About Match
9th against 8th, but level on points: Kelty Hearts and Dumbarton both have 9. Kelty Hearts have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Kelty Hearts 1.38 scored and 2.25 conceded per game, Dumbarton 1 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.74. Three points here take Kelty Hearts to 12 and up to 4th, overtaking Dumbarton, assuming other results stand.
Three consecutive defeats weigh on Kelty Hearts.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Kelty Hearts, 2 draws and 2 for Dumbarton, at 4 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.