Evenly matched teams: Walsall vs Peterborough United match preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

Struggling Walsall will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Peterborough United in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Walsall and Peterborough 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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Walsall form and stats

The story so far for Walsall at their home stadium (The Banks's Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager D. Keates led his Walsall to a defeat in the League One match away at Wycombe Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Banks's Stadium. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Southend United that ended 1-1.

Walsall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 27 goals in 22 matches. Walsall have conceded 37 from these games.

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Peterborough United form and stats

The visitors are W10-D5-L6 on the road this term.

There were no winners in Peterborough United's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Sunderland. A 1-1 draw at Fleetwood Town's stadium before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Portsmouth.

The travelling fans enjoy Peterborough United's attacking play in away games, having scored 37 goals in 21 away matches. As opposed to that, Peterborough United have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Peterborough United - Walsall 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Walsall, 7 draws and 1 win for Peterborough United.

Top Goalscorers

M. Godden
14 goals
A. Cook
12 goals
I. Toney
12 goals / 3 assists

Walsall missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Walsall Peterborough United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 21 43
46 27 Scored 37 65
71 37 Conceded 29 56
91% 91% Over 0.5 100% 98%
80% 77% Over 1.5 76% 77%
59% 64% Over 2.5 57% 51%
27% 41% Over 3.5 52% 37%
9% 18% Over 4.5 19% 12%
59% 68% Both teams to score 57% 58%
16% 14% Clean Sheet 24% 23%
34% 27% Failed To Score 19% 21%
 
5.1 5 Corners For (avg) 3.9 4.5
5.3 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 6.3
1.5 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.7
3 1 Red Cards (total) 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Peterborough United hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Peterborough United is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Walsall 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 43 26 12 5 84 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 22 11 6 5 32 21 47 90
2 Barnsley 44 25 13 6 77 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 22 11 5 6 39 21 41 88
3 Portsmouth 43 25 11 7 79 46 21 12 6 3 39 18 22 13 5 4 40 28 33 86
4 Sunderland 43 22 18 3 77 42 22 12 9 1 45 24 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 84
5 Charlton Athletic 44 24 10 10 67 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 27 82
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 43 18 12 13 65 56 22 8 7 7 28 27 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 66
8 Coventry City 44 18 10 16 53 51 22 9 6 7 23 19 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 64
9 Blackpool 44 15 17 12 49 47 22 8 8 6 28 23 22 7 9 6 21 24 2 62
10 Burton Albion 44 16 12 16 63 53 22 10 5 7 33 22 22 6 7 9 30 31 10 60
11 Oxford United 44 15 14 15 55 59 22 11 3 8 32 25 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 59
12 Fleetwood Town 43 15 12 16 56 50 21 8 8 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 57
13 Gillingham 44 14 10 20 58 70 22 7 4 11 27 34 22 7 6 9 31 36 -12 52
14 Rochdale 44 14 9 21 53 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -30 51
15 Bristol Rovers 44 12 14 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 22 7 8 7 23 22 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
17 Wycombe Wanderers 44 13 11 20 53 65 22 9 5 8 27 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -12 50
18 Accrington Stanley 43 12 12 19 43 64 22 6 6 10 21 32 21 6 6 9 22 32 -21 48
19 Southend United 44 13 8 23 53 66 22 7 2 13 30 33 22 6 6 10 23 33 -13 47
20 Plymouth Argyle 44 12 11 21 52 73 22 8 6 8 33 36 22 4 5 13 19 37 -21 47
21 Scunthorpe United 44 12 10 22 49 77 22 6 7 9 29 39 22 6 3 13 20 38 -28 46
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
23 Walsall 44 11 10 23 46 71 22 6 5 11 27 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -25 43
24 Bradford City 44 10 7 27 46 75 22 7 3 12 25 31 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 37

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