Queen of the South 2-0 Dumbarton - Sons drop to bottom after Dumfries defeat

Dumbarton fell to the foot of the League One table after defeat to Queen of the South.

Goals from Lewis O’Donnell and Michael Hewitt early in each half consigned the Sons to a second straight loss, with skipper Mark Durnan’s red card compounding a bad day at the office.

And boss Stevie Farrell admitted his side have to sharpen up in both boxes - after again having more attempts than their opponents, but failing to find the net for the third time in four games.

He said: “We had a really honest chat with the players. A lot of things we are doing are good. But ultimately it’s not good enough. In both boxes we have got to be better.

“In two weeks we’ve created a frightening number of chances. But we’ve not scored any. We’ve got to take ownership of that collectively. It’s not good enough.

“Defensively we’ve lost a goal in the first 15 minutes of the first-half and another within five minutes of the second.

“We’ve not shown any composure and we’ve lost two really poor goals.”

Farrell made just one change to the side which had lost to Montrose a week earlier, despite dominating, as Kalvin Orsi replaced Jinky Hilton.

The opening 20 minutes saw Queens control the game, with Kai Kennedy sclaffing wide, before the former Rangers youngster saw his inviting cross headed high over the bar by Matty Douglas.

Queens then almost gifted Sons an opening goal as keeper Ross Stewart blasted a clearance straight off Craig McGuffie, but the stopper reacted well to scamper back to his line and deny the Dumbarton attacker from a narrow angle.

Two minutes later the hosts were ahead.

After Sons had failed on a handful of occasions to clear their box, the ball dropped to Lewis O’Donnell on the edge of the area - and he curled a perfect strike