League Two: Swindon Town receive Walsall in what could be an appealing football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- 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 collected 19 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-4-2.
Swindon Town are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Swindon Town are returning here after visiting Barrow and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Reed scored the goal(s). At last, a league victory after four matches without one. Blake-Tracy, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Blake-Tracy won 9 of 9 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus AFC Wimbledon.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 Swindon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Not much happening? In this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Swindon Town after this match as they are travelling to Northampton Town for a League Two game in only three days.
The Swindon Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Swindon Town have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Walsall form and stats
There's been little loot from Walsall's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Walsall only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
Walsall play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Doncaster Rovers (placed 10th). Johnson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Johnson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, the victory at home against Carlisle United in the FA Cup (2-1). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Walsall playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 2 Walsall wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Walsall are hosting Stockport County in the League Two only three days away.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Walsall are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Swindon Town wins - draws - Walsall wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Johnson 11 goals |   J. Williams 6 goals | J. Wakeling 5 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Walsall missing players
| Swindon Town | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 86% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 90% |
| 64% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 65% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 30% | 40% |
| 9% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 9% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 40% | 35% |
| 32% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | 20% |
| 6.7 | 7.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 14 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 9.3 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 29% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 42% |
| 10.6 | 10.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 11.4 | 9.7 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
- 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Barrow | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 15 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
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