These teams have both had some difficulties so far, but three lovely points in this crucial match would certainly provide a boost. Let's hear it for Scunthorpe United - Walsall!
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (50) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Scunthorpe United nor Walsall 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.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
With 2 League Two wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Scunthorpe United 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.
Stress levels are on the rise for Scunthorpe United's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Burns was their last goal scorer.
The Scunthorpe supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sands Venue Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Oldham Athletic (placed 23rd). Onariase was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.04 out of 10. The defender Onariase won 10 of 13 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Port Vale.There will be little rest for Scunthorpe United after this match as they are travelling to Swindon Town for a League Two game in only four days.
Scunthorpe United have scored 10 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. Scunthorpe United has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Walsall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Walsall as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Port Vale match.
The attacking players of Walsall have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 213 minutes.
Walsall's previous game was their home loss versus Northampton Town (0-1).
A 0-1 defeat away at Bristol Rovers before that.A new game in only four days for Walsall, the League Two home match versus Tranmere Rovers. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Walsall have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Scunthorpe United and Walsall have met previously this season: Walsall - Scunthorpe United 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Scunthorpe United victories, three draws and four Walsall wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 8 goals |  B. Kiernan 4 goals | C. Wilkinson 4 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Walsall missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 50 | 21 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 38 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 72% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 68% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 46% |
| 28% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 29% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 54% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 21% |
| 45% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | 29% |
| 13.6 | 13.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
- 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 (50) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) 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 (-29) 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 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 36 | 62 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Newport County | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| 10 | Salford City | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 37 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 33 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 32 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
| 19 | Barrow | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -12 | 30 |
| 21 | Walsall | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 29 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 27 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 22 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 19 |
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