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The League Two clash at Prenton Park on Saturday sees home side Tranmere Rovers fighting it out with opponents Walsall.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Tranmere Rovers v Walsall game - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Tranmere Rovers
DWWLLD โ
Tranmere Rovers head into this match following on from a 1-1 League Two drawn match against Colchester United.
The only scorer from Tranmere Rovers was Kieron Morris (7'). Alistair Smith (8') was the scorer for Colchester United.
Itโs been a rare occasion in recent times where Tranmere Rovers havenโt conceded. In fact, Tranmere Rovers have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals in the process.
A look at their previous results shows us that Tranmere Rovers:
- are winless against Walsall in their previous 2 league matches.
- havenโt won at home in the past 2 league games.
Walsall
WLDDLW โ
Walsall come into this meeting after a 2-1 League Two win to defeat Salford City in their most recent game.
For Walsall, the goalscorers were Jamille Matt (9') and Modou Faal (92'). Matty Lund (61') scored for Salford City.
The stats donโt lie, and Walsall have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals overall. At the back, Walsall can certainly do much better. That pattern isnโt assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.
Their prior results show that Walsall:
- have not beaten Tranmere Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
- havenโt won away from home in the past 3 league games.
๐ฅ Head to head
A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 13/04/2021 shows us that Tranmere Rovers have won 2 of them & Walsall 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
7 goals were produced between them in these games, with 3 of them from Super White Army and 4 being from The Saddlers. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.
The previous league encounter between these clubs was League Two match day 22 on 16/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Walsall 1-0 Tranmere Rovers.
The match was refereed by Alan Young.
๐ฐ Team News: Tranmere Rovers
The Tranmere Rovers manager Nigel Adkins has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a fully healthy group to pick from.
๐ฐ Team News: Walsall
Owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from, the Walsall boss Mat Sadler does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this match.
๐ฎ Prediction
Looking at these two, we feel that Walsall and Tranmere Rovers could both well score here although itโs hard to see a clear-cut winner.
Weโll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. Weโre therefore tipping a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 13:03 06/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Tranmere Rovers
Formed: 1884
Stadium: Prenton Park (16,587)
Captain: Connor Jennings
Chairman: Mark Palios
Manager: Nigel Adkins
Competitions: League Two position 17
๐ Star Man: Rob Apter
Normally taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Rob Apter was born in Liverpool, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Scunthorpe United in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Midfielder has got 9 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 32 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 77 | DDWWW |
2 |
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40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 73 | WLWDL |
3 |
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41 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 73 | DLWWL |
4 |
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42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 71 | LWLWD |
5 |
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40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 67 | DDWWL |
6 |
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41 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 66 | WLDDL |
7 |
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40 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 62 | WDWLW |
8 |
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41 | 17 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 60 | LLLWW |
9 |
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42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 60 | LDWDL |
10 |
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42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 59 | WLDDL |
11 |
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40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 59 | LDDLW |
12 |
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41 | 16 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 58 | DDWDW |
13 |
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41 | 16 | 7 | 18 | -6 | 55 | WWLLL |
14 |
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40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 55 | WWWWW |
15 |
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41 | 14 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 54 | LLLWD |
16 |
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41 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 52 | DWLLD |
17 |
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42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 51 | WWLLD |
18 |
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40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 50 | LWDLL |
19 |
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41 | 12 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 47 | LLLWL |
20 |
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42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 47 | DWWLL |
21 |
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40 | 8 | 16 | 16 | -18 | 40 | WDLLD |
22 |
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42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -23 | 39 | LWWWW |
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39 | 9 | 11 | 19 | -18 | 38 | LDDWD |
24 |
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41 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -27 | 36 | WLLLW |
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AFC Wimbledon |
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Colchester United |
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Crawley Town |
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Bradford City |
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Swindon Town |
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Notts County |
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Salford City |
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Colchester United |
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Mansfield Town |
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Sutton United |
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Stockport County |
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Morecambe |
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Harrogate Town |
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Crawley Town |
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Gillingham |
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Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 30 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 30 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 6-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Rob Apter | 12 |
Connor Jennings | 12 |
Kieron Morris | 9 |
Josh Hawkes | 6 |
Regan Hendry | 5 |
Isaac Hutchinson | 11 |
Freddie Draper | 10 |
Modou Faal | 6 |
Danny Johnson | 5 |
Jamille Matt | 5 |
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