Soccer betting preview: Scunthorpe United welcomes Dorking Wanderers in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 24.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

Scunthorpe United have some points to catch up on from their 23rd place, and the job starts vs Dorking Wanderers. Read more!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals (21) in National League

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Scunthorpe United at their home stadium (Sands Venue Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus York City last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Altrincham that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Scunthorpe United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Scunthorpe as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Scunthorpe United has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The Scunthorpe 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.

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Dorking Wanderers form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Dorking Wanderers, who have the most conceded goals (21) in National League, playing as the away team in the National League this season.

Wanderers had fun at their own home (Sands Venue Stadium) last time out, beating Notts County 3-1. McShane scored. It's hard not to mention McShane's lethal finishing against Notts County. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Prior to that result Dorking Wanderers won their away game at Barnet. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Dorking Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Dorking Wanderers, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Wanderers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Dorking WanderersJ. McShane
J. McShane
8 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedJ. Nuttall
J. Nuttall
5 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedJ. Butterfield
J. Butterfield
2 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Dorking Wanderers missing players

Scunthorpe United Dorking Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 0 Played P 0 4 9
1 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
10 6 0 Scored S 0 7 15
18 10 0 Conceded C 0 8 21
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
89% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 89%
44% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 89%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 67%
22% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 44%
56% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 11%
44% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
5.8 5.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 5.3
5.4 6.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.2 5.4
1.8 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.6 9.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.2 9.6
3.7 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.8 4.8
30% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 35%
 
11.4 10.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.8 16.2
5.3 4.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 7.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Scunthorpe United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dorking Wanderers have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals (21) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most matches over the total-line (8) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Dorking Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scunthorpe United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chesterfield 9 6 3 0 19 10 4 4 0 0 9 3 5 2 3 0 10 7 9 21
2 Wrexham 9 6 2 1 23 8 4 4 0 0 14 3 5 2 2 1 9 5 15 20
3 Solihull Moors 9 5 3 1 23 10 5 2 3 0 11 4 4 3 0 1 12 6 13 18
4 Notts County 9 5 3 1 21 9 4 3 1 0 8 2 5 2 2 1 13 7 12 18
5 Boreham Wood 9 5 3 1 14 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 4 1 0 9 2 7 18
6 Wealdstone 9 4 4 1 10 7 5 2 3 0 6 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 16
7 Bromley 9 5 1 3 12 10 5 4 1 0 7 1 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 16
8 York City 9 4 3 2 10 7 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 15
9 Barnet 9 4 2 3 14 12 4 3 0 1 7 2 5 1 2 2 7 10 2 14
10 Woking 9 4 1 4 13 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 13
11 Dorking Wanderers 9 4 1 4 15 21 5 2 1 2 8 13 4 2 0 2 7 8 -6 13
12 Eastleigh 9 3 2 4 11 13 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 0 4 6 10 -2 11
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 9 3 2 4 13 17 5 3 1 1 11 9 4 0 1 3 2 8 -4 11
14 Oldham Athletic 9 3 2 4 10 14 5 3 0 2 9 9 4 0 2 2 1 5 -4 11
15 Maidstone United 9 3 2 4 11 20 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 5 14 -9 11
16 Maidenhead United 9 3 1 5 7 11 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 0 0 4 0 7 -4 10
17 Southend United 9 2 3 4 8 9 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 4 6 -1 9
18 Aldershot Town 9 3 0 6 13 16 5 2 0 3 10 10 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 9
19 Yeovil Town 9 1 5 3 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 4 0 3 1 4 5 -2 8
20 Torquay United 9 2 2 5 6 12 4 0 1 3 2 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 -6 8
21 Halifax Town 9 2 2 5 7 14 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 4 9 -7 8
22 Gateshead 9 1 4 4 12 15 5 1 3 1 8 6 4 0 1 3 4 9 -3 7
23 Scunthorpe United 9 1 2 6 10 18 5 1 1 3 6 10 4 0 1 3 4 8 -8 5
24 Altrincham 9 0 5 4 9 19 4 0 3 1 6 7 5 0 2 3 3 12 -10 5

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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.