Match Report
6 points and 3 places separated them: Dumbarton 4th with 3, St. Mirren 1st with 9. Dumbarton's recent output lagged their position: 28th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Dumbarton were scoring 1.5 and conceding 3.25, St. Mirren 3 and 1, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Dumbarton. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Dumbarton against 8/15 for St. Mirren.
15 meetings are on record — 5 won by Dumbarton, 7 by St. Mirren, 3 drawn, at 2.67 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Recent editions have opened up: 4 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.67 historically.
The YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,025. On the scoreboard, St. Mirren led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-4.
Goal scorers
St. Mirren: Samuel Ramos (7'), Chris Mochrie (39'), Samuel Ramos (73'), Thomas Falconer (77')
Key stats
Possession: Dumbarton 32% · St. Mirren 68% · Total shots: 3-26 · On target: 2-12 · Corners: 0-7