Home advantage could prove decisive in Tranmere Rovers - Stevenage battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Tranmere Rovers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Stevenage.

Insights:
  • Tranmere Rovers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Stevenage have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Tranmere nor Stevenage as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Tranmere Rovers have to build on here at Prenton Park in the League Two.

In their previous game, the manager M. Jackson led his Tranmere to a defeat in the League Two match away at Exeter City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Prenton Park. Previous to that game, a EFL Trophy home match hosting Manchester City U21 in a game that was won 2-1.

Tranmere were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tranmere as they are travelling to their away game against Bolton Wanderers in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

The Tranmere fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Tranmere have conceded 8 goals.

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Stevenage form and stats

There's been little loot from Stevenage's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the League Two. Stevenage only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

The attacking players of Stevenage have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 220 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Stevenage as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Carlisle United (0-4). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Southend United.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Carlisle United was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Stevenage are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, nine draws and ten defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Exeter City in just four days.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Stevenage have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Tranmere RoversJ. Vaughan
J. Vaughan
8 goals
Tranmere RoversP. Clarke
P. Clarke
2 goals
Tranmere RoversK. Morris
K. Morris
2 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Stevenage missing players

Tranmere Rovers Stevenage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 9 17
7 4 3 Won W 0 0 2
3 0 0 Drew D 2 5 7
7 4 0 Lost L 0 4 8
19 11 9 Scored S 2 5 11
23 8 0 Conceded C 2 13 20
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 76%
53% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 59%
41% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 35%
35% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 12%
18% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 41%
47% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 29%
47% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 53%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 8.4 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8 10.5
2.4 2.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.2 3.2
48% 61% 82% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 25% 20%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stevenage have yet to win a game away.
  • Tranmere Rovers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stevenage have scored away.
  • 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 Newport County 17 11 3 3 27 15 8 7 1 0 13 6 9 4 2 3 14 9 12 36
2 Cheltenham Town 17 10 3 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 5 1 2 13 6 13 33
3 Carlisle United 17 10 2 5 26 16 8 7 0 1 19 8 9 3 2 4 7 8 10 32
4 Forest Green Rovers 17 9 5 3 23 14 8 4 3 1 11 7 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 32
5 Exeter City 17 8 6 3 38 23 8 6 0 2 20 7 9 2 6 1 18 16 15 30
6 Colchester United 17 7 7 3 25 23 8 6 2 0 16 8 9 1 5 3 9 15 2 28
7 Leyton Orient 17 8 3 6 26 20 8 4 2 2 15 9 9 4 1 4 11 11 6 27
8 Salford City 16 7 5 4 23 13 9 4 5 0 15 6 7 3 0 4 8 7 10 26
9 Cambridge United 16 7 4 5 27 15 9 4 3 2 13 8 7 3 1 3 14 7 12 25
10 Morecambe 17 7 4 6 20 27 8 3 3 2 8 11 9 4 1 4 12 16 -7 25
11 Walsall 17 5 9 3 19 19 9 4 3 2 8 7 8 1 6 1 11 12 0 24
12 Tranmere Rovers 17 7 3 7 19 23 8 4 0 4 11 8 9 3 3 3 8 15 -4 24
13 Crawley Town 17 6 5 6 27 24 8 5 1 2 17 9 9 1 4 4 10 15 3 23
14 Port Vale 17 7 2 8 25 22 9 3 2 4 11 11 8 4 0 4 14 11 3 23
15 Oldham Athletic 17 7 2 8 26 30 9 2 1 6 11 15 8 5 1 2 15 15 -4 23
16 Bolton Wanderers 17 6 4 7 21 26 9 3 2 4 11 12 8 3 2 3 10 14 -5 22
17 Harrogate Town 17 5 4 8 17 21 8 1 3 4 7 12 9 4 1 4 10 9 -4 19
18 Scunthorpe United 16 5 2 9 15 23 8 2 2 4 6 13 8 3 0 5 9 10 -8 17
19 Mansfield Town 17 2 10 5 18 23 9 0 5 4 9 15 8 2 5 1 9 8 -5 16
20 Grimsby Town 16 4 4 8 14 27 7 1 2 4 5 14 9 3 2 4 9 13 -13 16
21 Barrow 17 2 7 8 22 28 9 1 6 2 14 15 8 1 1 6 8 13 -6 13
22 Bradford City 16 3 4 9 15 23 9 2 3 4 9 11 7 1 1 5 6 12 -8 13
23 Stevenage 17 2 7 8 11 20 8 2 2 4 6 7 9 0 5 4 5 13 -9 13
24 Southend United 16 2 3 11 7 29 8 1 1 6 5 15 8 1 2 5 2 14 -22 9

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.