Walsall look to Banks's Stadium supporters for inspiration before Scunthorpe United match

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Banks's Stadium

Walsall look forward to do battle with Scunthorpe United in this League Two game. Everything you must know about the game is located here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Walsall and Scunthorpe United.

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Walsall form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Banks's Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses from Walsall's 23 home games.

Walsall's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Forest Green Rovers (placed 1st). Midfield player Brendan Kiernan got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Kiernan scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Walsall drew at home versus Doncaster Rovers (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).

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

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

Walsall has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

One match played away so far in the League Two for Scunthorpe United and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses from 23 games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Rochdale (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 0-0. Manny Onariase, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Onariase won 9 of 12 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Barrow before that.

Scunthorpe United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

A new game in only four days for Scunthorpe, the League Two home match versus Sutton United. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Scunthorpe United has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Walsall won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Scunthorpe United got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

WalsallB. Kiernan
B. Kiernan
1 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedR. Loft
R. Loft
1 goals

Walsall missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
4 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
8.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3.5
8.5 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3
12% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
Walsall Last season Scunthorpe United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
11 7   Won W   6 13
20 6   Drew D   3 9
15 10   Lost L   14 24
45 20   Scored S   19 41
53 27   Conceded C   36 64
87% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
72% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 65%
33% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 30%
13% 4%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 22%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 13%
57% 48%   BTTS BTTS   35% 35%
22% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 26%
35% 39%   Failed to Score F T   48% 46%
 
5 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.2
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.5
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
4 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.6 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.1
3.3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3
30% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 30%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Mansfield Town 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
10 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Barrow 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Salford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
20 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
21 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Walsall 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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Table
  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 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Mansfield Town 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
10 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Barrow 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Salford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
20 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
21 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Walsall 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0

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