Blues visit Boro as the battle hots up

Currently on a run of five games without defeat, Wycombe Wanderers travel to Stevenage on Saturday for their 40th league game of the season.


The league table currently shows Wycombe in 21st place with 40 points from 39 games. Boro are 7th with 58 points from 38 games.

Boro's Home Record........W 7 - D 8 - L 3....Pts 29...Ppg 1.61 (Rank-9)

Wycombe Away Record...W 4 - D 3 - L 12...Pts 15...Ppg 0.79 (Rank-21)


Both these clubs were promoted last season.

Wycombe went up automatically after finishing third with 80 points while Boro won the play-offs after finishing in 6th place with 69 points.

This season it's a different matter and the Chairboys are battling relegation while Boro are challenging for the play-offs yet again.

The main reason appears to be their respective defensive capabilities.

Both sides have scored 65 goals in all competitions this season.

The difference is, Wycombe have conceded 85 goals and Boro only 45.

Boro have also kept 17 clean sheets to the Chairboys' 4.

Here are all the stats....


Boro's last five games (All Competitions)

Lg1: Oldham (H)..............Won 1-0

Lg1: Hartlepool (A).........Drew 0-0

Lg1: Colchester (H).........Drew 0-0

Lg1: Walsall (A)..............Drew 1-1

Lg1: Bournemouth (H).....Drew 2-2



Wycombe's last five games (All Competitions)

Lg1: Orient (H)..................Won 4-2

Lg1: Colchester (H)..........Drew 0-0

Lg1: Bury (A)....................Won 4-1

Lg1: Exeter (A).................Won 3-1

Lg1: Franchise (A)............Drew 1-1



Boro's Goal Stats (46 games in all Competitions)

Goals Scored (Total)............Lg: 53...Cups: 12...Total: 65

Goals Conceded (Total)........Lg: 36...Cups: 9.....Total: 45

Goals Scored (Home)...........Lg: 28...Cups: 4.....Total: 32

Goals Conceded (Home).......Lg: 20...Cups: 4.....Total: 24

Clean Sheets.......................Lg: 12...Cups: 5.....Total: 17



Wycombe's Goal Stats (44 games in all Competitions)

Goals Scored (Total).............Lg: 57...Cups: 8.....Total: 65

Goals Conceded (Total).........Lg: 72...Cups: 13...Total: 85

Goals Scored (Away)............Lg: 26...Cups: 0.....Total: 26

Goals Conceded (Away)........Lg: 41...Cups: 2.....Total: 43

Clean Sheets........................Lg: 4.....Cups: 0.....Total: 4



Boro's Top Goal Scorers - (All Competitions)

Chris Beardsley...........9

Scott Laird...................8 (inc 2 pens)

Michael Bostwick..........7

Lawrie Wilson..............6

Mark Roberts...............5

Darius Charles.............5

Three other players have each scored 4 goals.

One other player has scored 3 goals.

Three other players have each scored 2 goals.

One other player has scored 1 goal.



Wycombe's Top Goal Scorers - (All Competitions)

Stuart Beavon.........22

Marcello Trotta..........8

Paul Hayes...............6

Scott Donnelly..........5 (inc 2 pens)

Joel Grant................4

Ben Strevens...........4

Three other players have each scored 2 goals.

Nine other players have each scored 1 goal.



Boro Shooting (Top-3) - All Competitions

Michael Bostwick..36 on-target...42 off-target...0 against woodwork

Chris Beardsley...29 on-target...23 off-target...0 against woodwork

Luke Freeman......21 on-target...19 off-target...0 against woodwork



Wycombe Shooting (Top-3) - All Competitions

Stuart Beavon......58 on-target...19 off-target...0 against woodwork

Joel Grant............18 on-target...13 off-target...0 against woodwork

Stuart Lewis.........13 on-target...15 off-target...1 against woodwork



Shooting (Club) - League Games Only

Boro..........203 on target...186 off target...6 against w'work (Rank-16)

Wycombe...186 on target...164 off target...6 against w'work (Rank-21)



Most Assists

Boro - Freeman, Bostwick & Wilson.....6

Wycombe - Gareth Ainsworth.............6



League Form Guide

All Season

Boro..........Pld: 38...W: 14...D: 16...L: 8.....Pts: 58...Pts per game: 1.53

Wycombe...Pld: 39...W: 11...D: 7.....L: 21...Pts: 40...Pts per game: 1.03



First-half of the season

Boro...........Pld: 23...W: 10...D: 8...L: 5.....Pts: 38...Pts per game: 1.65

Wycombe....Pld: 23...W: 5.....D: 5...L: 13...Pts: 20...Pts per game: 0.87



Second-half of the season

Boro...........Pld: 15...W: 4...D: 8...L: 3...Pts: 20...Pts per game: 1.33

Wycombe....Pld: 16...W: 6...D: 2...L: 8...Pts: 20...Pts per game: 1.25



Last Five league Games

Boro..............WDDDD - 7 points (Rank-8)

Wycombe.....WDWWD - 11 points (Rank-4)



Last Five League Games (Home)

Boro..............DDWDD - 7 points (Rank-14)



Last Five League Games (Away)

Wycombe.........LLLWW - 6 points (Rank-12)



Against Top Half Opposition

Boro.............Pld: 19...Pts: 29...Pts per game: 1.53...(Rank-4)

Wycombe......Pld: 19...Pts: 14...Pts per game: 0.74...(Rank-20)



Against Bottom Half Opposition

Boro............Pld: 19...Pts: 29...Pts per game: 1.53...(Rank-13)

Wycombe.....Pld: 20...Pts: 26...Pts per game: 1.30...(Rank-22)



Previous League Meetings

2010/11 Lg2: Stevenage 0 Wycombe 2

2010/11 Lg2: Wycombe 0 Stevenage 1

2011/12 Lg1: Wycombe 0 Stevenage 1



The Man In The Middle

Saturday's referee is James Linington from the Isle of Wight who was promoted to the National List of Referees in 2008. Last season he took charge of Wycombe's 2-0 win at Gillingham and their controversial 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury Town. Earlier this season he refereed the 1-0 home win over Sheffield United. During the current campaign he's issued 7 red and 99 yellow cards in 31 games.



Prediction

Stevenage 1 Wycombe 1

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