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Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth
Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth
- These sides have never faced each other in league competition.
- This will be the first time these teams have lined up against each other since January 1959 in an FA Cup tie. Portsmouth won the game 4-1.
- Accrington’s last five home league matches have seen a total of 20 goals hit the back of the net, an average of four a game.
- Stanley have lost back to back games in League Two (running over seasons). The last time that they lost three in a row was in December 2012.
- Portsmouth were winless in their last five away games in League One last season (D2 L3).
- Wycombe have only faced AFC Wimbledon twice before in league competition, winning just one point (D1 L1).
- Since 13th April, AFC Wimbledon have won one and drawn three of their four league games.
- Wycombe have netted just twice in their last five away league matches, but both of these goals handed the victory to the Chairboys (W2 L3).
- The Cherry Red Records Stadium has not seen a 0-0 draw in the league since Wimbledon were promoted in 2011.
- AFC Wimbledon kept only seven clean sheets in the 2012/13 season – the fewest in League Two.
- Scunthorpe have won three of their last four league meetings with Bristol Rovers.
- Over their last four meetings with Scunthorpe, Bristol Rovers have scored just three goals.
- Bristol Rovers last three home games in 2012/13 saw just two goals scored overall.
- Scunthorpe’s 1-0 victory in their last away game of last season ended a run of seven consecutive defeats on the road, a run in which they had scored only one goal.
- Bristol Rovers have not lost their opening two games of a league season since 2006-07.
- Burton Albion have won all four of their previous Football League games against Rochdale.
- Rochdale have only scored three goals in their four previous Football League games against Burton Albion.
- Burton Albion have won 12 of their last 14 home games in league competition (D1 L1).
- Rochdale last beat Burton in 1999 – 3-0 in an FA Cup first round replay.
- Cheltenham have won just one of their previous 12 Football League meetings with Chesterfield (L8 D3).
- Chesterfield have conceded just two goals in their last nine league games against Cheltenham, but one of these goals saw them suffer a defeat in their last meeting (0-1) in March 2013.
- Cheltenham have won just one point from their six previous Football League games in Chesterfield.
- Cheltenham have won just one of their last seven games away from home in the league (D3 L3).
- Last season saw these two sides face one another in the Football League for the first time, with York winning both games by a single goal margin.
- York have not lost in the league since March 23rd; going seven games unbeaten winning the last four in a row.
- Dagenham & Redbridge have lost their last four league games in a row and have scored just once in this run.
- York City were the only League Two side not be shown a red card in 2012-13.
- The Daggers were awarded 15 penalties in the league last season, scoring eight – both League Two highs.
- The Shrimpers have lost six of their last seven trips to Hartlepool in the league.
- Southend have suffered a 0-3 defeat in each of their last two away games against Hartlepool (in 2008 and 2010).
- None of the last 11 games between these two sides have ended in a draw.
- Despite their relegation to League One, Hartlepool lost just one of their last 10 home matches last season (W4 D5).
- No side scored fewer goals in League One last season than Hartlepool (39), while they also failed to score in their opening league game this season.
- Mansfield have only beaten Exeter once in their last 10 league meetings at home (D5 L4).
- Exeter have scored in each of their last eight visits to Mansfield in the Football League.
- There have only been eight goals scored in the last seven meetings between these two sides.
- The Stags’ last home defeat in league competition came on January 12th; winning their last 10 in a row to seal promotion to League Two.
- Exeter lost four and won none (D2) of their last six away games last season, netting just three goals in this period.
- Torquay have won their last three fixtures against Morecambe, keeping a clean sheet in both meetings in 2012-13.
- Torquay have scored in seven of their previous eight Football League meetings with Morecambe.
- The Shrimps have won just one of their last five league matches at home (D2 L2).
- The Gulls won one of their last nine (D3 L5) away league matches at the end of 2012/13 and found the net just six times during that run.
- These teams have not met in league football since Newport County’s reformation in 1989.
- The Cobblers have lost just one home match in 2013 and have won 12 of their 13 home games on a run which started before Christmas.
- Northampton won 18 of the 20 home games in which they took the lead in last season – the highest tally in the division.
- Northampton scored the most own-goals in League Two last season (4).
- Newport won eight of their final 14 away games in the Blue Square Premier League last season (inc. playoffs).
- Oxford have won just one of their last five meetings with Bury (D2 L2).
- Bury only went led in 15 games in League One last season, fewer than any other side. They lost 0-2 in their opening game against Chesterfield this term.
- No side won fewer away games than Bury in League One last season (3).
- Oxford have won their last four league games – and the last three by a margin of three goals.
- These teams met for the first time last season, with both teams recording a home victory apiece.
- Fleetwood Town’s David Ball netted in both of his appearances against Plymouth last season.
- There was a red card brandished in each of the two league games between these sides last season, with the away side on the day being reduced to 10 men in both games.
- Plymouth’s last three league games have all ended in 1-0 defeats for the Pilgrims.
- Fleetwood were shown seven red-cards last season – the joint highest in the division (with Rotherham