Scrambling Scunthorpe United are desperate to pull off a small shock when they host high-flying Northampton Town in the next league match. It’s 24th vs 3rd and the home supporters will have not-so-high confidence.
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (55) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Scunthorpe United's struggle is real here at Sands Venue Stadium with only 13 points collected from 16 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-9.
Scunthorpe United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Rochdale (placed 17th). Defender Onariase got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Onariase scored one goal and won 12 of 12 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Swindon Town.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Scunthorpe United as they are travelling to their away game against Sutton United in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Scunthorpe here at Sands Venue Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 16 games). On the other hand, Scunthorpe United have conceded 23 goals.
Northampton Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Northampton goalkeeper Liam Roberts is eager to challenge this, with his 399 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Northampton Town won their last game, 3-0 versus Colchester United played at home. The attacker Hoskins got a match rating of 7.85 in that game. Hoskins scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
A 0-0 draw at Port Vale's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Northampton manager Brady as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rochdale.
Northampton Town have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head game ended Northampton Town - Scunthorpe 2-0, played this season. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Scunthorpe United, four draws and two wins for Northampton Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 9 goals | F. Horsfall 6 goals |  J. Guthrie 6 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 1 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 38 |
| 55 | 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 72% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 53% | 58% |
| 41% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 25% | 19% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 47% | 52% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 26% | 26% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 30% | 36% |
| 13.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League Two
- Northampton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest clean sheets (4) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest points (13) at home in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (55) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-32) in League Two
- 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 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 36 | 66 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 56 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 50 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 49 |
| 8 | Newport County | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 45 |
| 10 | Salford City | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 44 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 40 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -1 | 38 |
| 16 | Walsall | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 34 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -20 | 33 |
| 20 | Barrow | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 31 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 29 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -22 | 28 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -32 | 22 |
