Only a win will satisfy the Salford City supporters in this The Peninsula Stadium clash with Scunthorpe United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (25) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Salford nor Scunthorpe United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salford City form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 16 League Two games here at The Peninsula Stadium for Salford City. The data says 8 wins, 8 draws and 0 losses. The Salford City fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Peninsula Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Salford has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Salford City, as their goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the League Two.
Salford's last game was hosting Port Vale (placed 21st) and winning 1-0. 0-0 away at Southend United before that.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Salford City matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, four draws and one defeat (from seven games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Salford City as they are travelling to their away game against Crawley Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Salford City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Peninsula Stadium with 27 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Salford have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Playing away, Scunthorpe United have won 6 games, drawn 0 and suffered 9 defeats in the League Two this season.
Scunthorpe United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cambridge United (placed 2nd). A 0-2 loss hosting Cheltenham Town before that.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Scunthorpe playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Scunthorpe are hosting Exeter City in the League Two only three days away.
The attacking power of Scunthorpe United when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Scunthorpe have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Salford City and Scunthorpe United have met before this season: Scunthorpe United - Salford City 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Salford one win, one draw and Scunthorpe United zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 13 goals |  J. Wilson 7 goals |  R. Loft 7 goals |
Salford City missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 40 | 27 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 32 |
| 25 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 39 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 47% | 60% |
| 42% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 16% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 23% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 47% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 28% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 31% | 34% |
- Salford City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in League Two
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (25) in League Two
- Salford City have the most points (32) at home in League Two
- Salford City have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United 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 | Cheltenham Town | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 56 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 54 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 52 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 50 |
| 7 | Salford City | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 |
| 8 | Newport County | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 48 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 46 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | -1 | 45 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 43 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 15 | Walsall | 31 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 27 | -7 | 38 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 38 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -10 | 36 |
| 21 | Port Vale | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -5 | 34 |
| 22 | Southend United | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -26 | 28 |
| 23 | Barrow | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -27 | 24 |