Match guide: Bristol Rovers expected to win when Scunthorpe United pay a visit

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (1500 seats)

Bristol Rovers are finding life sweet in the top league positions while Scunthorpe United are more worried about avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Bristol Rovers is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (29) in League Two

For Scunthorpe it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol Rovers have played 22 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 13-4-5 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Bristol Rovers tasted defeat here at Memorial Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

A strong away win for Bristol against Rochdale the last match, as Collins (2), Finley and Anderson were on target. A very satisfying win for Bristol Rovers against Rochdale last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Anderson's goal in the 90th minute. Coutts was on the receiving end of a red card in the Bristol Rovers-Rochdale match, being sent off in the 90th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 4-3 victory. The versatile forward Collins edged out all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.84 out of 10. Collins scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Forest Green Rovers that ended 0-0.

Bristol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 31 goals in 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bristol Rovers have only conceded 20 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

There's been little loot from Scunthorpe United's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 22 away games in the League Two. Scunthorpe United only have 1 win to counter their 14 defeats and 7 draws. Scunthorpe United are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Walsall fixture.

Scunthorpe United delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hartlepool United (placed 16th) in their previous fixture. O'Malley, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. O'Malley hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, the Scunthorpe manager Hill faced defeat when travelling to Bradford City and losing 1-2.

The attacking power of Scunthorpe United when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Scunthorpe United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the final score Scunthorpe United - Bristol Rovers 2-3 logged in the official records. Bristol-Scunthorpe United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bristol Rovers three wins, Scunthorpe United three wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
13 goals
Bristol RoversA. Evans
A. Evans
8 goals
Bristol RoversE. Anderson
E. Anderson
7 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol Rovers Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
22 13 6 Won W 0 1 4
11 4 0 Drew D 0 7 14
12 5 1 Lost L 7 14 27
64 31 13 Scored S 2 14 29
49 20 4 Conceded C 16 47 83
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 91%
71% 64% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 77% 71%
44% 45% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 55% 44%
24% 23% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 32% 27%
9% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 9%
53% 41% 14% BTTS BTTS 29% 50% 49%
36% 55% 71% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 13%
16% 14% 14% Failed to Score F T 71% 50% 47%
 
5.2 4.3 4.1 Corners for (avg) C F 2.9 3.3 3.8
4.9 5.1 4.9 Corners against (avg) C A 6.9 5.1 5.5
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.6 1.9
9 5 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.6 12.7 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.1 9 9.2
4.5 4 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 2.8 2.8
32% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 23% 23%
 
12 11.2 10.1 Shots against (avg) S A 16.1 15.1 14.7
4.1 4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Scunthorpe United.
  • Bristol Rovers is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest points (10) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (14) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (29) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (47) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (83) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (49) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-33) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-54) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
6 Mansfield Town 44 22 9 13 63 48 22 15 3 4 38 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 15 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
6 Mansfield Town 44 22 9 13 63 48 22 15 3 4 38 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 15 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.