- Head-to-head: Woking have won two of their last three visits to Scunthorpe in recent head-to-head contests.
- Home form: Scunthorpe have won 2, tied 1 and lost 2 of their 5 National League 2026/2027 home matches so far.
Two sides struggling in National League
Two National League sides struggling near the bottom of the National League come head-to-head at Glanford Park this Saturday when 22nd-placed Scunthorpe United, who've accumulated 10 points from their 12 matches to date, take on 15th-placed Woking, who've put 15 points on the board in their 13 games.
Scunthorpe form
Andy Butler has led The Iron since 3 May 2024 and he's seen his side fall into the National League's relegation zone, so the Iron are clearly in the fight to get out of it.
Their form is poor overall with only one win and four defeats from their last five matches, with the latest result in that sequence being an away loss to AFC Fylde. That game followed an away loss to Barrow and a 4-1 victory over Hartlepool United – a run of results that seems to mirror the up-and-down nature of their game itself.
Woking form
Woking's form, by contrast, is a little more solid with two wins, a draw and two defeats from their last five, but they enter this game coming off a loss. The Cards beat Eastleigh 3-1 away, but then fell to a 0-1 home defeat to Harrogate Town – a result that should remind The Cards that their best option for success on the road is usually to nick it.
Head-to-head: a close and competitive affair
With Scunthorpe 2.38, Woking 2.51 and the draw 3.34, the market is certainly making this a close game and it should be, given that both sides have been solidly average so far this season.
Woking have taken the spoils in two of their last three trips to Scunthorpe, and the two sides have split their 4 most recent head-to-head matches 2-2 with no draws. Scunthorpe last won this fixture 2-1 away from home in the National League 2025/2026, but we're going to go for a 1-1 draw at Glanford Park.
Woking can nick it in transition
The market is in line with our selection, but we're tipping the away side to nick it at the very least because Scunthorpe have been so poor of late.
Butler's side are a flexible attacking team, but they're first and foremost a possession-first team, they're an aggressive team in that they like to press and force errors, but they're also an honest team in that they know what they are and they know what they aren't. They have no hope of matching the quality or the physicality of a team like Forest Green Rovers, but they can get the ball and they can play football.
Craig Ross has led Woking since 24 July 2026 and he's moulded a team that's compact in a block and direct in their running, while also playing on the transition with plenty of pace and sharpness. Scunthorpe's style should, in theory, pull Woking out of shape, while Ross' side will be licking their lips at the prospect of nicking it in those moments if the home side overcommit.
- Alfie Beestin is Scunthorpe's talisman in the National League 2026/2027, as he's the top scorer in their squad with 2 in 9.
- Woking have a true talisman in John Marquis, who's netted 6 in 6 in the National League 2026/2027, 5 of which have come in Woking's last 10 goals over the last 5 matches, so we're taking BTTS and over 2.5 goals here at 1.52 and 1.62.
