Football preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Swindon Town meet Scunthorpe United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: County Ground (15728 seats)

Let's all look at Swindon Town - Scunthorpe United! Despite a mixed bag of results so far, this fixture could be a riot!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (50) in League Two

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 Swindon Town and Scunthorpe United.

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Swindon Town form and stats

The League Two stats playing at home this season for Swindon Town are 3-7-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Swindon Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tranmere Rovers (0-3). Midfielder Gladwin was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.84 (out of ten) in that game. Gladwin hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Swindon Town lost 1-2 at home to Exeter City.

The Swindon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Swindon Town have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Scunthorpe United so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Hill, the Scunthorpe United manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Rowe scored in Scunthorpe's previous match, the home game against Walsall that ended 1-0. Watson was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.21. The agile goalkeeper Watson topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Oldham Athletic.

The attacking power of Scunthorpe United when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. 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 for defending, Scunthorpe United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought before this season: Scunthorpe United - Swindon Town 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Swindon Town victories, zero draws and five Scunthorpe United wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownH. McKirdy
H. McKirdy
10 goals
Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
8 goals
Swindon TownB. Gladwin
B. Gladwin
5 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swindon Town Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 2 15 30
11 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
10 7 3 Drew D 1 6 10
8 4 1 Lost L 1 8 16
43 18 3 Scored S 1 11 22
38 17 4 Conceded C 6 29 50
90% 79% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 87% 93%
83% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 70%
55% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 37%
34% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 27%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 7% 7%
72% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 50%
21% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 13% 13%
17% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 43%
 
5.3 5.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.2
4.8 5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.4 5.6
1.8 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.8 12.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 9.3
4.3 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.2 2.6
34% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 28%
 
11.1 12.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.8 13.6
4.1 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.7 4.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • 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 (4) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (29) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (50) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-28) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 29 19 8 2 60 23 15 11 2 2 27 10 14 8 6 0 33 13 37 65
2 Tranmere Rovers 30 16 7 7 33 20 16 12 0 4 23 10 14 4 7 3 10 10 13 55
3 Northampton Town 29 15 6 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 14 6 4 4 16 15 10 51
4 Sutton United 29 14 7 8 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 49
5 Mansfield Town 28 14 6 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 11 3 3 5 10 14 7 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 11 5 40 27 14 7 5 2 20 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 47
7 Newport County 30 13 8 9 46 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 47
8 Port Vale 27 12 7 8 41 29 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 43
9 Swindon Town 29 11 10 8 43 38 14 3 7 4 18 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 5 43
10 Salford City 30 11 8 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 2 8 16 17 4 41
11 Bradford City 30 9 13 8 36 35 14 4 8 2 21 17 16 5 5 6 15 18 1 40
12 Crawley Town 29 11 7 11 37 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 40
13 Harrogate Town 28 10 7 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 24 21 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 37
14 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 36 39 13 7 1 5 20 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -3 37
15 Hartlepool United 28 9 7 12 28 38 14 8 4 2 20 13 14 1 3 10 8 25 -10 34
16 Leyton Orient 28 7 12 9 38 27 14 6 4 4 24 9 14 1 8 5 14 18 11 33
17 Stevenage 31 7 11 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 1 5 9 9 27 -16 32
18 Rochdale 27 6 12 9 32 35 12 3 6 3 14 12 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 30
19 Barrow 30 7 9 14 30 39 15 3 6 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 30
20 Colchester United 29 7 9 13 26 39 13 3 5 5 12 16 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 30
21 Walsall 29 7 8 14 30 39 15 4 5 6 20 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -9 29
22 Carlisle United 29 6 9 14 21 40 15 3 7 5 10 15 14 3 2 9 11 25 -19 27
23 Oldham Athletic 28 6 7 15 25 43 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 3 4 7 7 17 -18 25
24 Scunthorpe United 30 4 10 16 22 50 15 3 4 8 11 21 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 22

Swindon Town:
England:
Table
  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 29 19 8 2 60 23 15 11 2 2 27 10 14 8 6 0 33 13 37 65
2 Tranmere Rovers 30 16 7 7 33 20 16 12 0 4 23 10 14 4 7 3 10 10 13 55
3 Northampton Town 29 15 6 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 14 6 4 4 16 15 10 51
4 Sutton United 29 14 7 8 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 49
5 Mansfield Town 28 14 6 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 11 3 3 5 10 14 7 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 11 5 40 27 14 7 5 2 20 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 47
7 Newport County 30 13 8 9 46 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 47
8 Port Vale 27 12 7 8 41 29 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 43
9 Swindon Town 29 11 10 8 43 38 14 3 7 4 18 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 5 43
10 Salford City 30 11 8 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 2 8 16 17 4 41
11 Bradford City 30 9 13 8 36 35 14 4 8 2 21 17 16 5 5 6 15 18 1 40
12 Crawley Town 29 11 7 11 37 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 40
13 Harrogate Town 28 10 7 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 24 21 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 37
14 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 36 39 13 7 1 5 20 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -3 37
15 Hartlepool United 28 9 7 12 28 38 14 8 4 2 20 13 14 1 3 10 8 25 -10 34
16 Leyton Orient 28 7 12 9 38 27 14 6 4 4 24 9 14 1 8 5 14 18 11 33
17 Stevenage 31 7 11 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 1 5 9 9 27 -16 32
18 Rochdale 27 6 12 9 32 35 12 3 6 3 14 12 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 30
19 Barrow 30 7 9 14 30 39 15 3 6 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 30
20 Colchester United 29 7 9 13 26 39 13 3 5 5 12 16 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 30
21 Walsall 29 7 8 14 30 39 15 4 5 6 20 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -9 29
22 Carlisle United 29 6 9 14 21 40 15 3 7 5 10 15 14 3 2 9 11 25 -19 27
23 Oldham Athletic 28 6 7 15 25 43 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 3 4 7 7 17 -18 25
24 Scunthorpe United 30 4 10 16 22 50 15 3 4 8 11 21 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 22

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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.