Season ticket holders at Sands Venue Stadium haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Scunthorpe United languishing in the 24th place. The visiting Bristol Rovers will attempt to protect their higher league position in this one.
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-20) in League Two
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Scunthorpe United have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Sands Venue Stadium. Scunthorpe are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
An away draw last time out for Scunthorpe United, facing Hartlepool United in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Rory Watson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.24 out of ten. Watson stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Stevenage that finished 1-1.Scunthorpe aren't scoring a lot here at Sands Venue Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. Scunthorpe have conceded 15 from these games.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Bristol Rovers have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
The supporters enjoyed Bristol's previous game versus Rochdale (placed 18th), a League Two 4-2 win played at home. A stark raving crazy match with heaps of goals last time out for Bristol, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this fixture be as exciting? Attacker Antony Evans got a player rating of 8.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Evans scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Port Vale.Bristol have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Bristol struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Scunthorpe, four draws and two wins for Bristol Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Nicholson 4 goals | B. Pitman 4 goals |  M. Hippolyte 3 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 36 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 57% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 62% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 67% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9.5 | 10.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 24% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 36% |
| 13.5 | 13 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-20) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Newport County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Salford City | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |