Tranmere Rovers vs Scunthorpe United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Tranmere Rovers

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Tranmere Rovers will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-0 League Two victory versus Barrow.

For Tranmere Rovers, goals were scored by Nicky Maynard (7') and Kieron Morris (87').

Their most recent results reveal that much respect should be given to the Tranmere Rovers defence. Tranmere Rovers have given the opposition little, with the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their previous six matches standing at 3.

Pre-game facts show that Tranmere Rovers:

• are winless against Scunthorpe United in their previous 2 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Scunthorpe United

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Carlisle United in League Two competition, Scunthorpe United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Rod McDonald (40') scored for Carlisle United.

Looking at their form, and Scunthorpe United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 5 goals in all. At the back, Scunthorpe United seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We shall soon find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Scunthorpe United:

• have not won against Tranmere Rovers in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not good.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 05/05/2012 shows us that Tranmere Rovers have won 3 of these games and Scunthorpe United 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them from Super White Army and 3 netted by The Irons. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was League Two match day 5 on 28/08/2021 and the score finished Scunthorpe United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers.

The referee was Trevor Kettle.

📋 Team News: Tranmere Rovers

There’s just the sole fitness concern for the Tranmere Rovers boss Micky Mellon to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Josh McPake (Ankle Injury) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: Scunthorpe United

Thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Scunthorpe United boss Keith Hill doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Scunthorpe United should get enough chances to score against this Tranmere Rovers team, but that may not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Tranmere Rovers when the full-time whistle blows. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:21 04/01/2022