Stevenage vs Scunthorpe United betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Stevenage holding 23rd place and Scunthorpe United lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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.

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Stevenage form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Stevenage have to build on here at The Lamex Stadium in the League Two.

1-1 away at Cheltenham Town before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stevenage have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost two.

Stevenage have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Stevenage are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Lamex Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

There's been little loot from Scunthorpe United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the League Two. Scunthorpe United only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.

A 2-3 loss hosting Mansfield Town before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Scunthorpe United playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Scunthorpe wins, one draw and eight defeats.

Scunthorpe have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Scunthorpe have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Stevenage victory, two draws and two Scunthorpe United wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Scunthorpe UnitedA. Eisa
A. Eisa
4 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedR. Loft
R. Loft
3 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedE. Onariase
E. Onariase
2 goals

Stevenage missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Stevenage Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
3 3 1 Won W 1 3 6
8 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
8 4 0 Lost L 2 6 11
13 7 2 Scored S 1 9 19
21 7 1 Conceded C 2 11 28
79% 78% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
58% 44% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 55%
32% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 30%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 20%
42% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 35%
32% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 25%
47% 56% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.1 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 13 14 Shots (avg) S ( 4.7 7.7 8.4
3.1 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 2.8
22% 18% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 34%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 20 11 5 4 31 21 9 7 1 1 15 10 11 4 4 3 16 11 10 38
2 Forest Green Rovers 20 10 7 3 26 16 9 5 3 1 12 7 11 5 4 2 14 9 10 37
3 Carlisle United 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 10 3 2 5 7 9 10 36
4 Cheltenham Town 20 10 4 6 30 21 11 5 3 3 17 12 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 34
5 Morecambe 20 10 4 6 27 30 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 5 1 4 14 17 -3 34
6 Salford City 19 9 6 4 27 14 11 5 6 0 18 7 8 4 0 4 9 7 13 33
7 Exeter City 19 8 7 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 31
8 Cambridge United 20 9 4 7 31 19 11 6 3 2 17 10 9 3 1 5 14 9 12 31
9 Walsall 20 7 9 4 26 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 10 2 6 2 14 16 0 30
10 Crawley Town 20 7 7 6 31 27 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 2 4 4 12 16 4 28
11 Colchester United 20 7 7 6 27 29 9 6 2 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 28
12 Leyton Orient 20 8 3 9 29 26 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 3 27
13 Tranmere Rovers 19 8 3 8 22 24 9 4 0 5 11 9 10 4 3 3 11 15 -2 27
14 Oldham Athletic 20 8 2 10 33 37 11 2 1 8 14 20 9 6 1 2 19 17 -4 26
15 Bolton Wanderers 20 7 5 8 25 32 10 3 2 5 11 15 10 4 3 3 14 17 -7 26
16 Harrogate Town 20 7 4 9 21 24 9 1 3 5 7 13 11 6 1 4 14 11 -3 25
17 Port Vale 20 7 3 10 29 29 11 3 3 5 12 14 9 4 0 5 17 15 0 24
18 Bradford City 20 6 5 9 20 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 23
19 Mansfield Town 20 3 11 6 22 27 10 0 6 4 10 16 10 3 5 2 12 11 -5 20
20 Scunthorpe United 19 6 2 11 19 28 10 3 2 5 10 17 9 3 0 6 9 11 -9 20
21 Barrow 20 4 7 9 28 30 10 2 6 2 17 15 10 2 1 7 11 15 -2 19
22 Grimsby Town 20 5 4 11 18 35 9 2 2 5 7 16 11 3 2 6 11 19 -17 19
23 Stevenage 19 3 8 8 13 21 9 3 2 4 7 7 10 0 6 4 6 14 -8 17
24 Southend United 19 4 4 11 13 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 1 3 5 3 15 -18 16

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.