League Two: Two contenders who have performed superbly so far. Get ready for Tranmere Rovers - Northampton Town with this broad guide!
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (6) in League Two
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
5-0-1 is the performance here at Prenton Park so far in the League Two, giving Tranmere Rovers a total of 15 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Newport County here at Prenton Park, Tranmere has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Tranmere travelled for their previous game, a trip to Harrogate Town that ended 2-2. Midfield player Jay Spearing got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Spearing scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 36 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Carlisle United.This is expected to be a close game, with Tranmere perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tranmere Rovers as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Tranmere Rovers has won six of these, drawn four and lost six.
The Tranmere fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Tranmere Rovers have only let in 2 goals at home.
Northampton Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
187 minutes! That's how long the Northampton goalkeeper Liam Roberts and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Northampton Town's previous game versus Stevenage (placed 20th), a League Two 3-0 win played at home. Fraser Horsfall, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Horsfall scored one goal and won 11 of 11 duels.
Before that, Northampton secured a home win against Mansfield Town with the score 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Northampton wins, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Tranmere wins - draws - Northampton Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Clarke 3 goals |  F. Horsfall 3 goals | S. Hoskins 3 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 77% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 22% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 37% |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (6) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (8) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (11) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Tranmere Rovers is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Newport County | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Salford City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Walsall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 11 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 8 |