Scunthorpe United are opening their away dressing room to Oldham Athletic for yet another vital match after their 0-1 result versus 9th-placed Port Vale.
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (49) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two
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
Scunthorpe United's struggle is real here at Sands Venue Stadium with only 10 points collected from 13 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-7. 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 eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Crawley Town match.
In their previous game, the manager Hill led his Scunthorpe to a defeat away at Port Vale. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sands Venue Stadium. Defender Onariase got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.11/10. Onariase won 3 of 4 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Bristol Rovers that was lost 2-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Scunthorpe United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Scunthorpe United as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Scunthorpe United has won four of these, drawn four and lost five.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Walsall in only three days. This game is also played here at Sands Venue Stadium.
Scunthorpe aren't scoring a lot here at Sands Venue Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games. Scunthorpe United have conceded 20 from these games.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oldham Athletic so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
Oldham Athletic aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 438 league minutes without a goal. Couto was the last player to find the net.
Oldham delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Rochdale (placed 18th) in their previous match. Piergianni, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Piergianni won 8 of 12 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Harrogate Town wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oldham Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Oldham Athletic wins, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bristol Rovers in just three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Oldham Athletic's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Oldham Athletic have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Oldham Athletic - Scunthorpe United 1-3 was the outcome when these participants previously played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Scunthorpe wins - draws - Oldham Athletic wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Keillor-Dunn 6 goals |  M. Hippolyte 4 goals | J. Scrimshaw 3 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 49 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 42 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 69% | 77% |
| 75% | 69% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 54% | 62% |
| 39% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 58% |
| 29% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 23% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 54% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 42% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 43% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 50% |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| 2.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 28% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 18% | 29% |
| 13.8 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
- Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals (6) away in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two
- 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 most conceded goals (49) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-28) 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.
- Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 34 | 58 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 48 |
| 3 | Newport County | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 10 | Salford City | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 32 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 29 |
| 19 | Walsall | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 19 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
