Betting men think Tranmere Rovers will beat Scunthorpe United at Prenton Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

Welcome to Prenton Park and this match featuring Tranmere Rovers & Scunthorpe United in the League Two. Tipsway has all you should know!

Insights:
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 League Two games here at Prenton Park for Tranmere Rovers. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Tranmere has won five games in a row. The Bristol Rovers match was the last time out without a victory.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Tranmere Rovers, as their goalkeeper Ross Doohan has completely shut out the opponents for 424 minutes in the League Two.

Tranmere's last game was hosting Barrow (placed 19th) and winning 2-0. Spearing (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Spearing served one assist, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

Ahead of that match, Tranmere Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Harrogate Town.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Tranmere Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

The manager Mellon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Salford City in only three days.

Tranmere has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Tranmere Rovers have conceded only 6 goals.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

Scunthorpe United have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-6-5 (12 played).

Scunthorpe failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Carlisle United (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 0-1. O'Malley, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. O'Malley hit three key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Oldham Athletic.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Scunthorpe United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find nine matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing three and winning one game.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Scunthorpe United have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other earlier on this match year: Scunthorpe United - Tranmere Rovers 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Tranmere Rovers victories, three draws and three Scunthorpe United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TranmereK. Morris
K. Morris
4 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedM. Hippolyte
M. Hippolyte
4 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedR. Loft
R. Loft
4 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Tranmere Rovers Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 12 23
11 8 2 Won W 0 1 3
5 0 0 Drew D 0 6 10
6 3 0 Lost L 2 5 10
20 13 4 Scored S 0 11 19
14 6 0 Conceded C 5 22 38
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
41% 55% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 78%
18% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 39%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
18% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 61%
55% 55% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 13%
41% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 35%
 
4.7 4.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.3 4.5
6 5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.8 5.1
1.8 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.8 12.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.4 10
3.7 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.4 2.8
25% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 29%
 
13.5 12.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14 13.6
3.3 3.1 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.7 4.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (12) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (15) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 21 14 5 2 45 20 10 7 1 2 18 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 25 47
2 Northampton Town 22 12 4 6 31 22 10 7 1 2 16 7 12 5 3 4 15 15 9 40
3 Sutton United 23 12 3 8 35 28 11 8 0 3 19 10 12 4 3 5 16 18 7 39
4 Tranmere Rovers 22 11 5 6 20 14 11 8 0 3 13 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 6 38
5 Swindon Town 22 10 7 5 34 26 11 3 5 3 15 13 11 7 2 2 19 13 8 37
6 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
7 Newport County 23 9 8 6 38 32 10 5 3 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 18 21 6 35
8 Exeter City 22 8 9 5 33 26 11 5 4 2 17 11 11 3 5 3 16 15 7 33
9 Mansfield Town 22 9 5 8 27 28 13 7 3 3 20 15 9 2 2 5 7 13 -1 32
10 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
11 Harrogate Town 22 8 6 8 35 31 11 3 4 4 18 18 11 5 2 4 17 13 4 30
12 Bradford City 22 6 11 5 29 26 11 3 7 1 17 13 11 3 4 4 12 13 3 29
13 Walsall 22 7 8 7 28 27 12 4 5 3 19 17 10 3 3 4 9 10 1 29
14 Crawley Town 21 8 4 9 26 31 11 4 3 4 15 17 10 4 1 5 11 14 -5 28
15 Hartlepool United 23 8 4 11 24 34 12 7 3 2 16 11 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 28
16 Salford City 21 7 6 8 24 21 12 5 5 2 14 7 9 2 1 6 10 14 3 27
17 Rochdale 22 6 9 7 30 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 0 27
18 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
19 Barrow 23 5 8 10 23 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 11 2 3 6 9 14 -5 23
20 Colchester United 21 5 7 9 17 28 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 4 5 7 16 -11 22
21 Carlisle United 22 5 7 10 16 29 10 2 5 3 6 9 12 3 2 7 10 20 -13 22
22 Stevenage 23 4 8 11 16 36 11 3 5 3 10 13 12 1 3 8 6 23 -20 20
23 Scunthorpe United 23 3 10 10 19 38 11 2 4 5 8 16 12 1 6 5 11 22 -19 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18

Read more about League Two

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.