Tranmere Rovers 4-0 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 8 January 2022

Result

Tranmere Rovers 4-0 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Saturday 8 January 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Tranmere Rovers · Scunthorpe United · League Two predictions

Tranmere Rovers 4-0 Scunthorpe United: match report

Tranmere Rovers won against Scunthorpe United 4-0 in the League Two on Saturday 8 January 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Charlie Jolley opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Charlie Jolley (23'), Elliott Nevitt (31'), Sam Foley (75') and Ryan Watson (89'). Scunthorpe United did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 4th on 38 points from 22 and Scunthorpe United 23rd on 19 points from 23. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Scunthorpe United 24th with 26.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Davies of Tranmere Rovers (7.8), level with Ryan Watson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tranmere Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Scunthorpe United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Charlie JolleyTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · George TaftScunthorpe United
  • 31'Goal · Elliott NevittTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · L. O'ConnorTranmere Rovers
  • 75'Goal · Sam FoleyTranmere Rovers · 3-0
  • 89'Goal · Ryan WatsonTranmere Rovers · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 4, draws 3, Scunthorpe United 3.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Peter Clarke, C. MacDonald, Liam Feeney, Jay Spearing, Lee O'Connor, Josh McPake, Charlie Jolley, Elliott Nevitt

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Rory Watson, Devarn Green, Harry Davis, George Taft, Mason O'Malley, Jai Rowe, Myles Hippolyte, Dan Gallimore, Tom Pugh, Hayden Hackney, Harry Bunn