Scunthorpe United vs Blackpool betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League One
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glanford Park (9088 seats)

Scunthorpe United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 45 points and a 19th position in the League One table. Visiting Blackpool holds 10th place with 58 pts.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The story so far for Scunthorpe United, who have the most conceded goals (39) at home in League One, at their home stadium (Glanford Park) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Scunthorpe United, their manager A. Dawson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Scunthorpe United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Burton Albion here at Glanford Park in a League One match. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Shrewsbury Town the opponent.

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 United as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Scunthorpe United has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Scunthorpe United as they are travelling to their away game against Charlton Athletic in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Scunthorpe United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 29 goals in 21 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Scunthorpe United defense is not exactly impregnable. 39 goals conceded from 21 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Blackpool form and stats

As the visiting team Blackpool have produced an overall stat of 7-8-6 so far.

Blackpool failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Peterborough United that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Luton Town that ended 2-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Blackpool playing away and similar expectations, we found 48 relevant matches. Results were 15 Blackpool wins, 16 draws and 17 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fleetwood Town in just three days.

Blackpool find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 21 goals from 21 away fixtures. 24 goals have been conceded by Blackpool in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Blackpool - Scunthorpe United 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Scunthorpe United victory, 2 draws and 7 Blackpool wins.

Top Goalscorers

L. Novak
11 goals / 1 assists
A. Gnanduillet
10 goals / 2 assists
N. Delfouneso
6 goals / 3 assists

Scunthorpe United missing players

Blackpool missing players

Scunthorpe United Blackpool
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
49 29 Scored 21 47
73 39 Conceded 24 46
98% 100% Over 0.5 76% 83%
83% 86% Over 1.5 62% 64%
50% 52% Over 2.5 43% 43%
26% 33% Over 3.5 24% 24%
21% 29% Over 4.5 10% 7%
52% 57% Both teams to score 38% 40%
14% 14% Clean Sheet 43% 38%
36% 29% Failed To Score 43% 38%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Scunthorpe United hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Scunthorpe United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 42 23 13 6 72 35 21 13 8 0 36 14 21 10 5 6 36 21 37 82
3 Sunderland 41 21 17 3 74 41 21 11 9 1 43 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 33 80
4 Portsmouth 41 23 11 7 75 44 20 11 6 3 37 17 21 12 5 4 38 27 31 80
5 Charlton Athletic 42 23 10 9 62 38 21 14 5 2 33 15 21 9 5 7 29 23 24 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 42 19 12 11 71 52 21 12 7 2 42 19 21 7 5 9 29 33 19 69
7 Peterborough United 41 18 10 13 63 54 21 8 6 7 27 26 20 10 4 6 36 28 9 64
8 Coventry City 42 17 10 15 50 49 21 8 6 7 21 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 1 61
9 Burton Albion 42 16 12 14 60 48 21 10 5 6 32 20 21 6 7 8 28 28 12 60
10 Blackpool 42 14 16 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 7 8 6 21 24 1 58
11 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 54 47 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 56
12 Oxford United 42 13 14 15 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 24 21 3 11 7 20 32 -6 53
13 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 14 16 47 53 21 8 8 5 23 22 21 4 6 11 24 31 -6 50
14 Bristol Rovers 42 12 13 17 44 47 21 5 6 10 22 26 21 7 7 7 22 21 -3 49
15 Gillingham 42 13 9 20 54 68 21 6 4 11 24 33 21 7 5 9 30 35 -14 48
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Wycombe Wanderers 42 12 11 19 52 64 21 8 5 8 26 26 21 4 6 11 26 38 -12 47
18 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 11 19 51 67 21 8 6 7 33 33 21 4 5 12 18 34 -16 47
19 Scunthorpe United 42 12 9 21 49 73 21 6 6 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 45
20 Rochdale 42 12 9 21 51 83 21 6 4 11 23 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -32 45
21 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 8 22 37 59 21 5 4 12 21 35 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 44
22 Southend United 42 12 7 23 49 63 21 6 2 13 27 31 21 6 5 10 22 32 -14 43
23 Walsall 42 11 9 22 45 69 21 6 4 11 26 36 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 42
24 Bradford City 42 10 6 26 45 72 21 7 2 12 24 30 21 3 4 14 21 42 -27 36

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