Team England PRE-MATCH REPORT ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 1 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT England ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 RESULTS ENGLAND SCOTLAND Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 France 17-24 L 1 Ireland 12-19 L 2 Scotland 13-6 W 2 England 6-13 L 3 Ireland 24-12 W 3 Italy 17-0 W 4 Wales 33-30 W 4 France 28-17 W 5 Italy 34-5 W 5 Wales 14-10 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 121 3 POINTS 77 5 24.2 3 POINTS / MATCH 15.4 5 14 3 TRIES SCORED 7 5 2.8 3 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 1.40 5 57.9% 4 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 45.5% 6 AGAINST 77 5 POINTS CONCEDED 59 6 15.4 5 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 11.8 6 9 5 TRIES CONCEDED 5 6 1.80 5 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 1.00 6 58.4% 2 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 42.4% 6 TYPES OF PLAY England Scotland 47.3% 48.3% 37.6% 42.6% 15.1% 9.1% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Owen Farrell 48 POINTS Adam Hastings 41 Ben Youngs 2 TRIES SCORED Sean Maitland 2 George Ford 4 TRY ASSISTS Adam Hastings 2 Tom Curry 47 CARRIES Jamie Ritchie 50 Jonny May 247.3 METRES CARRIED Stuart Hogg 470.4 Ben Youngs 5 OFFLOADS Hamish Watson 3 Maro Itoje 80 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Hamish Watson 76 Maro Itoje 22 DOMINANT TACKLES Scott Cummings 10 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES England Scotland Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 7.1% 9.5% Penalty Try Scored 30.0% 0.0% Penalty Shot Scored 7.1% Drop Goal Scored Points / Points / 0.0% Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 2.58 1.19 57.5% 0.0% 76.2% 0.0% Opponent 22 entries / match 8.0 Opponent 22 entries / match 8.4 Rank 3 Rank 2 The number of occasions a team has entered the opposition 22 and how many points they have scored with the entries. The 22 entry will also be calculated per ‘play’ and not simply crossing the 22m line on multiple occasions in a play. POWER GAME England Scotland 47.3% 45.7% 28.9% 31.6% 23.8% 22.7% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 505 Metres carried / match 659 Line breaks / match 2.6 Line breaks / match 4.4 The Power Game determines the direct impact of a team that dominates action areas including effectiveness of reaching the gainline, metres carried, and line breaks. DOMINANT TACKLES / TACKLE COUNT England Scotland % Tackles dominant % Turnover Tackles 9.5% 13.4% 7.5% 9.3% 2.2% % Other Made Tackles 2.2% % Missed Tackles 74.9% 81.1% This stat shows the defensive strength and structure of the team through Dominant Tackles which put pressure on the attacking team ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 HEAD TO HEAD - The last time England hosted Scotland in the Six Nations they drew 38-38, the visitors clawing back the biggest ever half-time deficit (-24 pts, 7-31) by a side to avoid defeat in the tournament’s history, almost snatching victory before a late George Ford try levelled the match. - Scotland have never beaten England at Twickenham in the Six Nations (D1, L9), their last victory against them there came in 1983 in the Five Nations (22-12). - England have lost just one of their last 12 Six Nations clashes with Scotland (W9, D2), that defeat coming at BT Murrayfield in 2018; overall England have lost just four times against Scotland in the Six Nations (also 2000, 2006 and 2008). - England defeated Scotland 13-6 at a wet and windy BT Murrayfield in the 2020 Six Nations – that match saw Eddie Jones’ side lead 3-0 at halftime, the joint lowest scoring half in a Six Nations game (level with Scotland v Ireland in 2013 and England v Ireland in 2014). - England and Scotland first faced each other 150 years ago, in 1871, with Scotland winning in Edinburgh in what was the first international rugby union fixture. COMMON STATISTICS - Scotland enjoyed the most territory (56%) of any team in the Six Nations in 2020, while England recorded the second most (54%); only Ireland (13.6%) spent a higher proportion of their time in possession inside their opponents 22 than England (12.4%). - England made 116 dominant tackles in the 2020 Six Nations, the only side to reach triple figures in this category, Scotland made the third most but still 40 fewer than England (76, France 98). - Scotland successfully made 93% of their attempted tackles in the 2020 Six Nations, the best rate of any side, while England boasted the second best rate (91%). - England and Scotland each scored three tries originating from counter attacks in last year’s Six Nations, only France (4) scored more in that fashion. - Scotland conceded just five tries in the Six Nations in 2020, fewer than any other nation; England were the only other team to concede fewer than 10 tries in the tournament last year (9). