Match ends, Dumbarton 5, Cowdenbeath 1.
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Dumbarton swept aside Cowdenbeath with four second-half goals to keep alive their play-off hopes.
Rory McKeown hit the post for the visitors in the fifth minute, before Mitch Megginson put the hosts ahead.
Michael Miller doubled their advantage but John Armstrong's low finish got the visitors back in it.
Jordan Kirkpatrick's free-kick restored their two-goal lead before Garry Fleming and Christopher Kane put the game to bed with neat finishes.
Line-ups
Dumbarton
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Grindlay
- 7Gilhaney
- 9MegginsonSubstituted forMcDougallat 81'minutes
- 24Miller
- 4Graham
- 2McGinn
- 6Turner
- 15Kirkpatrick
- 21KaneBooked at 57mins
- 17NishSubstituted forFlemingat 79'minutes
- 8AgnewSubstituted forMurrayat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Smith
- 11McDougall
- 12Prunty
- 14Fleming
- 18Thomson
- 19Ewings
- 26Murray
Cowdenbeath
Formation 5-4-1
- 1Flynn
- 14Brett
- 2McKeown
- 23Brownlie
- 6Wedderburn
- 5Armstrong
- 8StevensonSubstituted forMillerat 80'minutes
- 16Fowler
- 9Stewart
- 18MilneBooked at 35mins
- 22RobertsonSubstituted forStewartat 80'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Adamson
- 4O'Brien
- 7Stewart
- 12Gold
- 17Usai
- 20Miller
- 26Kane
- Referee:
- Crawford Allan
- Attendance:
- 687
Match Stats
Home TeamDumbartonAway TeamCowdenbeath
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home3
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away9
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Dumbarton 5, Cowdenbeath 1.
Goal!
Goal! Dumbarton 5, Cowdenbeath 1. Christopher Kane (Dumbarton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
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Foul by Christopher Kane (Dumbarton).
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(Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jordan Kirkpatrick (Dumbarton).
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Dean Brett (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Steven McDougall (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Dean Brett (Cowdenbeath).
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Attempt saved. Kyle Miller (Cowdenbeath) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Paul McGinn.
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Hand ball by Garry Fleming (Dumbarton).
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Attempt saved. Jordan Kirkpatrick (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Christopher Kane (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Rory McKeown (Cowdenbeath).
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Foul by Steven McDougall (Dumbarton).
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James Fowler (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Jordan Kirkpatrick (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution
Substitution, Dumbarton. Steven McDougall replaces Mitchel Megginson.
Goal!
Goal! Dumbarton 4, Cowdenbeath 1. Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
