Friday 18 March 2022

DROPWATCH - LEAGUE TWO

It's looking increasingly bleak for Scunthorpe United at the bottom of the League Two - With four home and five away games to play The Iron are ten points adrift from safety with just four wins so far this season. Home defeats against Colchester United and Barrow in their last two games has really made it difficult for the Lincolnshire club to retain the football league status they have proudly held since 1950. They have only won one league game on their travels this season and make the trip to play Salford City tomorrow with The Ammies comfortably in mid-table and without a defeat in seven league games. They have won three and drawn four of those games 

Oldham Athletic are the other side currently occupying the relegation zone. John Sheridan's team are without a win in five league games and have lost their last three They lost 2-1 at Walsall in midweek and now have a run of four highly important home games in row. They welcome Exeter City (5th) to Boundary Park tomorrow before Sutton United (8th) visit in midweek followed by Mansfield Town (10th) next weekend and Leyton Orient (20th) on Tuesday 29th March.    

Stevenage are without a league win in nine games and parted company with manager Paul Tisdale after their midweek home defeat to Northampton Town in midweek. Tisdale had only been in charge since November and has been replaced by Steve Evans who was rumoured to be wanted by the club before Tisdale took over. At that time Evans was in charge of League One side Gillingham but parted company with the Kent club in January. His first game in charge is a visit to one of his former club's in Mansfield Town (10th) who have lost their last two league games against Tranmere Rovers and Port Vale. This was after a run of fourteen games without a defeat for Nigel Clough's side. Will The Boro have some new manager bounce tomorrow? Bet365.com make the home side 8/13 favourites with the draw rated at 11/4 and an away win at 19/4. The Hertfordshire club's last league win on their travels came on Saturday 14th August when they won 0-2 at Bristol Rovers - Since then they have drawn seven and lost ten of their seventeen away games. 

Barrow and Leyton Orient are next in the table level on 37 points. The O's welcome Rochdale to East London tomorrow which will be new manager Richie Wellens first home game in charge. His first two games have been credible draws at Hartlepool United last weekend and in midweek at current table topper's Forest Green Rovers.   They are without a win in fifteen league games but are unbeaten in four with Ruel Sotiriou netting three goals in those games. Could tomorrow be the day for the club to get the win their loyal fans have been waiting since early December for? Rochdale are without a win in four league games and lost their last two away games 3-0 at Sutton United and 2-0 at Carlisle United. The O's are 11/8 with Bet365.com to win with an away win at 11/5 and draw at 9/4. Sotiriou is rated at 21/10 to score at any time during the game. 

Barrow host Carlisle United in a huge Cumbrian derby tomorrow - Carlisle United are just three points above them in the table but have improved of late under the new management of Paul Simpson who won his first four games in charge of the club which has probably done enough to keep them safe for the 21/22 season. They beat Leyton Orient, Rochdale, Oldham Athletic and Northampton Town before a narrow 1-2 home defeat to Newport County in midweek. Former Kidderminster Harriers and Bradford City attacker Omari Patrick has been i in great form scoring four goals in Carlisle's last five league games. 7.470 people saw the game (which ended 0-0) at Brunton Park in November. 

Barrow's narrow win at Scunthorpe United in midweek ended a run of seven games without a win in the league. Five of those games ended all square with three finishing 0-0. They have failed to score in four of their last six league games with John Rooney, who joined from Stockport County in January, scoring their only two goals scored. For the game to finish goalless tomorrow bet365.com will give you odds of 7/1 with under 2.5 goals rated at 8/13.

ODDS TO BE RELEGATED
with bet365.com 
Scunthorpe United 1/500 
Oldham Athletic 4/6 
Stevenage 7/4 
Barrow 9/1 
Colchester United 9/1 
Carlisle United 11/1 
Leyton Orient 25/1 

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