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Brentford face a trip to Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 17 games played, Bees have recorded 2 wins, and Scunthorpe U. have come away with 7 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 3 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 Aug | Brentford | 2 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Scunthorpe U. | 3 - 2 | Brentford | FAC |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 21 Mar | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 12 Nov | Brentford | 4 - 3 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 10 Apr | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 0 | Brentford | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 20 Oct | Brentford | 2 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Scunthorpe United have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 12 to 11.
The Bees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Bees, and 7 goals against.
Scunthorpe U. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 2 points from their 4 games thus far. Brentford are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 8 points from 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brentford are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Scunthorpe U. | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. |
| Brentford | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |