Soccer match preview: Chesterfield confident before travelling to Scunthorpe United

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

A brief look at the National League table suggest an advantage to Chesterfield when they come to Scunthorpe United. Nevertheless; let's play the match before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Chesterfield is in the best form (5-0-1) in National League

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

Scunthorpe United's results here at Sands Venue Stadium in the National League have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. With Scunthorpe United having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Daws.

The supporters are hoping that Scunthorpe United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Fa Trophy fixture against Wrexham.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Yeovil Town that finished 0-0.

Betting people might want to know that 12 of the most recent 16 league matches from these players have had goals from both teams.

Scunthorpe have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sands Venue Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Scunthorpe United with 25 goals conceded in these matches. When Scunthorpe hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Maidenhead United, Aldershot Town, Gateshead, Yeovil Town, Torquay United, Oldham Athletic and Maidstone United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Chesterfield form and stats

Playing away, Chesterfield have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the National League this season.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Fa Trophy home defeat versus Coalville Town with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Dorking Wanderers in the National League.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 11 of this club's last 14 league games.

Chesterfield has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Chesterfield have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Scunthorpe have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Chesterfield.

Top Goalscorers

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

Scunthorpe United missing players

Chesterfield missing players

Scunthorpe United Chesterfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 10 21
3 3 0 Won W 3 4 13
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 4
13 6 4 Lost L 0 2 4
27 17 5 Scored S 11 19 43
47 25 13 Conceded C 4 13 25
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
57% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 70% 67%
43% 55% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 43%
22% 36% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 19%
65% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 80% 71%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 24%
35% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 5%
 
4.2 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 6.1
6.1 5.6 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.9 4.8
2.1 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.8 9.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.7 12.2
3.3 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.4 5.7
36% 38% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 36%
 
12.7 12.1 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.8 9
5.7 5.3 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.8 4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Scunthorpe United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chesterfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chesterfield have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Chesterfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chesterfield is in the best form (5-0-1) in National League
  • Scunthorpe United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in National League
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in National League
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 Halifax Town 22 9 4 9 21 27 11 7 1 3 13 11 11 2 3 6 8 16 -6 31
10 Eastleigh 23 9 4 10 26 29 12 8 2 2 17 10 11 1 2 8 9 19 -3 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

Read more about National League

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.