Match Preview | Scunthorpe United (A)

Match preview by Leon Higgins

Following Saturday’s defeat against Kings Lynn, Curzon travel to the Attis Arena in a crucial game in the race for promotion.

Following Saturday’s results Curzon sit 7th in the league table, 8 points off top of the league Chester with 3 games in hand and in the play off spot by virtue of goal difference to Buxton.

After missing out on promotion last season in the play off semi finals, losing to eventual winners and Lincolnshire rivals Boston United, Scunthorpe currently sit 2nd in the league, a point off Chester.

With two massive games involving the Top 6 sides that include Chester hosting Kidderminster and Chorley v Brackley this could be a decisive night in the race for automatic promotion.

The Irons have won 4 of their last 5 games with only a draw against Chorley before back-to-back 3-2 victories against Brackley and South Shields and two 2-0 wins against Needham Market and Warrington Town keeping their promotion chances well and truly alive.

Head to Head

There have been 3 meetings between the sides with only one being at Glanford Park which Curzon won 1-0 a year ago to this day.

The other 2 meetings have resulted in a 1-0 win for Curzon at the Tameside Stadium in the sides first ever clash in 2023, while the Irons won the reverse fixture 1-0 back in September.

Curzon Ashton

Fresh after signing a new contract Marcus Poscha made his 177th appearance on Saturday making him the 38th highest appearance maker in Nash history.
Stefan Mols has 5 match winning goals this season, the 2nd joint amount in the league with Ashley Hemmings (Kidderminster), Danny Whitehall (Scunthorpe) and Harrison Burke (Chester) also netting 5 and sitting 1 behind Brackley’s Connor Hall.
Stefan Mols also has 8 away goals this season which is the most in the league.
Curzon are one of only 5 teams yet to win after falling behind, with Leamington, Radcliffe, Kidderminster and Marine suffering the same fate.

Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe have the 2nd and 3rd highest goal scores in the league and the best attacking duo with Callum Roberts (15) and Danny Whitehall (14) sitting only behind South Shields Paul Blackett (16), with Roberts also joint top with Blackett on combined goals and assists.
Scunthorpe have the joint most amount of goals scored in the league with 52, matched by only Buxton. 6 of those goals have been penalties which is also the most in the league.
Ross Fitzsimons (18) now sits 3 clean sheets ahead of Curzon’s January player of the month Bobby Jones in the race for the Golden glove.
Andrew Boyce has the most yellow cards in the league with 10
The Irons have 51 points from leading positions which is only bettered by top of the league Chester with 53.

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