📊 Form Guide

Tranmere Rovers

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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.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Tranmere Rovers haven’t 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.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Walsall

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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 don’t 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 isn’t 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.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 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.

ℹ️ 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.

🗞️ 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.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Walsall and Tranmere Rovers could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. We’re 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