THE IRON AND PETERBOROUGH UNITED IN NUMBERS…
59 - The number of meetings between the two sides in competitive history
55 - The number of league meetings between the Iron and the Posh, with five League Cup meetings
0-4 - Peterborough’s biggest win against Scunthorpe, coming in November 2015
5-0 - The Iron’s biggest triumph over Peterborough United in February 1988
149 - The number of goals scored between the two sides in the 59 meetings. Scunthorpe have scored 84 of those
BOTH SIDES IN 2017-18 IN NUMBERS…
1.67 - The average number of points per game Rotherham have collected at home this season - compared with the 1.47 points per game on their travels
1.75 - The average number of points per game the Iron have collected away from home this season, with 1.69 collected on average away from Glanford Park
8 - The Posh have won eight of their 15 away games this season, drawing one and losing six
10 - The points gap between the Iron in fourth and Peterborough in ninth
73% - Peterborough have conceded at least one goal in 73% of their home matches this season
11 - The Iron have netted in each of their last eleven league matches
41% - 41% of the Posh’s conceded goals have occurred after the 75th minute
5 - Scunthorpe have scored in each of their last five away matches, but have conceded two goals or more in each of their last three games
75% - The Iron have scored in 75% of their away matches this season
11-16 - Peterborough have scored 11 goals in the last 15 minutes of their matches this season, but have conceded 16 during the same spell - compared with just one goal in between minutes 61 and 75
12 - Scunthorpe have netted 12 goals in the last 15 minutes of their matches this season
FIRST MEETING…
Saturday, October 10, 1964 - Division Three (old)
Iron 2-3 Peterborough United
Scott, Sloan
IRON: Reeves, Betts, Needham, Lindsey, Neale, Horstead, Hutton, Scott, Lawther, Sloan, Wilson.
LAST MEETING...
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Iron 2-1 Peterborough United
Novak 79' Morris 87' pen
IRON: Gilks, Clarke, Wallace, McArdle, Butroid (Church, 77), Ojo, Morris, Bishop, Holmes (Adelakun, 46), Madden (van Veen, 59), Novak.
