League Two match prediction: Little separates Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 01.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

Which side will go home victorious when Stockport County visit Tranmere Rovers? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant facts and stats required to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stockport County 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.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

Tranmere Rovers have collected 13 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-1-3.

The Tranmere Rovers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Carlisle United here at Prenton Park. Up until that fixture this team had gone seven consecutive league rounds without losing. Defender Simeu got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.1/10. Simeu won 13 of 20 duels.

In the match before that, Tranmere Rovers hosted Rochdale and drew the game 1-1.

Low on goals? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

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

A decent goal production from Tranmere in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Tranmere Rovers have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stockport County form and stats

There's been little loot from Stockport County's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the League Two. Stockport County only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Stockport County love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

270 minutes! That's how long the Stockport goalkeeper Ben Hinchiffe and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The fans enjoyed Stockport County's previous match versus Sutton United (placed 17th), a 3-0 win played at home. Midfielder Collar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Collar scored one goal and hit one key pass.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Carlisle United.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Swindon Town in just four days.

Stockport County are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Stockport County's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Tranmere wins - draws - Stockport County wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
6 goals
Tranmere RoversE. Nevitt
E. Nevitt
4 goals
Tranmere RoversK. Hemmings
K. Hemmings
4 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Stockport County missing players

Tranmere Rovers Stockport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 7 16
7 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
6 3 0 Lost L 2 5 7
18 12 3 Scored S 2 9 21
13 7 0 Conceded C 4 11 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 75%
31% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 12%
31% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 56%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 44%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
5.1 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.4 5.3
4.6 3.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.4 3.8
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.4 11.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 9 12.4
3.8 4.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.6 4.4
30% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 30%
 
9.1 7.9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.9 9.6
2.4 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.3 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stockport County have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Stockport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Leyton Orient 16 12 3 1 26 9 9 7 1 1 14 4 7 5 2 0 12 5 17 39
2 Stevenage 17 11 3 3 24 15 8 7 0 1 14 5 9 4 3 2 10 10 9 36
3 Northampton Town 17 9 5 3 29 19 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 32
4 Swindon Town 17 8 6 3 23 17 8 5 2 1 12 6 9 3 4 2 11 11 6 30
5 Barrow 16 9 1 6 21 16 8 6 0 2 12 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 5 28
6 Bradford City 16 7 6 3 21 13 9 3 5 1 11 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 27
7 Carlisle United 16 7 6 3 23 16 8 4 3 1 13 8 8 3 3 2 10 8 7 27
8 Salford City 16 8 3 5 19 13 8 3 2 3 9 7 8 5 1 2 10 6 6 27
9 Mansfield Town 16 8 3 5 25 21 8 4 3 1 14 11 8 4 0 4 11 10 4 27
10 Doncaster Rovers 17 7 4 6 20 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 7 11 -1 25
11 Tranmere Rovers 16 7 3 6 18 13 8 4 1 3 12 7 8 3 2 3 6 6 5 24
12 Walsall 17 6 5 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 1 3 4 6 9 5 23
13 Grimsby Town 16 6 5 5 18 14 7 1 4 2 7 6 9 5 1 3 11 8 4 23
14 Stockport County 16 6 3 7 21 19 9 4 3 2 12 8 7 2 0 5 9 11 2 21
15 AFC Wimbledon 16 5 4 7 20 24 8 3 2 3 10 10 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 19
16 Crewe Alexandra 16 4 7 5 15 20 8 3 3 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 4 12 -5 19
17 Sutton United 17 5 4 8 16 23 8 4 2 2 10 8 9 1 2 6 6 15 -7 19
18 Newport County 17 4 4 9 15 20 8 2 1 5 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 9 -5 16
19 Crawley Town 16 3 5 8 18 28 7 3 0 4 11 13 9 0 5 4 7 15 -10 14
20 Gillingham 16 2 7 7 6 17 8 2 4 2 4 6 8 0 3 5 2 11 -11 13
21 Harrogate Town 16 3 3 10 14 24 7 2 2 3 7 9 9 1 1 7 7 15 -10 12
22 Rochdale 16 3 3 10 12 23 7 1 1 5 6 10 9 2 2 5 6 13 -11 12
23 Hartlepool United 17 2 6 9 15 30 9 2 4 3 7 11 8 0 2 6 8 19 -15 12
24 Colchester United 16 2 5 9 13 22 9 2 4 3 9 11 7 0 1 6 4 11 -9 11

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.