Sutton United - Walsall: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Sutton United believe to fill the stadium for this game even though the season has been difficult up to now with 4 points and a 24th spot in the League Two table. Visiting Walsall own 13th place with 15 pts.

Insights:
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals (26) in League Two
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sutton United and Walsall.

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Sutton United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Sutton United have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Falkirk Community Stadium.

Sutton are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 233 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Sowunmi).

The Sutton United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Salford City here at Falkirk Community Stadium. Midfielder N'Guessan was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.32 (out of ten) in that game. N'Guessan hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Crawley Town.

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 Sutton United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 5 and lost 4.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sutton as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Crawley Town are visiting.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Walsall form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Walsall playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

There were no winners in Walsall's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Milton Keynes Dons (placed 11th). Goalkeeper Evans got the top player rating of the team with 8.02/10. Evans topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that result Walsall won their away game at Bradford City. The scoreline was 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Walsall, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Forest Green Rovers in just three days.

Walsall are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Walsall have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing Sutton United.

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
4 goals
WalsallF. Draper
F. Draper
4 goals
Sutton UnitedH. Smith
H. Smith
2 goals

Sutton United missing players

Walsall missing players

Sutton United Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 6 11
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 4
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
9 4 0 Lost L 0 3 4
12 6 1 Scored S 5 10 15
26 9 1 Conceded C 2 12 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
64% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 64%
36% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 36%
27% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
55% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 73%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
45% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 18%
 
4.1 4.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.8
5.2 5.8 10 Corners against (avg) C A 11 7.5 7.1
1.7 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.7 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11 11.3
3.4 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4
32% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 42% 34%
 
13.6 12 13 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 13.7 14
4.9 3.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.8 4.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sutton United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sutton United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sutton United have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals (26) in League Two
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in League Two
  • Sutton United have the the worst goal difference (-14) in League Two
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sutton United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Walsall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Walsall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Notts County 11 7 2 2 26 20 5 5 0 0 15 8 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 23
2 AFC Wimbledon 11 5 5 1 20 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 10 20
3 Crewe Alexandra 11 5 5 1 26 17 6 4 2 0 15 8 5 1 3 1 11 9 9 20
4 Stockport County 11 6 2 3 22 13 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 9 20
5 Crawley Town 11 6 2 3 20 19 6 5 0 1 13 5 5 1 2 2 7 14 1 20
6 Swindon Town 10 5 4 1 27 17 5 4 1 0 17 6 5 1 3 1 10 11 10 19
7 Mansfield Town 11 4 7 0 17 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 19
8 Gillingham 11 6 1 4 9 11 5 3 1 1 5 5 6 3 0 3 4 6 -2 19
9 Wrexham 11 4 5 2 23 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 5 1 3 1 3 7 0 17
10 Barrow 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 2 1 0 6 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 15
11 Milton Keynes Dons 11 4 3 4 16 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 15
12 Morecambe 10 4 3 3 12 12 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 15
13 Walsall 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 12 -2 15
14 Newport County 11 4 2 5 20 22 6 3 2 1 13 9 5 1 0 4 7 13 -2 14
15 Accrington Stanley 11 4 2 5 15 17 6 3 1 2 11 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 -2 14
16 Grimsby Town 11 3 4 4 14 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -1 13
17 Salford City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 3 0 3 10 9 -2 13
18 Bradford City 11 3 4 4 12 14 5 2 2 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 13
19 Harrogate Town 11 4 1 6 9 12 5 2 0 3 5 5 6 2 1 3 4 7 -3 13
20 Doncaster Rovers 11 3 2 6 13 19 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 11
21 Colchester United 10 3 1 6 16 17 5 2 1 2 10 10 5 1 0 4 6 7 -1 10
22 Tranmere Rovers 11 3 0 8 15 20 6 3 0 3 11 8 5 0 0 5 4 12 -5 9
23 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 1 8 10 22 6 0 0 6 4 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 -12 7
24 Sutton United 11 1 1 9 12 26 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 0 0 5 6 17 -14 4

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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.