A important game in Vanarama National League North as both contenders are fighting for the top league positions. With Scunthorpe United in 5th place and Spennymoor Town placed 3rd, this has all the looks of a thriling fight. Read on to find out more!
- Scunthorpe United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- All of Spennymoor Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Vanarama National League North match only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Chester.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Vanarama National League North games here at Sands Venue Stadium for Scunthorpe United. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The club members are hoping that Scunthorpe will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Chester (placed 12th).
Before that, Scunthorpe United had a home game versus Brackley Town which ended with a victory 1-0.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 Scunthorpe United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bishop's Stortford are coming to town in four days.
The Scunthorpe United manager Smith has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
Playing away, Spennymoor Town have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.
Spennymoor play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Brackley Town (placed 4th). That loss was their first after five consecutive league games winning points.
A loss, in the Durham County Challenge Cup away at Consett AFC, earlier. We have checked recent matches where Spennymoor Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Spennymoor Town have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a Vanarama National League North match against Darlington. A gruelling programme for the visiting team!
The travelling fans enjoy Spennymoor's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Spennymoor Town have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Harris 8 goals |   D. Whitehall 6 goals | G. Taylor 6 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Spennymoor Town missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Spennymoor Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.2 | 10.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 34% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 48% | 42% |
| 7.4 | 5.7 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.3 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- All of Spennymoor Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Scunthorpe United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Scunthorpe United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spennymoor Town 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 | Tamworth | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | South Shields | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Spennymoor Town | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Curzon Ashton | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Blyth Spartans | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Chorley | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Buxton | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 10 | Alfreton Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Warrington Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Chester | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Boston United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Hereford | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Southport | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Scarborough Athletic | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Farsley Celtic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Banbury United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 15 |
| 19 | Rushall Olympic | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 20 | Peterborough Sports | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 21 | Gloucester City | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 22 | King's Lynn Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 23 | Bishop's Stortford | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 10 |
| 24 | Darlington | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 7 |
