The league standings shows that 1 points separate the pair of opponents in this League Two game. Swindon Town enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals (20) in League Two
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town have collected seven points from their first three League Two games here at The County Ground, a promising start.
The Swindon Town fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sutton United and win 5-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Kemp, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 9.15 (out of 10). Kemp scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, Swindon played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Doncaster Rovers.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swindon Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.
It's goals goals goals for Swindon Town who have scored 13 goals from 3 league home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Swindon defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Walsall form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Walsall, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Salford City (placed 18th) last time out. McEntee got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. McEntee scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that, Walsall secured a home win against Colchester United with the score 1-0.Walsall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Walsall are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. Walsall have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon four wins, two draws and Walsall four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Young 9 goals | D. Kemp 5 goals |   I. Hutchinson 2 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Walsall missing players
| Swindon Town | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.8 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 17.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 13 | 13.3 |
| 6.5 | 7.7 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 51% | 57% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 33% |
| 15 | 14.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.8 | 14 |
| 5.7 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.5 | 4.9 |
- All of Swindon Town's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Swindon Town have not yet lost a game.
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals (20) in League Two
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Swindon Town have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in League Two
- Swindon Town have the the best goal difference (+9) in League Two
- Walsall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall have scored in all their matches so far.
- Walsall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gillingham | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Notts County | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Barrow | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Walsall | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Newport County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Stockport County | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Salford City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Forest Green Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
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