Swindon Town vs Tranmere Rovers match preview: Even contest expected at The Energy Check County Ground

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Energy Check County Ground (15728 seats)

Swindon Town battle Tranmere Rovers for recognition and victory.

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 Tranmere Rovers.

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Swindon Town form and stats

Swindon Town's first League Two home game here at The Energy Check County Ground ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 1 draw and 14 defeats from 23 matches. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Swindon, their manager B. Garner and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Swindon Town fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at The Energy Check County Ground: A 1-2 defeat against Carlisle United (placed 7th). Defender Romoney Crichlow-Noble got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.6/10. Crichlow-Noble scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.

A 0-0 draw away in the Carabao Cup before that, with Cambridge United (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties) the opponent.

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 nine games. Swindon has won four of these, drawn zero and lost five.

There will be little rest for Swindon after this match as they are travelling to Salford City for a League Two game in only four days.

Swindon Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 9 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper Joe Murphy is eager to challenge this, with his 261 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Tranmere has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Port Vale for a League Two game that ended a draw (0-0). Defender Tom Davies was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Davies won 4 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Oldham Athletic (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tranmere Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Tranmere Rovers wins, five draws and one defeat.

A new game in only four days for Tranmere, the League Two home match versus Newport County. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Tranmere Rovers has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Swindon won nine games, one match ended in a draw and Tranmere Rovers have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
1 goals
Swindon TownH. Parsons
H. Parsons
1 goals
SwindonB. Gladwin
B. Gladwin
1 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 0 0 1
3 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3.5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5.5
6.5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 9.5
3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10
4 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.5
50% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Swindon Town Last season Tranmere Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   24 48
13 8   Won W   9 20
4 1   Drew D   9 14
29 14   Lost L   6 14
55 25   Scored S   26 57
89 38   Conceded C   29 53
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 85%
80% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 56%
65% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 42%
35% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 29%
20% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
59% 52%   BTTS BTTS   33% 38%
9% 9%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 40%
33% 39%   Failed to Score F T   42% 38%
 
4.1 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.4
5.3 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.4
1.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.4 9   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.1
3.3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.1
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 38%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Mansfield Town 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
10 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Barrow 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Salford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
20 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
21 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Walsall 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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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 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Mansfield Town 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
10 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Barrow 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Salford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
20 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
21 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Walsall 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0

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