Walsall vs Swindon Town Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Walsall

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Walsall, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-0 EFL Cup triumph over Swindon Town.

In that game, Walsall had 46% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Walsall, the goalscorers were Danny Johnson (80') and Timmy Abraham (81'). Swindon Town had 3 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

An interesting characteristic of more recent Walsall games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their prior sextet of matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern shall persist here in this game.

Swindon Town

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In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Swindon Town, at least three goals have been struck. The average goals scored per match within that time is 2.67, with the number of goals averaged by Swindon Town coming out as 1.5.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings dating back to 19/04/2016 shows that Walsall have won 2 of these and Swindon Town 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A total of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from The Saddlers and 11 being from The Robins. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league encounter between these clubs was League Two match day 46 on 07/05/2022 when it finished Walsall 0-3 Swindon Town.

The match was refereed by Samuel Barrott.

📋 Team News: Walsall

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Walsall gaffer Michael Flynn to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Conor Wilkinson (Knee Injury) misses out.

ℹ️ Team News: Swindon Town

Due to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the Swindon Town boss Scott Lindsay has no fitness worries to speak of before this game.

⚡ Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Swindon Town and Walsall could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:02 05/08/2022