Tuesday Goal Boost

Top of the league Stockport County face a lowly positioned Salford City who have failed to win a single game in their last 6 fixtures.

Stockport have the 2nd best home record in the division with 7 wins, 2 draws and just the 1 loss in 10 games. They’ve averaged 2 goals a game in that time. Only marginally bettered by Wrexham by 1 goal.

Stockport actually beat Salford in last season’s Playoff Semi Finals before losing on penalties to Carlisle United and will look to do the same again in the league to boost their automatic promotion chances.

With an xG of 1.60 to which their actually over performing, goals are part of their game. so far this season they’ve averaged 2.11 goals p/90 and playing against a team who are conceding on average 1.73 p/90, I can see this only going one way.

Salford have the 5th worst goals conceded record in the league (33) and their leaky defence has been awful in the last 5 games where they have conceded a staggering 15 goals.

3rd placed Mansfield welcome 22nd placed Tranmere Rovers to Field Mill in this League Two clash.

Fortunes have been very different for these 2 teams so far this season. Tranmere Rovers have been struggling pretty much all season and are only 1 point above the relegation places whilst Mansfield are flying high in 3rd place and one of the favourites to be promoted.

Although in recent weeks Mansfield have had a mixed results, the gulf in quality will shine through.

Mansfield have scored 2 or more in 50% of their matches whilst Tranmere have conceded 2 or more in nearly 70% of their games. A leaky defence is why they find themselves fighting relegation.

We should see a Mansfield team carving out chances during this match. Their xG is a respectable 1.96 in the league (2.0 at home) and Tranmere have an xGA (goals against) of 1.75 away from home.

In their last 4 H2H’s, Mansfield has scored 2 or more goals against them.

Bolton are in scintillating form currently. Their last match was an absolute mauling of Exeter City who they smashed 7-0.

Over the course of the season Bolton have averaged 2.17 goals p/90 and it’s this kind of form which is why they lead League One by 2 points after a late surge.

Bolton actually have the best away record in the league with a 71% win rate, scoring avg. 2 goals p/90.

Oxford United are not a bad outfit themselves. They’re sat nicely in 3rd spot and only 3 points behind Bolton who lead the pack so this will be a toughly fought contest that’s for sure. Both teams will be pushing for goals in this tie considering how important the points will be at the near halfway stage of the season.

I’ve gone a little more conservative here and Bolton just need to find the net once. That shouldn’t bee too hard for a team who have won their last 6 games and have scored an incredible 18 goals in that time. That’s an average of 3 goals p/90.

Bolton has scored 1 or more goals in their last 4 meetings. In total, they’ve actually scored 7 in the last 5 meetings against Oxford Utd.