# Scunthorpe United v Solihull Moors — the Match Wizard National League, game week 4 — Friday, 28 August 2026, kick-off 19:45 UK time. > The wizard is price-blind: four steps on played-match facts alone, then your appraisal — and only then the market. Read it in order. Nothing here is a tip or a selection. Scunthorpe United: 50 league matches in the bank, 3 from this season and the rest from last season. Solihull Moors: 49 league matches in the bank, 3 from this season and the rest from last season. Look and learn: it is early in the season, so nearly everything counted here was earned last season -- by squads and dugouts a summer window may have reshaped. Treat the first five weeks as pointers while the new shapes settle, not proof. ## Step 1 of 4 — The table **The table makes Scunthorpe United the bigger side: 5th against 14th of 24 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Scunthorpe United takes 1.81 points a game, Solihull Moors 0.88 -- the block form is Scunthorpe United's.** Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart? ### Scunthorpe United -- at home - **Where it stands:** Stands 19th of 24 after 3 games, with 1 point -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 5th of 24 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 3 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the middle block (9th to 16th). Against that block it has won 8, drew 5, lost 3 of 16 -- 29 points of 48. At home against them: won 5 of 9. Away against them: won 3 of 7. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 7, drew 5, lost 5 of 17 (1.53 a game); against the middle block won 8, drew 5, lost 3 of 16 (1.81 a game); against the bottom block won 8, drew 4, lost 5 of 17 (1.65 a game). ### Solihull Moors -- away - **Where it stands:** Stands 24th of 24 after 3 games, with 0 points -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 14th of 24 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the middle block (9th to 16th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 3 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 8th). Against that block it has won 3, drew 6, lost 8 of 17 -- 15 points of 51. At home against them: won 2 of 9. Away against them: won 1 of 8. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 3, drew 6, lost 8 of 17 (0.88 a game); against the middle block won 4, drew 2, lost 9 of 15 (0.93 a game); against the bottom block won 7, drew 6, lost 3 of 16 (1.69 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1 (0.00 a game). ## Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form **+0.67 points a game is the venue form gap, in Scunthorpe United's favour: Scunthorpe United takes 1.84 a game at home over the last two seasons, Solihull Moors 1.17 away.** Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so. ### Scunthorpe United -- at home - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season at home: won 0, drew 1, lost 0 of 1, scoring 1 and conceding 1. Last season at home: won 13, drew 6, lost 5 of 24, scoring 40 and conceding 29 -- 1.88 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Eastleigh 2-3 away; lost to Southend United 0-1 away; drew with Yeovil Town 1-1 at home; lost to Rochdale 1-2 away; beat Southend United 1-0 at home. The last 2 of these are from last season. - **The dugout:** Every one of the 20 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Andy Butler. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ### Solihull Moors -- away - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season away: won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1, scoring 2 and conceding 5. Last season away: won 6, drew 10, lost 7 of 23, scoring 27 and conceding 30 -- 1.22 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Southend United 1-3 at home; lost to Boston United 0-2 at home; lost to Harrogate Town 2-5 away; beat Yeovil Town 4-1 away; lost to Boston United 0-3 at home. The last 2 of these are from last season. - **The dugout:** The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 3 different managers took its 21 matches with one recorded (10, 10, 1 apiece), most recently Chris Millington with 10. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ## Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come **Scunthorpe United scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Solihull Moors scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Scunthorpe United's strongest scoring spell is exactly where Solihull Moors is softest.** Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference. Side by side: Scunthorpe United scores most in the 76-90+ band (18 of 82); Scunthorpe United concedes most in the 76-90+ band (17 of 69); Solihull Moors scores most in the 76-90+ band (16 of 74); Solihull Moors concedes most in the 76-90+ band (21 of 82). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask. ### Scunthorpe United -- at home - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.6 and concedes 1.4 a game over its last 50 league matches; at home, 1.6 for and 1.2 against over 25. - **When it scores:** Of 82 scored across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 8; 16-30: 10; 31-45+: 15; 46-60: 17; 61-75: 14; 76-90+: 18. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 18 of 82 (22%). - **When it concedes:** Of 69 conceded across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 10; 16-30: 14; 31-45+: 10; 46-60: 12; 61-75: 6; 76-90+: 17. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 17 of 69 (25%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 24 of its 50 read -- then won 17, drew 6, lost 1; conceded first in 25 -- pulled back 6 wins and 7 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 28 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 12 of its 50 read, winning 12 of them; trailed by two in 10, rescuing 2 results; was ahead at some point without winning in 9. ### Solihull Moors -- away - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.5 and concedes 1.7 a game over its last 49 league matches; away, 1.2 for and 1.5 against over 24. - **When it scores:** Of 74 scored across its own 49 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 11; 16-30: 13; 31-45+: 14; 46-60: 11; 61-75: 9; 76-90+: 16. