With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Walsall fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Stevenage.
- Walsall has the most matches under the total-line (10) in League Two
- Stevenage have yet to win a game away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a FA Cup game only three days ago.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have collected 11 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-2-2.
The home team returns to The Banks's Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Newport County (placed 1st) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cheltenham Town (0-3).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Walsall handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and five defeats.
Walsall are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Tranmere Rovers awaits in three days.
Walsall aren't scoring a lot here at The Banks's Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Walsall have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stevenage form and stats
There's been little loot from Stevenage's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the League Two. Stevenage only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws.
Stevenage played 1-1 against Hull City (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) in their previous match. Before that, Stevenage secured a home win against Port Vale with the score 2-1.
As mentioned above, Stevenage drew the match against Hull City (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties). Manager A. Revell brought on E. List to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
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, eight draws and ten defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Southend United in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stevenage as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Stevenage have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Walsall-Stevenage H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Walsall two wins, Stevenage two wins, three draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 5 goals | C. Lavery 3 goals |  R. Holden 2 goals |
Walsall missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Walsall | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| 71% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 14 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9 | 11.6 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 17% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 19% |
- Stevenage have yet to win a game away.
- Walsall has the most matches under the total-line (10) in League Two
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Salford City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | Walsall | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Barrow | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 20 | Bradford City | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 24 | Southend United | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 5 |
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