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. 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PRE-MATCH REPORT ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ENGLAND STATISTICS - England have lost just one of their last 21 home games in the Six Nations (W19, D1), a 15-24 loss to Ireland in 2018; they have picked up a try scoring bonus point in half of their games at Twickenham (5/10) since the system was introduced to the Championship in 2017. - England have won 17 of 21 previous Round 1 matches in the Six Nations, the best rate of any nation, Scotland have the joint worst rate with Italy (3/21). - In 2020 England won their seventh Six Nations title, no other team has won more than five (since 2000); they’ve won three of the five editions since Eddie Jones took charge in 2016, only Bernard Laporte has more Championship wins since 2000 (4 - Gatland, Woodward, Schmidt also 3). - Eight of England’s 14 tries (57%) in the 2020 Six Nations came from first phase possession, no other side scored as many or as high a ratio of their tries in that fashion. - England’s Owen Farrell has scored exactly 1000 Test points (incl. Lions), one of just six men to reach that milestone (also D Carter, J Wilkinson, N Jenkins, R O’Gara, D Dominguez); Farrell is just four points away from scoring his 100th against Scotland, they’d be the seventh nation he’s reached a century of Test points against (also Australia, Wales, South Africa, Italy, Ireland, France). SCOTLAND STATISTICS - Scotland concluded the 2020 Six Nations by winning their last three games in a row, their best ever run in Championship history (since 2000); they conceded the fewest points (59) and tries (5) of any side in the 2020 edition of the competition. - Scotland made 553 carries for 3,297 metres in last year’s Six Nations, their average carry distance of six metres was the best rate of any nation in the tournament in 2020. - Scotland were one of just two teams not to receive a card of any colour in the Six Nations last year (also Wales). In fact, they’ve been shown just one in total in their last three campaigns – a yellow card against Italy in Round 1 of 2019. - Jamie Ritchie won four turnovers during last year’s Six Nations, only CJ Stander (5) won more; Ritchie also made 50 carries and 54 tackles, one of just five players to make 50+ in each category (also CJ Stander, Gregory Alldritt, Jake Polledri and James Ryan). - Scotland’s Stuart Hogg has gained 3,003 metres with ball in hand in his Six Nations career (41 games), only Sergio Parisse (3,088) has gained more. ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ENGLAND STATISTICS ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT POINTS SCORED ENGLAND - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 Championship Statistic Team Rank Average Points scored 121 3 21.0 Points scored / match 24.2 3 21.0 Tries scored 14 3 2.47 Tries scored / match 2.80 3 2.47 % Points scored from tries 57.9% 4 59.0% Conversion success % 85.7% 2 76.7% Successful penalties / match 1.80 3 1.63 Penalty shot success % 75.0% 3 77.8% POINTS PER MATCH 33 34 24 17 13 1 2 3 4 5 W L POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 21 (17.4%) Try-From Counter Attack 3 (21.43%) 11'-20' 9 (7.4%) 21'-30' 7 (5.8%) Try-From Lineout 9 (64.29%) 31'-HT 13 (10.7%) HT-50' 10 (8.3%) Try-From Scrum 1 (7.14%) 51'-60' 17 (14.0%) 61'-70' 31 (25.6%) Try-From Turnover 1 (7.14%) 71'-80' 13 (10.7%) ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT KICKS AT GOAL ENGLAND - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS Opponent Minute Player Italy 73 Owen Farrell Conversion missed 68 Owen Farrell Conversion missed 52 Owen Farrell Conversion made 42 Owen Farrell Conversion made 13 Owen Farrell Penalty made 6 Owen Farrell Conversion made Wales 62 Owen Farrell Conversion made 52 George Ford Penalty made 45 Owen Farrell Penalty made 39 Owen Farrell Penalty made 34 Owen Farrell Conversion made 16 Owen Farrell Penalty made 6 Owen Farrell Conversion made Ireland 64 Owen Farrell Conversion made 40 Owen Farrell Penalty made 25 Owen Farrell Conversion made 9 Owen Farrell Conversion made Scotland 77 Owen Farrell Penalty made 71 Owen Farrell Conversion made 66 Owen Farrell Penalty missed CONVERSIONS Owen Farrell 2 (14.3%) Made: 12 Rank: 1 12 (85.7%) PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL George Ford Owen Farrell 3 (27.3%) Made: 1 Made: 8 1 (100.0%) Rank: 7 Rank: 2 8 (72.7%) Ranks across total successful kicks ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020.