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 16 of 74 (22%). - **When it concedes:** Of 82 conceded across its own 49 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 6; 16-30: 11; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 19; 61-75: 14; 76-90+: 21. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 21 of 82 (26%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 25 of its 49 read -- then won 13, drew 8, lost 4; conceded first in 20 -- pulled back 1 win and 2 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 8 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 13 of its 49 read, winning 10 of them; trailed by two in 14, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 13. ## Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets **Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 56% of their games, both teams scoring in 62%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 41%. On the record this leans a goals match.** Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds. How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Scunthorpe United's numbers over its games, Solihull Moors's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so. For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Scunthorpe United's own 25 home matches read, one appeared in 9 (36%). In Solihull Moors's own 24 away matches read, 11 (46%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 41% of games. ### Scunthorpe United -- at home - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 29 of its own 50 (58%); over 1.5 in 42 (84%); over 3.5 in 17 (34%). At home: over 2.5 in 13 of its 25 (52%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 35 of its own 50 (70%). At home: 15 of its 25 (60%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 9 of its own 50 (18%); failed to score in 7 (14%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Scunthorpe United's own 50 matches read: Scunthorpe United or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 22 (44%). Scunthorpe United itself held the lead in 12, winning 12. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 9 of 25. ### Solihull Moors -- away - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 26 of its own 49 (53%); over 1.5 in 39 (80%); over 3.5 in 17 (35%). Away: over 2.5 in 9 of its 24 (38%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 26 of its own 49 (53%). Away: 13 of its 24 (54%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 12 of its own 49 (24%); failed to score in 15 (31%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Solihull Moors's own 49 matches read: Solihull Moors or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 26 (53%). Solihull Moors itself held the lead in 13, winning 10. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 11 of 24. ## Your appraisal — and now the market **The table makes Scunthorpe United the bigger side: 5th against 14th of 24 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Scunthorpe United takes 1.81 points a game, Solihull Moors 0.88 -- the block form is Scunthorpe United's. +0.67 points a game is the venue form gap, in Scunthorpe United's favour: Scunthorpe United takes 1.84 a game at home over the last two seasons, Solihull Moors 1.17 away. Scunthorpe United scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Solihull Moors scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Scunthorpe United's strongest scoring spell is exactly where Solihull Moors is softest. Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 56% of their games, both teams scoring in 62%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 41%. On the record this leans a goals match.** If the pattern holds -- and a pattern is a shape, not a promise: the first blow is even money on the record (24 of 50 and 25 of 49); a one-goal lead has not been safe in Scunthorpe United's hands -- ahead without winning in 9 of 50; a one-goal lead has not been safe in Solihull Moors's hands -- ahead without winning in 13 of 49; Scunthorpe United finds its goals latest of all -- 18 of its 82 after the 75th, and Solihull Moors concedes most in that same spell; Solihull Moors finds its goals latest of all -- 16 of its 74 after the 75th, and Scunthorpe United concedes most in that same spell; the last quarter-hour is where this fixture's money is likeliest to move. That read is built from the four steps, with no price in your ear -- the steps hold the evidence if you want the post-mortem. Now the market gets its say. Where it agrees with you it got there first; where it does not, your read and the crowd's disagree -- that is the conversation this tool exists to set up, and no measured edge backs either side of it. The tissue is a plain goals model: Scunthorpe United 1.53 goals expected, Solihull Moors 1.13, from two seasons of scoring rates (25 home matches and 24 away in the bank), shrunk toward the division average. It is calibrated against nothing and claims no edge -- it exists to make your view concrete before the market speaks. - **Match result:** Our tissue: Scunthorpe United 2.16 (46%), the draw 3.93 (25%), Solihull Moors 3.54 (28%). The market's averages: 1.69, 3.65 and 3.80. The widest gap is on Scunthorpe United: the market is shorter (1.69) than our 2.16 -- it rates that outcome more than we do. - **Over or under 2.5 goals:** Our tissue: over 2.5 2.01 (50%), under 2.5 1.99 (50%). The market's averages: over 2.5 1.57, under 2.5 2.21. The market is shorter than our number on over 2.5. - **Both teams to score:** Our tissue: yes 1.88 (53%), no 2.13 (47%). The market's averages: yes 1.53, no 2.30. The market is shorter than our number on yes. - **The 2UP fact:** For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Scunthorpe United's own 25 home matches read, one appeared in 9 (36%). In Solihull Moors's own 24 away matches read, 11 (46%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 41% of games. No tissue is offered for this -- the played-match rates above are the honest read. The market figures are the AVERAGE pre-match odds our feed records across books, not a best price -- a shaded average, so small gaps mean nothing. ## Half-time The HTML page reads the second half from any half-time score you give it: /football/wizard/national-league/2026-08-28/scunthorpe-united-v-solihull-moors/halftime/ Built 2026-08-25T23:02:25+00:00 from matches completed before kick-off.