard, Arbroath led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Arbroath: Sam Stanton (11') · Dumbarton: Michael Ruth (87')