STATISTICAL REVIEW: Iron 3-1 Solihull Moors

Introduction

Scunthorpe picked up their first league win of the season on Friday evening, coming from behind to beat Solihull Moors 3-1.

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Attack

The Iron have been improving in the final third as the season has gone on, and that culminated in what turned out to be a comfortable win at home.

Jacob Butterfield and Alfie Beestin showed some grit and desire to chip in with goals from midfield, while James Gale gave them the lead with a poacher’s finish in the opening exchanges of the second half.

Butterfield’s goal came from winning the ball deep in the Solihull half, before his deflected shot looped over the visitors’ keeper.

Defence

The Moors had a good spell in the first half, hitting the post while 1-0 up, but the Iron weathered the storm to go into half time back level.

Jacob Wakeling was a handful in the first period, and has been enjoying a good start to the season with Solihull, but once Scunthorpe had got on top, they were always going to be the likely winners.

Still waiting for a first league clean sheet of the season, but there were plenty of positives to take, in pursuing that, from Friday’s action.

Players

Butterfield’s equaliser came at a very important time. Solihull had taken the lead and threatened a second goal, so ensuring the lead only lasted for four minutes was crucial.

The Iron didn’t lose their heads after the equaliser and used the platform that it gave them to go on and win the game.

Gale’s finish showed good anticipation and determination, traits that will serve him well across the season, while Beestin’s finish put some gloss on the victory.

Beestin was introduced for Butterfield with around 20 minutes of normal time remaining, he’s closing in on 250 appearances for the club this season, and found a very small gap for his shot to find the far bottom corner via a slight deflection.

Scunthorpe will need players to make an impact off the bench if they are to have a successful season in the National League.

Conclusion

Solihull are yet to pick up a point in the league this season, so it was a game that Scunthorpe needed to win. That said, they did the business and can take some positivity into their trip to Carlisle on Monday.

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