Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cambridge United & Portsmouth face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cambridge United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the EFL Trophy for Cambridge United, as the manager Bonner led his troops to eliminate Oxford United, Stevenage, Tottenham U21 and Walsall, and reach the 3rd Round. Cambridge United was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the EFL Trophy.When playing at home in the League One, Cambridge United have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games. 3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the EFL Trophy for Cambridge United.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 272 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ironside was the last player to find the net.
Happy days for Cambridge United in their previous game, a FA Cup match away at Newcastle United that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Portsmouth that ended 0-0.There will be little rest for Cambridge United after this match as they are travelling to Lincoln City for a League One game in only four days.
Cambridge United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Cambridge have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated AFC Wimbledon, Exeter City, Sutton United and Crystal Palace U21 in order to reach 3rd round of EFL Trophy. Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Total EFL Trophy statistics for Portsmouth: 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Portsmouth goalkeeper Alex Bass is eager to challenge this, with his 516 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Portsmouth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Exeter City. Curtis came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Exeter City last time out, making the manager Cowley feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Curtis scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Exeter City.
Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Cambridge United that ended 0-0.After this away game Portsmouth return home for a League One game against Milton Keynes Dons. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Portsmouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Portsmouth have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Cambridge United one win, one draw and Portsmouth six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ironside 11 goals |  M. Harness 9 goals |  S. Smith 5 goals |
Cambridge United missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Cambridge United | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 13 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 50 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 50 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 40 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 37 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 35 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 30 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 27 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 25 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 23 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -20 | 18 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 30 | -28 | 16 |
