SCENE-SETTER
Scunthorpe come into the match on the back of a slender 2-1 defeat at high-flying Newport County, but will be looking to back up their 3-0 victory over Northampton Town last weekend, which saw Lee Novak (two) and Kevin van Veen on target.
The Grecians come into the fixture following a defeat of their own as they were on the wrong side of a 4-0 scoreline at Cambridge United at the weekend. It was Exeter's first loss on the road in the campaign and only their second league defeat. Currently in fourth, the away side could go top if a succession of results go their way.
TEAM NEWS
Manager Paul Hurst will welcome back Matthew Lund into the squad after he completed his three-match suspension following his sending off against Bradford City at the end of September.
Elsewhere, there's no fresh injury news, with the squad coming through the encounter at Rodney Parade at the weekend, with Kevin van Veen, Jamie Ward and James Perch all playing some part of the game after injury and illness, while Jacob Bedeau also returned to the bench following a calf injury.
However, Hurst confirmed Kgosi Ntlhe will continue to miss out with a groin issue.
Jordan Hallam (ankle) is close to a return and will feature for the Under-23s at Bottesford next Wednesday all being well, while John McAtee (shoulder) looks for a quicker return and also may play some part in that encounter.
George Miller (quad strain), and Andy Dales (calf) remain absent, while Jordan Clarke is out following an appendix operation, although the latter two were both back on grass running on Monday.
PAST MEETINGS
United gained promotion to League One the last time the two sides met, despite it being the end of a 28-game unbeaten run at St James Park.
The Grecians were the only side to complete a domestic double over the Iron back in 2013-14, with Scunthorpe failing to score in either fixture.
| SEASON - DATE | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2013-14 - Sat Apr 26 | LG 2 | Exeter 2-0 Iron | |
| 2013-14 - Sat Oct 19 | LG 2 | Iron 0-4 Exeter | |
| 2011-12 - Fri Apr 6 | LG 1 | Iron 1-0 Exeter | Parkin |
| 2011-12 - Sat Dec 17 | LG 1 | Exeter 0-0 Iron | |
| 2002-03 - Tue Jan 21 | DIV 3 | Iron 1-1 Exeter | Carruthers |
| 2002-03 - Tue Aug 13 | DIV 3 | Exeter 1-1 Iron | Carruthers |
| 2001-02 - Tue Jan 15 | DIV 3 | Iron 3-4 Exeter | McCombe, Beagrie, Quailey |
| 2001-02 - Sat Aug 24 | DIV 3 | Exeter 0-4 Iron | Carruthers 2, Grant, Bradshaw |
| 2000-01 - Sat Apr 28 | DIV 3 | Iron 0-2 Exeter | |
| 2000-01 - Sat Nov 11 | DIV 3 | Exeter 2-1 Iron | Torpey |
| 1998-99 - Sat Apr 3 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-0 Exeter | Eyre, Logan |
| 1998-99 - Sat Oct 17 | DIV 3 | Exeter 2-2 Iron | Forrester, Hope |
| 1997-98 - Sat Apr 25 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-1 Exeter | D'Auria, Harsley |
| 1997-98 - Sat Oct 25 | DIV 3 | Exeter 2-3 Iron | Walsh, Hope, D'Auria |
| 1996-97 - Sat Mar 15 | DIV 3 | Exeter 0-1 Iron | Jones |
| 1996-97 - Sat Dec 14 | DIV 3 | Iron 4-1 Exeter | Garcia, Sertori, Clarkson 2 |
| 1995-96 - Tue Mar 26 | DIV 3 | Iron 4-0 Exeter | Eyre 2, Ford, McFarlane |
| 1995-96 - Sat Sep 2 | DIV 3 | Exeter 1-0 Iron | |
| 1994-95 - Sat Jan 7 | DIV 3 | Iron 3-0 Exeter | Eyre 2, Alexander |
| 1994-95 - Sat Oct 22 | DIV 3 | Exeter 2-2 Iron | Juryeff, Henderson |
| 1989-90 - Wed Mar 28 | DIV 4 | Exeter 1-0 Iron | |
| 1989-90 - Sat Sep 23 | DIV 4 | Iron 5-4 Exeter | Lillis 2, Hamilton 2, Taylor |
| 1988-89 - Sat Feb 11 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-0 Exeter | Lister, Cowling |
| 1988-89 - Sat Sep 24 | DIV 4 | Exeter 2-2 Iron | Daws, Rumble |
| 1987-88 - Mon May 2 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 Exeter | Shearer |
| 1987-88 - Sat Dec 12 | DIV 4 | Exeter 1-1 Iron | Johnson |
| 1986-87 - Sat Apr 25 | DIV 4 | Exeter 0-0 Iron | |
| 1986-87 - Fri Dec 19 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-1 Exeter | Reeves 2, Hill |
| 1985-86 - Tue Apr 22 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-0 Exeter | Cammack |
| 1985-86 - Wed Sep 18 | DIV 4 | Exeter 2-0 Iron | |
| 1984-85 - Tue Mar 19 | DIV 4 | Iron 7-1 Exeter | Broddle, Whitehead, Cammack 2, Graham 2, Brolly |
| 1984-85 - Sat Sep 8 | DIV 4 | Exeter 2-1 Iron | Lester |
| 1983-84 - Wed Apr 11 | DIV 3 | Exeter 1-1 Iron | Brolly |
| 1983-84 - Sat Sep 3 | DIV 3 | Iron 3-1 Exeter | Lester, Cammack, Graham |
| 1976-77 - Tue Mar 15 | DIV 4 | Iron 4-1 Exeter | Lumby 2, Czuczman, Hore og |
| 1976-77 - Wed Sep 29 | DIV 4 | Exeter 2-0 Iron | |
| 1975-76 - Fri Apr 23 | DIV 4 | Exeter 5-4 Iron | Green, Woodward 2, Wiggington |
| 1975-76 - Sat Aug 23 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Exeter | |
| 1974-75 - Sat Feb 1 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-1 Exeter | Collier, Roberts |
| 1974-75 - Sat Nov 9 | DIV 4 | Exeter 0-0 Iron | |
| 1973-74 - Mon Apr 22 | DIV 4 | Exeter 4-0 Iron | |
| 1971-72 - Sat Feb 26 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-0 Exeter | Giles og, Jackson, Fletcher |
| 1971-72 - Sat Nov 6 | DIV 4 | Exeter 1-0 Iron | |
| 1970-71 - Sat Oct 17 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-0 Exeter | Keegan, Cassidy 2 |
| 1970-71 - Sat Aug 15 | DIV 4 | Exeter 1-1 Iron | Keegan |
| 1969-70 - Sat Dec 20 | DIV 4 | Exeter 4-1 Iron | Cassidy |
| 1969-70 - Sat Sep 6 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Exeter | |
| 1968-69 - Sat Apr 12 | DIV 4 | Exeter 3-1 Iron | Heath |
| 1968-69 - Sat Sep 21 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-1 Exeter | Deere, Foley |
| 1965-66 - Sat Feb 19 | DIV 3 | Exeter 4-0 Iron | |
| 1964-65 - Fri Jan 8 | DIV 3 | Exeter 1-3 Iron | Thomas 2, Hutton |
| 1964-65 - Sat Oct 24 | DIV 3 | Iron 0-0 Exeter |
| SCUNTHORPE WINS | DRAWS | EXETER WINS | |
| LEAGUE | 22 | 14 | 17 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 14 | 17 |
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