Football guide: Scunthorpe United vs Eastleigh - predictions and stats

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

A cursory peek at the National League table indicate an advantage to Eastleigh when they visit Scunthorpe United. But; let's wait before we pick a winner!

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

It's no vacation for neither Scunthorpe United nor Eastleigh 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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Scunthorpe United form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Scunthorpe United have to build on here at Sands Venue Stadium in the National League.

The Scunthorpe manager Nelson and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Maidstone United (placed 24th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Boreham Wood.

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

Scunthorpe United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sands Venue Stadium with 26 goals in 17 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Scunthorpe United with 35 goals conceded in these matches. When Scunthorpe hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Aldershot Town, Gateshead, Yeovil Town, Torquay United, Dorking Wanderers, York City and Maidstone United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Eastleigh form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Eastleigh so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose). It’s been three wins in a row for Eastleigh on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Eastleigh have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Joe McDonnell. It's been 210 minutes since they last conceded in National League.

Impressive finishing from Kelly secured the home win 1-0 against York City in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Bradbury when Kelly scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 26th minute.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Bromley.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Yeovil Town.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Eastleigh have scored 18 goals in 16 league games away. As for defending, Eastleigh rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides met each other earlier this campaign: Eastleigh - Scunthorpe United 2-0. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Harper with 2 goals scored against Scunthorpe United in these 1 matches.

Top Goalscorers

EastleighD. Whitehall
D. Whitehall
9 goals
EastleighC. Carter
C. Carter
7 goals
EastleighA. Lloyd
A. Lloyd
5 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Eastleigh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Scunthorpe United Eastleigh
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 16 34
6 5 0 Won W 2 4 16
9 3 0 Drew D 3 3 6
19 9 6 Lost L 0 9 12
39 26 4 Scored S 6 18 42
66 35 16 Conceded C 3 25 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 65%
53% 65% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 62% 41%
38% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 21%
21% 29% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
62% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 47%
9% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 38%
32% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 21%
 
4 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.9 4.9
6.2 5.7 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6 5.8
1.9 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.5 8.9 6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.1 11.2
3.6 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.7
32% 37% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 29% 26%
 
11.6 10.6 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.8 11
4.9 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Scunthorpe United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Eastleigh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United 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 Wrexham 34 26 6 2 88 32 17 16 1 0 56 15 17 10 5 2 32 17 56 84
2 Notts County 35 25 8 2 89 32 17 12 4 1 37 9 18 13 4 1 52 23 57 83
3 Woking 34 18 8 8 59 37 17 9 5 3 32 19 17 9 3 5 27 18 22 62
4 Barnet 33 17 5 11 64 57 17 10 2 5 30 25 16 7 3 6 34 32 7 56
5 Chesterfield 33 16 7 10 55 41 17 11 1 5 32 20 16 5 6 5 23 21 14 55
6 Eastleigh 34 16 6 12 42 37 18 12 3 3 24 12 16 4 3 9 18 25 5 54
7 Southend United 32 15 8 9 43 31 17 9 4 4 24 13 15 6 4 5 19 18 12 53
8 Boreham Wood 33 13 13 7 40 30 16 6 7 3 19 15 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 52
9 Bromley 34 13 12 9 49 41 17 7 8 2 26 16 17 6 4 7 23 25 8 51
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 34 14 6 14 51 55 17 9 3 5 30 25 17 5 3 9 21 30 -4 48
11 Altrincham 34 12 10 12 54 59 18 9 3 6 30 24 16 3 7 6 24 35 -5 46
12 Wealdstone 33 12 10 11 40 49 15 7 4 4 22 20 18 5 6 7 18 29 -9 46
13 Solihull Moors 34 11 9 14 48 50 16 5 5 6 23 20 18 6 4 8 25 30 -2 42
14 Maidenhead United 34 12 6 16 38 46 16 7 4 5 20 17 18 5 2 11 18 29 -8 42
15 Oldham Athletic 33 11 8 14 46 49 16 8 3 5 29 24 17 3 5 9 17 25 -3 41
16 Halifax Town 34 11 7 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 17 3 4 10 12 23 -8 40
17 Aldershot Town 35 11 5 19 48 60 18 5 3 10 24 29 17 6 2 9 24 31 -12 38
18 York City 34 9 9 16 39 45 17 5 5 7 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 21 -6 36
19 Yeovil Town 32 6 15 11 28 37 17 5 8 4 17 17 15 1 7 7 11 20 -9 33
20 Gateshead 32 7 12 13 40 50 14 3 6 5 19 23 18 4 6 8 21 27 -10 33
21 Dorking Wanderers 33 9 6 18 48 77 16 7 3 6 28 35 17 2 3 12 20 42 -29 33
22 Torquay United 33 7 8 18 38 60 18 4 6 8 28 34 15 3 2 10 10 26 -22 29
23 Scunthorpe United 34 6 9 19 39 66 17 5 3 9 26 35 17 1 6 10 13 31 -27 27
24 Maidstone United 35 5 9 21 38 75 18 3 7 8 19 30 17 2 2 13 19 45 -37 24

