Soccer betting preview: Sutton United welcomes Salford City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 03.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Sutton United are itching to add to their points total at their own stadium in the upcoming match vs Salford City.

Insights:
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals (24) in League Two
  • Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sutton United form and stats

Overall League Two results playing at home this season for Sutton United, who have the most conceded goals (24) in League Two, are 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Sutton in their previous match, an away game at Crawley Town that ended in defeat 0-3. Sowunmi, defender, was given a rating of 7.2/10 in that game, top of the team. Sowunmi hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Port Vale in the Carabao Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sutton United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Walsall are coming to town in four days.

The Sutton United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Salford City form and stats

The visitors are W2-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. When Salford City is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Salford City, Grimsby Town, Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Colchester United, Doncaster Rovers and Forest Green Rovers is teams we like to compare Sutton United with. Salford City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing from Lund secured the home win 2-1 against Newport County in their previous game. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. Midfielder Watt was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Watt hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).

The match before that was the Carabao Cup-battle against Burnley, a home loss (0-4). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Salford in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Salford City, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crewe Alexandra in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Salford City's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Salford City have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Salford City have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing Sutton.

The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
4 goals
Salford CityM. Smith
M. Smith
4 goals
Salford CityC. Hendry
C. Hendry
3 goals

Sutton United missing players

Salford City missing players

Sutton United Salford City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 3 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
8 3 1 Lost L 1 3 6
12 6 0 Scored S 6 8 13
24 7 1 Conceded C 5 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 50%
40% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 20%
30% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 20%
60% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 10%
40% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 30%
 
4.1 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.8 4.2
5.4 6.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.5
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.9 10.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.8 12
3.5 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.3
34% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 47% 39%
 
13.9 12.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 14 14.2
4.8 3.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sutton United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals (24) in League Two
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in League Two
  • Sutton United have the the worst goal difference (-12) in League Two
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sutton United is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 10 6 2 2 23 19 4 4 0 0 12 7 6 2 2 2 11 12 4 20
2 Crawley Town 10 6 2 2 20 17 6 5 0 1 13 5 4 1 2 1 7 12 3 20
3 Swindon Town 9 5 4 0 26 14 5 4 1 0 17 6 4 1 3 0 9 8 12 19
4 Gillingham 10 6 1 3 9 9 5 3 1 1 5 5 5 3 0 2 4 4 0 19
5 Mansfield Town 10 4 6 0 17 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 18
6 AFC Wimbledon 10 4 5 1 19 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 5 3 2 0 10 3 9 17
7 Crewe Alexandra 10 4 5 1 24 17 5 3 2 0 13 8 5 1 3 1 11 9 7 17
8 Stockport County 10 5 2 3 20 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 7 17
9 Wrexham 10 4 4 2 23 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 4 1 2 1 3 7 0 16
10 Barrow 9 4 3 2 11 9 3 2 1 0 6 4 6 2 2 2 5 5 2 15
11 Milton Keynes Dons 10 4 2 4 16 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 11 11 0 14
12 Morecambe 9 4 2 3 11 11 5 3 2 0 8 3 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 14
13 Walsall 10 4 2 4 15 17 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 12 -2 14
14 Bradford City 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 5 6 -1 13
15 Accrington Stanley 10 4 1 5 14 16 6 3 1 2 11 9 4 1 0 3 3 7 -2 13
16 Harrogate Town 10 4 1 5 9 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 6 2 1 3 4 7 -2 13
17 Newport County 10 3 2 5 18 21 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 1 0 4 7 13 -3 11
18 Colchester United 9 3 1 5 15 15 5 2 1 2 10 10 4 1 0 3 5 5 0 10
19 Grimsby Town 10 2 4 4 12 14 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 0 2 3 5 10 -2 10
20 Salford City 10 3 1 6 13 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 8 9 -4 10
21 Doncaster Rovers 10 2 2 6 11 19 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -8 8
22 Forest Green Rovers 10 2 1 7 10 20 6 0 0 6 4 15 4 2 1 1 6 5 -10 7
23 Tranmere Rovers 10 2 0 8 13 19 5 2 0 3 9 7 5 0 0 5 4 12 -6 6
24 Sutton United 10 1 1 8 12 24 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 0 0 5 6 17 -12 4

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.