League One match prediction: Little separates Accrington Stanley and Cambridge United in quality

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

Accrington Stanley - Cambridge United: League One dungeon occupants desperate for points and praise. Check out all the interesting statistics and facts before the game!

Insights:
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in League One
  • Cambridge United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Relegation threatens Accrington Stanley who should definitely be looking for some points here.

The hosts Accrington saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. That game was an away game at Bolton Wanderers, so at least Accrington Stanley are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Accrington Stanley have collected 23 points from their League One home games so far after 6-5-11. When Accrington Stanley hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons, Port Vale and Cheltenham Town), they have won 4 of 6 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Accrington, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Happy days for Accrington Stanley in their previous game, a fixture away at Bolton Wanderers (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. At last, a league win after four fixtures without one. Goalkeeper Jensen got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.43 out of ten. Jensen topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Accrington Stanley lost 0-1 at Portsmouth's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Accrington perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Accrington Stanley as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Accrington Stanley has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Accrington Stanley has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Accrington Stanley defense is not exactly impregnable. 37 goals conceded from 22 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United have only collected 12 points from their away games in the League One, after 3-3-15 (21 played).

Cambridge United are travelling again after losing away to Plymouth Argyle in their previous match (1-3). Smith has scored at least one goal for the away team six fixtures in a row. The competence! The attacker Smith got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Smith scored one goal.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cambridge playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Cambridge United wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cambridge United manager Bonner as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Burton Albion.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cambridge as they have only managed to score 15 times from 21 away games in the league. Cambridge United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 40 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Accrington and Cambridge United have duelled previously this season: Cambridge United - Accrington Stanley 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Accrington Stanley victories, three draws and two Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedS. Smith
S. Smith
12 goals
Accrington StanleyT. Leigh
T. Leigh
7 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
6 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Accrington Stanley Cambridge United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 21 43
10 6 4 Won W 2 3 11
11 5 1 Drew D 0 3 7
23 11 1 Lost L 4 15 25
37 26 10 Scored S 6 15 37
74 37 4 Conceded C 7 40 66
93% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
70% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 70%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 48% 44%
23% 27% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 14%
9% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 12%
39% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 48% 47%
25% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 10% 19%
43% 36% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 48% 42%
 
5 4.6 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.5 4.4
5.6 6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5 4.8
2.3 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.8
7 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 13.2 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.6 10.5
3.3 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.4
25% 32% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 26%
 
12.8 13.2 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 14 12.5
4.3 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.7 4.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in League One
  • Cambridge United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cambridge United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 44 29 8 7 78 46 22 19 1 2 43 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 32 95
2 Ipswich Town 44 27 13 4 93 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 22 12 7 3 39 20 60 94
3 Sheffield Wednesday 44 26 12 6 77 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 22 11 6 5 29 21 40 90
4 Barnsley 44 26 7 11 76 41 22 16 1 5 45 22 22 10 6 6 31 19 35 85
5 Bolton Wanderers 44 21 12 11 57 34 22 13 5 4 30 13 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 75
6 Derby County 44 21 12 11 66 44 22 13 5 4 39 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 75
7 Peterborough United 44 23 4 17 73 54 22 13 3 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 73
8 Portsmouth 44 17 17 10 58 47 22 9 10 3 32 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 11 68
9 Wycombe Wanderers 44 20 8 16 57 46 22 11 5 6 32 21 22 9 3 10 25 25 11 68
10 Lincoln City 44 13 20 11 44 44 22 6 14 2 21 17 22 7 6 9 23 27 0 59
11 Charlton Athletic 44 15 13 16 65 62 22 8 7 7 41 29 22 7 6 9 24 33 3 58
12 Fleetwood Town 44 14 15 15 51 47 22 7 7 8 23 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 4 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 43 16 8 19 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 28 22 6 5 11 20 28 -6 56
14 Exeter City 44 14 11 19 61 60 22 9 5 8 33 25 22 5 6 11 28 35 1 53
15 Bristol Rovers 43 14 10 19 55 68 22 6 7 9 25 33 21 8 3 10 30 35 -13 52
16 Burton Albion 43 14 10 19 56 78 21 8 6 7 27 33 22 6 4 12 29 45 -22 52
17 Cheltenham Town 44 13 11 20 40 59 22 8 7 7 23 25 22 5 4 13 17 34 -19 50
18 Port Vale 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 8 5 9 22 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -20 49
19 Oxford United 44 10 14 20 45 54 22 6 5 11 28 29 22 4 9 9 17 25 -9 44
20 Milton Keynes Dons 44 11 10 23 40 62 22 4 6 12 16 29 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 43
21 Morecambe 44 9 14 21 42 73 22 7 8 7 27 29 22 2 6 14 15 44 -31 41
22 Accrington Stanley 44 10 11 23 37 74 22 6 5 11 26 37 22 4 6 12 11 37 -37 41
23 Cambridge United 43 11 7 25 37 66 22 8 4 10 22 26 21 3 3 15 15 40 -29 40
24 Forest Green Rovers 44 6 9 29 31 84 22 5 2 15 15 39 22 1 7 14 16 45 -53 27

