Scunthorpe vs Cheltenham Predictions

• Scunthorpe have failed to win any of their last 6 matches in all competitions.
• Cheltenham have only lost 1 of their last 6 league games.
• Cheltenham have drawn 4 of their last 5 away games.
• Both teams scored in 5 of Scunthorpe’s and 4 of Cheltenham’s last 6 matches.

Cheltenham had into Saturday’s clash as the clear form favourites

Scunthorpe last 3-1 away at Crawley last weekend while Cheltenham beat Morecambe 2-1 at home, which means the gap between the two clubs heading into Saturday’s clash stands at 15pts. Cheltenham head into this weekends’ match as the form favourites with three wins and two draws from their last six outings but with four of their last five away games ending in draws, we have had to back the visitors with a double chance bet.

Scunthorpe haven’t won any of their last six matches in all competitions and both teams have scored in five of the hosts’ and four of the visitors’ last six outings, so you can start to see why we have backed a final scoreline of 1-1 this Saturday. The hosts have already dropped points in eleven of their fifteen home games this season while Cheltenham have picked up points in twelve of their fifteen away games.

The hosts average 1.20 points per home game while the visitors average 1.33 points per away game, which is above the league average of 1.16 points. Scunthorpe have lost 33% of their home games and have drawn 40%, so Cheltenham will fancy their chances of coming away from this weekends’ clash with at least ta share of the spoils.

Scunthorpe have dropped points in the majority of their home games

Scunthorpe score an average of 1.47 goals per home game and concede 1.40 goals while Cheltenham score an average of 0.93 goals per away game and concede 0.60 goals, which is why we have backed a final scoreline of 1-1 between the pair this weekend. 60% of the hosts home games have seen both teams score and the same can be said of 40% of Cheltenham’s away games this season, but only 13% of the visitors’ trips on the road have produced over 2.5 goals.

The home side have only kept clean sheets in 20% of matches they have hosted but have only failed to score in 27% as well, while Cheltenham have kept clean sheets in 40% of their away games and a double chance bet covers us if the visitors go on to claim all 3pts on Saturday.

We’re confident that a double chance bet on Cheltenham is the best way to go this weekend and we have predicted a final score of 1-1. Cheltenham head into this match as the clear form favourites and have already beaten their hosts this season. However, the visitors have failed to win any of their last five away games, four of which have ended in draws.