League Two match prediction: Little separates Walsall and Sutton United in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

Tipsway provides all you need and want to know about the League Two game Walsall - Sutton United!

Insights:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

18-11-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sutton United when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 42 matches are 58-50 (scored/conceded).

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Wigan Athletic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Walsall form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Walsall at their home stadium (The Banks's Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Walsall after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Walsall shared the glory with Barrow in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Daniels, defender, was given a rating of 7.91/10 in that game, top of the team. Daniels scored one goal and won 13 of 19 duels.

1-1 away at Northampton Town before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Walsall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost seven.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Oldham Athletic are coming to town in three days.

Walsall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. Walsall's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sutton United form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Sutton United have produced an overall stat of 5-5-6 so far.

Before that, Sutton United secured a home win against Rochdale with the score 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sutton United playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were two Sutton wins, four draws and six defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sutton United manager Gray as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Swindon Town.

Sutton United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 16 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Sutton have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Sutton United - Walsall 0-1 was the end result in these participants' previous H2H game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

WalsallG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals
WalsallC. Wilkinson
C. Wilkinson
7 goals
Sutton UnitedD. Ajiboye
D. Ajiboye
7 goals

Walsall missing players

Sutton United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Sutton United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 16 34
10 6 2 Won W 1 5 16
10 5 1 Drew D 3 5 9
15 6 3 Lost L 1 6 9
37 24 8 Scored S 4 22 53
47 23 10 Conceded C 5 24 39
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
66% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 81% 74%
43% 59% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 47%
29% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 29%
6% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 21%
51% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 53%
23% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 38%
31% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 19% 18%
 
4.8 5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.2 4.8
4.4 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.6 5.6
1.6 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.2 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 12.1 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.6 12.6
3.6 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 4.5
29% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 34% 35%
 
10.9 10.4 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 14.1 12.3
3.4 3.5 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Exeter City 33 15 12 6 50 34 16 9 5 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 57
4 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
5 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
6 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
7 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
8 Swindon Town 35 15 10 10 58 44 17 5 7 5 27 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 14 55
9 Bristol Rovers 35 15 9 11 48 42 17 9 3 5 24 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 6 54
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 34 12 9 13 42 46 18 5 6 7 22 26 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

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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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Exeter City 33 15 12 6 50 34 16 9 5 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 57
4 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
5 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
6 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
7 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
8 Swindon Town 35 15 10 10 58 44 17 5 7 5 27 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 14 55
9 Bristol Rovers 35 15 9 11 48 42 17 9 3 5 24 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 6 54
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 34 12 9 13 42 46 18 5 6 7 22 26 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

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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.