2nd place in the League Two table for Stevenage so far, a great achievement. The match-going fans pray for more glory as 15th-placed Tranmere Rovers visit The Lamex Stadium.
- Stevenage have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
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.
Stevenage form and stats
Stevenage have performed here at The Lamex Stadium this season with 12 wins from 15 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
Stevenage lost their last game at Stockport County (placed 6th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Piergianni, defender, was given a rating of 7.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Piergianni won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Newport County that finished 2-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stevenage's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stevenage as they are travelling to their away game against AFC Wimbledon in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Stevenage have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Lamex Stadium with 29 goals in 15 league matches. Stevenage have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tranmere Rovers so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Tranmere Rovers as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Barrow match.
Tranmere aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 248 league minutes without a goal. Morris was the last player to find the net.
Tranmere Rovers failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Mansfield Town (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Bradford City's place.A tale of few goals? 18 of this club's latest 24 league matches have contained two or less goals.
After this away game Tranmere return home for a League Two game against Crawley Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tranmere Rovers as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. Tranmere Rovers have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived meeting involving both these participants is the Tranmere Rovers - Stevenage 1-2 played previously this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Stevenage won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Tranmere Rovers managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Roberts 8 goals |  K. Hemmings 8 goals | L. Norris 'Hacker' 7 goals |
Stevenage missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Stevenage | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 43 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 25 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 32 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | 91% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 43% | 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 25% | 31% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 6% | 6% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 6% | 3% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 38% | 34% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 41% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 34% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 14.5 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 33% | 40% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 30% |
| 8.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
- Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
- Stevenage have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Stevenage have the most scored goals (29) at home in League Two
- Stevenage have the the best goal difference (+20) at home 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 | Leyton Orient | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 70 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 57 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Stockport County | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 51 |
| 7 | Salford City | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 46 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Barrow | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 44 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 14 | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 36 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 36 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 35 |
| 19 | Newport County | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 34 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 30 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -25 | 27 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 21 |
