Swindon Town favourites for feisty fight facing Walsall

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The County Ground (15728 seats)

Swindon Town have layed the groundwork for another game following their 0-2 result against Barrow, a match that made them wiser. Will they show it against Walsall?

Insights:
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in League Two

This looks to be an exciting game with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Swindon Town form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Swindon Town have to build on here at The County Ground in the League Two.

Swindon faced defeat in their previous match, away at Barrow (0-2). Jack Payne (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Payne hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Leyton Orient.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swindon Town handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and three defeats.

Swindon Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Swindon Town have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Walsall form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Walsall playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

The supporters enjoyed Walsall's previous game versus Colchester United (placed 20th), a League Two 3-0 win played at home. Midfielder Otis Khan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.5. Khan scored two goals, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Crawley Town.

We have checked recent matches where Walsall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, five draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Walsall as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Walsall in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Swindon victories, three draws and three Walsall wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
8 goals
SwindonT. Simpson
T. Simpson
7 goals
WalsallG. Miller
G. Miller
7 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Walsall missing players

Swindon Town Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 5 10 21
9 2 2 Won W 2 3 7
6 4 1 Drew D 1 3 7
5 3 1 Lost L 2 4 7
29 10 6 Scored S 5 9 25
24 11 5 Conceded C 5 10 24
90% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
80% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 67%
55% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 30% 48%
35% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 40% 57%
25% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 29%
15% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 40% 24%
 
5.2 5.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.4 4.4
5.2 5.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.4
1.9 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.3 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 13.1 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.1 11.2
4.5 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3.8
33% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 32%
 
11.2 12.1 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 11 10.6
4.2 4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (23) 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 Forest Green Rovers 20 13 5 2 43 20 9 6 1 2 16 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 23 44
2 Northampton Town 21 12 4 5 29 17 10 7 1 2 16 7 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 40
3 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
4 Newport County 21 9 7 5 35 26 10 5 3 2 20 11 11 4 4 3 15 15 9 34
5 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 32 24 11 5 4 2 17 11 10 3 5 2 15 13 8 33
6 Sutton United 21 10 3 8 32 27 9 6 0 3 16 9 12 4 3 5 16 18 5 33
7 Swindon Town 20 9 6 5 29 24 9 2 4 3 10 11 11 7 2 2 19 13 5 33
8 Tranmere Rovers 20 9 5 6 17 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 3 32
9 Leyton Orient 21 7 10 4 37 20 11 6 3 2 24 7 10 1 7 2 13 13 17 31
10 Harrogate Town 21 8 6 7 35 30 11 3 4 4 18 18 10 5 2 3 17 12 5 30
11 Mansfield Town 21 8 5 8 24 26 12 6 3 3 17 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -2 29
12 Walsall 21 7 7 7 25 24 11 4 4 3 16 14 10 3 3 4 9 10 1 28
13 Hartlepool United 21 8 3 10 22 31 11 7 2 2 16 11 10 1 1 8 6 20 -9 27
14 Bradford City 21 5 11 5 27 25 11 3 7 1 17 13 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 26
15 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
16 Crawley Town 20 7 4 9 23 30 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 4 1 5 11 14 -7 25
17 Salford City 20 6 6 8 23 21 11 4 5 2 13 7 9 2 1 6 10 14 2 24
18 Rochdale 21 5 9 7 27 30 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 -3 24
19 Barrow 20 5 7 8 22 24 10 3 4 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 9 12 -2 22
20 Colchester United 20 5 7 8 16 25 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 4 4 6 13 -9 22
21 Carlisle United 21 4 7 10 15 29 10 2 5 3 6 9 11 2 2 7 9 20 -14 19
22 Stevenage 20 4 7 9 16 33 11 3 5 3 10 13 9 1 2 6 6 20 -17 19
23 Oldham Athletic 21 4 4 13 21 36 11 2 2 7 15 22 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 16
24 Scunthorpe United 21 2 10 9 16 36 10 2 4 4 8 15 11 0 6 5 8 21 -20 16

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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.