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Analysis of our defence (league games)

By StirlingBoro9114/4 14:48Tue Apr 14 14:48:58 2026

As a disclaimer, I totted up our results by hand, so apologies for any mistakes (and I posted this earlier with some glaring issues that are now hopefully gone). Also, apologies for the formatting. I have no idea how to paste tables in.

Games Played: 41

Clean Sheets - 17 (41.46%)
Games conceded 1 goal - 14 (34.15%)
Games conceded just 2 goals - 6 (14.63%)
Games conceded 3 goals - 4 (9.76%)

August: Played 6 - Conceded 4 - Goals conceded per game 0.67
September: Played 3 - Conceded 4 - Goals conceded per game 1.33
October: Played 3 - Conceded 2 - Goals conceded per game 0.67
November: Played 4 - Conceded 1 - Goals conceded per game 0.25
December: Played 5 - Conceded 6 - Goals conceded per game 1.2
January: Played 7 - Conceded 10 - Goals conceded per game 1.43
February: Played 5 - Conceded 8 - Goals conceded per game 1.6
March: Played 5 - Conceded 3 - Goals conceded per game 0.6
April: Played 3 - Conceded 0 - Goals conceded per game 0

Average goals conceded per game: 0.93

August: Played 6 (W5 L1) - 3 clean sheets, 2 games conceded 1 goal, 1 game conceded 2 goals.
September: Played 3 (W2 D1 )- 2 games conceded 1 goal, 1 game conceded 2 goals.
October: Played 3 (W1 D1 L1) - 1 clean sheets, 2 games conceded 1 goal.
November: Played 4 (W1 D2 L1) - 3 clean sheets, 1 game conceded 1 goal
December: Played 5 (W1 D2 L2) - 1 clean sheet, 2 games conceded 1 goal, 2 games conceded 2 goals.
January: Played 7 (W1 D3 L3) - 2 clean sheets, 2 games conceded 1 goal, 1 game conceded 2 goals, 2 games conceded 3 goals
February: Played 5 (W3 L2) - 1 clean sheet, 2 games conceded 1 goal, 2 games conceded 3 goals
March: Played 5 (W3 L2) - 3 clean sheets, 1 game conceded 1 goal, 1 game conceded 2 goals.
April: Played 3 (W2 D1) - 3 clean sheets.

Clean Sheets - 12 wins (70%), 5 draws (30%)
1 Goal Conceded - 5 wins (35.71%), 4 draws (28.57%), 5 losses (35.71%)
2 Goals Conceded - 2 wins (33.33%), 1 draw (16.67%), 3 losses (50%)
3 Goals Conceded - 4 losses (100%)

Clean Sheets
Home - 11 (64.71%)
Away - 6 (35.29%)

Teams that have scored 1 goal against us in a game:

Huddersfield (Away)
Port Vale (Home and Away)
Exeter (Home)
Mansfield (Home and Away)
Bradford (Home)
Lincoln (Away)
Reading (Away)
Stockport (Home and Away)
Cardiff (Home)
Plymouth (Home and Away)

Home - 7 (50%)
Away - 7 (50%)

Teams that have scored 2 goals against us in a game:

Blackpool (Away)
Orient (Home and Away)
Cardiff (Away)
Burton (Home)
Luton (Away)

Home - 2 (33.33%)
Away - 4 (66.67%)

Teams that have scored 3 goals against us in a game:

Barnsley (Away)
Exeter (Away)
Wycombe (Away)
Northampton (Away)

Home - 0 (0%)
Away - 4 (100%)

Teams that have scored against us:

Huddersfield - 1
Bradford - 1
Lincoln - 1
Reading - 1
Port Vale - 2
Plymouth - 2
Mansfield - 2
Stockport - 2
Blackpool - 2
Burton - 2
Luton - 2
Cardiff - 3
Barnsley - 3
Wycombe - 3
Northampton - 3
Exeter - 4
Orient - 4

Teams that haven’t scored against us:

Doncaster
Rotherham
Wigan
Wimbledon

Record against the top half:

Barnsley (12th) L 3-1 (A)
Wycombe (11th) W - 1-0 (H) L 3-1 (A)
Luton (10th) W 2-0 (H) L 2-1 (A)
Reading (9th) L 1-0 (A) W 1-0 (H)
Huddersfield (8th) L 1-0 (A) W 1-0 (H)
Plymouth (7th) D 1-1 (H) L 1-0 (A)
Stockport (5th) W 1-3 (A) W 2-1 (H)
Bolton (4th) D 0-0 (H)
Bradford (3rd) D 1-1 (H) W 0-1 (A)
Cardiff (2nd) L 0-1 (H) L 3-1 (A)
Lincoln (1st) L 1-0 (A)

Against teams currently in the playoffs, we’ve played 5 - W3 D2 - Conceding 3 goals (2 at home, 1 away) - won 60%, drawn 40% - clean sheets 60%, conceded +1 goal 40%.

Against teams above us, we’ve played 8 - W3 D2 L3 - Conceding 8 goals (3 at home, 5 away) 37.5% won 25%, drawn 25%, lost 37.5% - clean sheets 25%, conceded +1 goal 62.5%, conceded +3 goals, 12.5%.

If I've repeated any information or made any errors, I apologise again, but I just wanted to highlight how insanely good our defence has been. Our clean sheet rate is immense, and to think a combined 31 games (75.61%) we've conceded no more than 1 goal is frankly absurd.

Our record against the sides currently in the playoffs also gives me some hope for if we do make it there in May.

Games to come (with our last league result against each):

Bolton (A) - 0-0 at home
Lincoln (H) 1-0 loss away
Barnsley (H) 3-1 loss away
Doncaster (A) 0-0 at home
Wigan (H) 0-0 away

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