Chesterfield vs Scunthorpe United preview: Away side in for a strenuous job at Technique Stadium

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Technique Stadium (10504 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Chesterfield supporters in this Technique Stadium clash with Scunthorpe United, having a healthy lead on the away side in the National League standings.

Insights:
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Chesterfield and Scunthorpe United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Chesterfield form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 11 National League games here at Technique Stadium for Chesterfield. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. After failing to beat Dagenham & Redbridge here at Technique Stadium, Chesterfield has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Chesterfield are returning here after visiting Scunthorpe United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Quigley (2) scored the goal(s).

Preceding that match, a home defeat in the Fa Trophy against Coalville Town. Chesterfield are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 0 and lost 2.

Take note that 12 of the latest 15 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

Chesterfield can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Scunthorpe United so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Scunthorpe United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Chesterfield proved too strong as Scunthorpe United slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Glanford Park.

A defeat, in the Fa Trophy away at Wrexham, before that.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 13 of this club's latest 17 league matches.

The attacking power of Scunthorpe United when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Scunthorpe have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other before this season: Scunthorpe United - Chesterfield 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Chesterfield victories, two draws and five Scunthorpe United wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldJ. Quigley
J. Quigley
7 goals
ChesterfieldJ. King
J. King
6 goals
ChesterfieldK. Tshimanga
K. Tshimanga
6 goals

Chesterfield missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Chesterfield Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 12 24
14 9 2 Won W 0 0 3
4 0 0 Drew D 1 5 7
4 2 1 Lost L 2 7 14
45 24 4 Scored S 1 10 28
26 12 3 Conceded C 6 22 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
91% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
68% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 58%
41% 45% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 42%
18% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 21%
73% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 67%
23% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 4%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 33%
 
6.1 7.5 9.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4.2
4.7 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6.6 6.2
1.6 0.8 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12 13.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8.2 8.7
5.5 5.9 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.6 3.4
37% 37% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 35%
 
8.8 7.3 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 13.2 12.5
4 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 6 5.5
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Chesterfield have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Scunthorpe United have scored away.
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chesterfield have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chesterfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest clean sheets (1) in National League
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in National League
  • Scunthorpe United have yet to win a game away.
  • Scunthorpe 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 23 16 6 1 59 21 11 8 3 0 22 4 12 8 3 1 37 17 38 54
2 Wrexham 22 15 5 2 55 19 10 10 0 0 37 9 12 5 5 2 18 10 36 50
3 Chesterfield 21 13 4 4 43 25 11 9 0 2 24 12 10 4 4 2 19 13 18 43
4 Woking 22 12 4 6 37 22 12 7 2 3 22 13 10 5 2 3 15 9 15 40
5 Barnet 21 11 3 7 40 38 11 7 1 3 17 15 10 4 2 4 23 23 2 36
6 Southend United 22 9 7 6 30 20 11 5 4 2 15 8 11 4 3 4 15 12 10 34
7 Solihull Moors 21 9 6 6 35 24 11 5 4 2 20 12 10 4 2 4 15 12 11 33
8 Boreham Wood 21 8 7 6 25 21 10 3 4 3 12 12 11 5 3 3 13 9 4 31
9 Eastleigh 23 9 4 10 26 29 12 8 2 2 17 10 11 1 2 8 9 19 -3 31
10 Halifax Town 22 9 4 9 21 27 11 7 1 3 13 11 11 2 3 6 8 16 -6 31
11 Bromley 21 8 6 7 31 29 11 5 4 2 16 11 10 3 2 5 15 18 2 30
12 Wealdstone 22 8 6 8 26 33 10 3 4 3 11 14 12 5 2 5 15 19 -7 30
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 20 8 5 7 34 36 11 6 3 2 24 18 9 2 2 5 10 18 -2 29
14 Altrincham 23 7 8 8 33 42 11 5 3 3 16 13 12 2 5 5 17 29 -9 29
15 Dorking Wanderers 24 8 5 11 42 54 12 6 2 4 23 24 12 2 3 7 19 30 -12 29
16 York City 23 7 7 9 26 24 11 3 4 4 11 13 12 4 3 5 15 11 2 28
17 Maidenhead United 23 8 4 11 25 31 12 5 3 4 15 14 11 3 1 7 10 17 -6 28
18 Aldershot Town 21 8 2 11 30 33 10 4 1 5 16 15 11 4 1 6 14 18 -3 26
19 Yeovil Town 22 4 11 7 17 21 12 4 5 3 11 10 10 0 6 4 6 11 -4 23
20 Maidstone United 24 5 6 13 30 53 12 3 5 4 14 18 12 2 1 9 16 35 -23 21
21 Oldham Athletic 21 5 5 11 22 33 10 5 1 4 17 17 11 0 4 7 5 16 -11 20
22 Torquay United 23 4 6 13 27 46 11 1 5 5 20 26 12 3 1 8 7 20 -19 18
23 Gateshead 22 3 8 11 25 38 11 2 5 4 15 17 11 1 3 7 10 21 -13 17
24 Scunthorpe United 23 3 7 13 27 47 11 3 2 6 17 25 12 0 5 7 10 22 -20 16

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.