The host team, Swindon Town, should be favourites in this fixture, but Tranmere Rovers have revealed both competence and courage. Read more about the match!
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town have performed here at The County Ground this season with 5 wins from 8 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Swindon Town here at The County Ground, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The regulars are hoping that Swindon will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the FA Cup fixture against Stockport County.
Before that match, a League Two win away at Mansfield Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Swindon Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swindon Town as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Swindon Town has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
A decent goal production from Swindon Town in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Swindon have conceded only 6 goals.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Tranmere Rovers are looking to quickly end their 231 minutes long goal drought in the League Two.
Two away games in a row for Tranmere, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Carlisle United in the FA Cup.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Stockport County.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Tranmere Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Tranmere Rovers, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Low on goals? 10 of this side's most recent 12 league matches have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Tranmere Rovers as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Swindon Town victories, two draws and one Tranmere Rovers win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Williams 6 goals |  L. Jephcott 5 goals |  J. Wakeling 4 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Swindon Town | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 88% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 71% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 7 | 7.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 14.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 30% |
| 10.6 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.2 | 9.4 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
- Swindon Town 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 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
