League Two duel: Close contest expected between Scunthorpe United and Bristol Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

Match-goers at Sands Venue Stadium haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Scunthorpe United struggling in the 23rd position. The visiting Bristol Rovers will believe to defend their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (45) in League Two
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Scunthorpe United and Bristol Rovers.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

With 2 League Two wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Scunthorpe United, who have the most conceded goals (45) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Scunthorpe United are slowly digging their own grave here at Sands Venue Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Crawley Town match.

Scunthorpe haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 373 minutes ago. Loft scored that one.

Scunthorpe United's last game was hosting Newport County (placed 5th) and winning 0-1. A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Scunthorpe United, who played 0-1 against Newport County. That match was also played at this venue (Sands Venue Stadium). Scunthorpe United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Newport County (placed 5th).

Before that match, a win away at Exeter City. Preceding that game was the away draw at Exeter City that finished 0-2. Heartbreak before that as Scunthorpe United lost 0-2 at Exeter City's place.

Scunthorpe are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Port Vale awaits in four days.

Scunthorpe United aren't scoring a lot here at Sands Venue Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 12 games. Scunthorpe United have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bristol Rovers so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose).

Bristol Rovers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-1 victory visiting Swindon Town (placed 6th). Bristol Rovers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Swindon Town (placed 6th). There might be some fixture complaints from Bristol Rovers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-1 against Swindon Town. Midfielder Finley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Finley scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Hartlepool United. Ahead of that game was the 2-0 draw at home against Hartlepool United. A loss against Hartlepool United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

After this away game Bristol Rovers return home for a League Two game against Walsall. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Bristol find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Bristol Rovers have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Scunthorpe United won four, Bristol Rovers were winners in two and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Scunthorpe UnitedM. Hippolyte
M. Hippolyte
4 goals
Bristol RoversS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
4 goals
Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
4 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Scunthorpe United Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 5 Played P 3 11 23
3 2 1 Won W 1 2 8
10 4 3 Drew D 2 5 6
13 6 1 Lost L 0 4 9
19 8 5 Scored S 4 11 30
45 17 5 Conceded C 3 16 34
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
38% 25% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 52%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 30%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
54% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 65%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 22%
42% 42% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 13%
 
4.4 5.4 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.3 4.2
5.5 5.8 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 4.9
2.1 2.4 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
9.5 10.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.4 10.7
2.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.1 3.6
28% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 24% 37%
 
14.1 14 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.6 11.9
4.6 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • 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 fewest clean sheets (3) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (45) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-26) 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 25 16 7 2 51 21 13 9 2 2 23 9 12 7 5 0 28 12 30 55
2 Tranmere Rovers 26 14 6 6 28 15 13 10 0 3 19 6 13 4 6 3 9 9 13 48
3 Sutton United 26 13 5 8 41 33 13 9 1 3 22 12 13 4 4 5 19 21 8 44
4 Northampton Town 25 12 6 7 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 9 13 5 4 4 15 15 8 42
5 Newport County 26 11 8 7 43 34 12 6 3 3 24 13 14 5 5 4 19 21 9 41
6 Swindon Town 25 11 8 6 40 31 12 3 6 3 16 14 13 8 2 3 24 17 9 41
7 Mansfield Town 25 12 5 8 35 31 15 9 3 3 25 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 4 41
8 Exeter City 25 10 10 5 37 26 12 6 4 2 19 11 13 4 6 3 18 15 11 40
9 Port Vale 24 10 6 8 36 27 12 5 3 4 17 12 12 5 3 4 19 15 9 36
10 Salford City 26 9 7 10 29 27 14 5 6 3 15 11 12 4 1 7 14 16 2 34
11 Harrogate Town 24 9 6 9 38 35 12 4 4 4 21 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 3 33
12 Bradford City 25 7 12 6 31 29 12 4 7 1 19 14 13 3 5 5 12 15 2 33
13 Leyton Orient 23 7 11 5 37 21 12 6 4 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 32
14 Crawley Town 25 9 5 11 29 35 12 4 3 5 15 18 13 5 2 6 14 17 -6 32
15 Bristol Rovers 23 8 6 9 30 34 12 6 1 5 19 18 11 2 5 4 11 16 -4 30
16 Hartlepool United 26 8 6 12 25 37 13 7 4 2 17 12 13 1 2 10 8 25 -12 30
17 Walsall 25 7 8 10 29 34 13 4 5 4 19 19 12 3 3 6 10 15 -5 29
18 Rochdale 24 6 10 8 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 16 20 -2 28
19 Stevenage 27 6 10 11 25 42 14 5 6 3 18 18 13 1 4 8 7 24 -17 28
20 Carlisle United 26 6 9 11 19 33 13 3 7 3 9 10 13 3 2 8 10 23 -14 27
21 Barrow 25 6 8 11 26 31 13 3 5 5 15 17 12 3 3 6 11 14 -5 26
22 Colchester United 25 6 7 12 22 35 11 3 3 5 10 14 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 25
23 Scunthorpe United 26 3 10 13 19 45 12 2 4 6 8 17 14 1 6 7 11 28 -26 19
24 Oldham Athletic 25 4 6 15 22 42 12 2 2 8 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 17 -20 18

Read more about League Two

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.