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 44 29 8 7 78 46 22 19 1 2 43 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 32 95
2 Ipswich Town 44 27 13 4 93 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 22 12 7 3 39 20 60 94
3 Sheffield Wednesday 44 26 12 6 77 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 22 11 6 5 29 21 40 90
4 Barnsley 44 26 7 11 76 41 22 16 1 5 45 22 22 10 6 6 31 19 35 85
5 Bolton Wanderers 44 21 12 11 57 34 22 13 5 4 30 13 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 75
6 Derby County 44 21 12 11 66 44 22 13 5 4 39 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 75
7 Peterborough United 44 23 4 17 73 54 22 13 3 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 73
8 Portsmouth 44 17 17 10 58 47 22 9 10 3 32 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 11 68
9 Wycombe Wanderers 44 20 8 16 57 46 22 11 5 6 32 21 22 9 3 10 25 25 11 68
10 Lincoln City 44 13 20 11 44 44 22 6 14 2 21 17 22 7 6 9 23 27 0 59
11 Charlton Athletic 44 15 13 16 65 62 22 8 7 7 41 29 22 7 6 9 24 33 3 58
12 Fleetwood Town 44 14 15 15 51 47 22 7 7 8 23 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 4 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 43 16 8 19 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 28 22 6 5 11 20 28 -6 56
14 Exeter City 44 14 11 19 61 60 22 9 5 8 33 25 22 5 6 11 28 35 1 53
15 Bristol Rovers 43 14 10 19 55 68 22 6 7 9 25 33 21 8 3 10 30 35 -13 52
16 Burton Albion 43 14 10 19 56 78 21 8 6 7 27 33 22 6 4 12 29 45 -22 52
17 Cheltenham Town 44 13 11 20 40 59 22 8 7 7 23 25 22 5 4 13 17 34 -19 50
18 Port Vale 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 8 5 9 22 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -20 49
19 Oxford United 44 10 14 20 45 54 22 6 5 11 28 29 22 4 9 9 17 25 -9 44
20 Milton Keynes Dons 44 11 10 23 40 62 22 4 6 12 16 29 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 43
21 Morecambe 44 9 14 21 42 73 22 7 8 7 27 29 22 2 6 14 15 44 -31 41
22 Accrington Stanley 44 10 11 23 37 74 22 6 5 11 26 37 22 4 6 12 11 37 -37 41
23 Cambridge United 43 11 7 25 37 66 22 8 4 10 22 26 21 3 3 15 15 40 -29 40
24 Forest Green Rovers 44 6 9 29 31 84 22 5 2 15 15 39 22 1 7 14 16 45 -53 27

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.