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 Wrexham 34 26 6 2 88 32 17 16 1 0 56 15 17 10 5 2 32 17 56 84
2 Notts County 35 25 8 2 89 32 17 12 4 1 37 9 18 13 4 1 52 23 57 83
3 Woking 34 18 8 8 59 37 17 9 5 3 32 19 17 9 3 5 27 18 22 62
4 Barnet 33 17 5 11 64 57 17 10 2 5 30 25 16 7 3 6 34 32 7 56
5 Chesterfield 33 16 7 10 55 41 17 11 1 5 32 20 16 5 6 5 23 21 14 55
6 Eastleigh 34 16 6 12 42 37 18 12 3 3 24 12 16 4 3 9 18 25 5 54
7 Southend United 32 15 8 9 43 31 17 9 4 4 24 13 15 6 4 5 19 18 12 53
8 Boreham Wood 33 13 13 7 40 30 16 6 7 3 19 15 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 52
9 Bromley 34 13 12 9 49 41 17 7 8 2 26 16 17 6 4 7 23 25 8 51
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 34 14 6 14 51 55 17 9 3 5 30 25 17 5 3 9 21 30 -4 48
11 Altrincham 34 12 10 12 54 59 18 9 3 6 30 24 16 3 7 6 24 35 -5 46
12 Wealdstone 33 12 10 11 40 49 15 7 4 4 22 20 18 5 6 7 18 29 -9 46
13 Solihull Moors 34 11 9 14 48 50 16 5 5 6 23 20 18 6 4 8 25 30 -2 42
14 Maidenhead United 34 12 6 16 38 46 16 7 4 5 20 17 18 5 2 11 18 29 -8 42
15 Oldham Athletic 33 11 8 14 46 49 16 8 3 5 29 24 17 3 5 9 17 25 -3 41
16 Halifax Town 34 11 7 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 17 3 4 10 12 23 -8 40
17 Aldershot Town 35 11 5 19 48 60 18 5 3 10 24 29 17 6 2 9 24 31 -12 38
18 York City 34 9 9 16 39 45 17 5 5 7 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 21 -6 36
19 Yeovil Town 32 6 15 11 28 37 17 5 8 4 17 17 15 1 7 7 11 20 -9 33
20 Gateshead 32 7 12 13 40 50 14 3 6 5 19 23 18 4 6 8 21 27 -10 33
21 Dorking Wanderers 33 9 6 18 48 77 16 7 3 6 28 35 17 2 3 12 20 42 -29 33
22 Torquay United 33 7 8 18 38 60 18 4 6 8 28 34 15 3 2 10 10 26 -22 29
23 Scunthorpe United 34 6 9 19 39 66 17 5 3 9 26 35 17 1 6 10 13 31 -27 27
24 Maidstone United 35 5 9 21 38 75 18 3 7 8 19 30 17 2 2 13 19 45 -37 24

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