With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Scunthorpe United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Walsall.
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 have collected 17 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-5-2.
A good away victory last time out for Scunthorpe United, who won 1-0 against Grimsby Town (placed 21st). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Colchester United.
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 14 games. Scunthorpe United has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 4.
There will be little rest for Scunthorpe United after this match as they are travelling to Crewe Alexandra for a League Two game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Scunthorpe United in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Scunthorpe United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Walsall form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Exeter City (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 3-3. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Macclesfield Town.
It looked so good for Walsall vs Exeter City, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 3-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Walsall, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carlisle United in just three days.
Walsall are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Walsall have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Walsall - Scunthorpe United 1-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Scunthorpe United, 3 draws and 3 wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 7 goals |  L. Novak 4 goals |  A. Gilliead 4 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Walsall missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 28 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 95% | 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 77% | 82% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 59% |
| 50% | 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 45% |
| 32% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 50% | 55% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 45% |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 256 | 140 | 68 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 108 | 257 |
| 85 | 49 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 41 | 96 |
| 35% | 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 20% |
- Scunthorpe United has the most conceded goals in the second half (21)
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Walsall has the fewest scored goals in the second half (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 | Swindon Town | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | Newport County | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Salford City | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 17 | Walsall | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 21 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 16 |