The Iron play their penultimate away game of the season on Tuesday night, when they make the trip to take on Newport County (6.30pm kick-off).
SCENE-SETTER...
United enter the match at Rodney Parade looking to arrest a run of four straight defeats and to get a victory which would mathematically clinch League Two survival with two games still to go.
A win would also see the Iron climb above 21st-placed Colchester and into 20th position.
TEAM NEWS...
Jordan Clarke looks set to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury picked up at Forest Green last weekend, which forced him to withdraw after 20 minutes.
Harrison McGahey returned to the starting XI at Forest Green and missed out at Mansfield and against Walsall through a quad issue, which will continue to be assessed.
Jai Rowe picked up an eye injury at the weekend, which will be assessed again on Tuesday morning.
Left-back Junior Brown is out with a hamstring injury that forced him off against Bradford City and attacker Jordan Hallam is out with the hamstring problem which he suffered against Oldham Athletic in March. Elsewhere, Olufela Olomola's season looks to be over after he suffered a medial ligament injury.
Striker Aaron Jarvis (hamstring) is set to miss the rest of the season, while midfielder George Hornshaw and goalkeeper Adam Kelsey are both expected to be out for the remainder of the campaign too following ankle surgery.
THE OPPOSITION...
Newport County sit seventh in the table and, with teams breathing down their necks, need a victory in their game in hand to bolster their League Two play-off hopes. They could climb a place with victory.
Michael Flynn's side drew 0-0 at fellow promotion hopefuls Exeter City on Saturday and were 2-0 victors over Crawley Town at home last weekend.
Tristan Abrahams and Padraig Amond are joint top scorers with eight goals apiece, while Scott Twine has scored seven goals and set up a further seven.
Defender Mickey Demetriou tops the appearance tables with 42 to his name, while Josh Sheehan follows on 40.
PAST MEETINGS...
The two sides drew 1-1 at the Sands Venue Stadium on the opening day of the League Two season, with Ryan Loft scoring a spectacular second-half goal.
The Iron were defeated 2-1 in both games last season.
| SEASON - DATE | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2020-21 - Sat Sep 12 | LG 2 | Iron 1-1 Newport | Loft |
| 2019-20 - Sat Jan 11 | LG 2 | Iron 1-2 Newport | Eisa |
| 2019-20 - Sat Oct 19 | LG 2 | Newport 2-1 Iron | O'Brien (og) |
| 2013-14 - Sat Mar 1 | LG 2 | Newport 2-2 Iron | Madden, Syers |
| 2013-14 - Sat Aug 31 | LG 2 | Iron 1-1 Newport | Winnall |
| 1987-88 - Sat Jan 16 | DIV 4 | Newport 1-1 Iron | Taylor |
| 1987-88 - Sat Sep 19 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-1 Newport | Flounders 2, Atkins |
| 1983-84 - Fri Feb 10 | DIV 3 | Iron 3-3 Newport | Brolly 2, Cammack |
| 1983-84 - Sat Sep 24 | DIV 3 | Newport 1-1 Iron | Green |
| 1979-80 - Sat Dec 15 | DIV 4 | Newport 2-1 Iron | Stewart |
| 1979-80 - Sat Oct 20 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-3 Newport | Keeley |
| 1978-79 - Wed Apr 18 | DIV 4 | Newport 2-0 Iron | |
| 1978-79 - Sat Oct 7 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-3 Newport | Deere, Oates |
| 1977-78 - Tue Apr 4 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-0 Newport | Kilmore 2 |
| 1977-78 - Tue Oct 4 | DIV 4 | Newport 3-1 Iron | Farrell |
| 1976-77 - Tue Apr 19 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-0 Newport | Keeley |
| 1976-77 - Fri Jan 28 | DIV 4 | Newport 0-0 Iron | |
| 1975-76 - Sat Jan 10 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-2 Newport | Money |
| 1975-76 - Sat Aug 30 | DIV 4 | Newport 0-0 Iron | |
| 1974-75 - Sat Jan 11 | DIV 4 | Iron 4-1 Newport | Roberts 3, Collier |
| 1974-75 - Sat Dec 7 | DIV 4 | Newport 2-0 Iron | |
| 1973-74 - Sun Feb 17 | DIV 4 | Newport 2-1 Iron | Warnock |
| 1973-74 - Sat Oct 13 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Newport | |
| 1971-72 - Mon May 1 | DIV 4 | Newport 1-0 Iron | |
| 1971-72 - Sat Jan 29 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-0 Newport | Davidson |
| 1970-71 - Sat Apr 17 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Newport | |
| 1970-71 - Sat Oct 10 | DIV 4 | Newport 2-3 Iron | Cassidy 2, Davidson |
| 1969-70 - Sat Mar 28 | DIV 4 | Iron 4-0 Newport | Kerr, Cassidy 2, Davidson |
| 1969-70 - Mon Mar 9 | DIV 4 | Newport 3-0 Iron | |
| 1968-69 - Mon Feb 24 | DIV 4 | Newport 1-1 Iron | Lindsey |
| 1968-69 - Fri Oct 18 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-0 Newport | Heath |
| SCUNTHORPE WINS | DRAWS | NEWPORT WINS | |
| LEAGUE | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 10 | 13 |
ELSEWHERE IN SKY BET LEAGUE TWO...
Bradford City v Salford City (7pm)
Cheltenham Town v Carlisle United (7pm)
Exeter City v Grimsby Town (7pm)
Forest Green Rovers v Barrow (7pm)