Continuing our pre-match web feature, we look at all the essential statistics ahead of Saturday’s away league encounter against Charlton Athletic.
THE IRON AND CHARLTON ATHLETIC IN NUMBERS…
23 - The number of meetings between the two sides in competitive history
21 - The number of league meetings between the Iron and the Addicks
6-1 - The Iron’s biggest triumph over Charlton Athletic in September 1961
5-2 - Charlton’s biggest win against Scunthorpe, coming in April 1960
64 - The number of goals scored between the two sides in the seven meetings, Scunthorpe have scored 32 of those
BOTH SIDES IN 2017-18 IN NUMBERS…
1.57 - The average number of points per game the Iron have collected away from home this season - compared with the 1.40 points per game they have collected at Glanford Park
1.71 - The average number of points per game Charlton Athletic have collected at home, compared with the 1.37 on their travels this season
10 - The Addicks have won 10 of their 21 home games this season, losing five
1 - The points gap between the two sides going into the fixture
71% - The Addicks have conceded at least one goal in 71% of their home matches
15 - Scunthorpe have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 15 matches
6 - The Iron are undefeated in their last six away matches, but have drawn the last five
81% - The Iron have scored in 81% of their away matches
10 - The Iron have scored in each of their last nine away matches, but have conceded at least one in each of their last 12 away matches
39% - The percentage of Charlton’s conceded goals occuring after the 75th minute, with 19 of their goals conceded this season coming in the final 15 minutes
49 - Both sides have conceded the same number of goals this season, shipping 49 in 41 games - they sit joint seventh in the defensive league
FIRST MEETING...
Saturday, November 15, 1958 - Division Two (old)
Iron 3-3 Charlton Athletic
Waldock, Hewie (og), Brownsword (pen)
IRON: Hardwick, Hubbard, Brownsword, Marshall, Horstead, Sharpe, Marriott, Haigh, Waldock, Neale, Jones.
LAST MEETING…
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Iron 2-0 Charlton Athletic
Morris 60’, 63’
IRON: Gilks, Clarke (Holmes, 17), Wallace, Ojo, Madden, Bishop, Hopper, Lewis (Morris, 46), Adelakun (Crofts, 76), Burgess, McArdle.