Pay more attention to their own match tactics or adapt for the opposition? Both Stevenage and Scunthorpe United must try something different than earlier this season. Read more!
- Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (35) in League Two
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a FA Cup fixture only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Yeovil Town.
Stevenage form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Stevenage at their home stadium (The Lamex Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. When Stevenage hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Colchester United, Carlisle United, Crawley Town, Hartlepool United, Stevenage, Oldham Athletic and Barrow), they have won 3 of 3 matches!
Stevenage are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Yeovil Town. Jake Reeves (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Reeves hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).
A 0-0 draw away in the EFL Trophy before that, with Sutton United (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stevenage handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and zero defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Carlisle United are coming to town in four days.
Stevenage are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Stevenage have conceded 10 goals. Stevenage has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Scunthorpe United have only collected 4 points from their away games in the League Two, after 0-4-5 (9 played). Scunthorpe has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Scunthorpe's last game was the home draw against Bradford City (1-1). Aaron Jarvis, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Jarvis scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A draw for Scunthorpe before that, at their own venue hosting Leyton Orient (1-1).We have checked recent matches where Scunthorpe United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, four draws and seven defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Scunthorpe now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Hartlepool United is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Scunthorpe United manager K. Hill has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Scunthorpe is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Crawley Town, Hartlepool United, Oldham Athletic and Barrow.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Stevenage three wins, two draws and Scunthorpe United two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. List 8 goals |  J. Scrimshaw 3 goals | L. Norris 'Hacker' 2 goals |
Stevenage missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 30 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 35 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 72% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 42% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 33% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.8 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.2 | 9.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 23% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 39% | 29% |
| 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 14.3 | 13.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (35) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-20) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Scunthorpe United have yet to win a game away.
- Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 9 | Newport County | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Salford City | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Walsall | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Barrow | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 16 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 15 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 14 |