It's the EFL Trophy: Rotherham United and Cambridge United face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rotherham United or Cambridge United that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Rotherham United nor Cambridge United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Rotherham United form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 14 League One games here at AESSEAL New York Stadium for Rotherham United. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Rotherham United has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The Rotherham United club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Cheltenham Town and win 1-0. Rotherham United drew their last game, also a home match. Cheltenham Town was the opponent, 1-0 the score. Rotherham United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-0 versus Cheltenham Town. Defender Ihiekwe got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.91/10. Ihiekwe served one assist, hit four key passes and won 7 of 7 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Fleetwood Town with a 0-1 scoreline. A 0-1 draw away in the League One before that, with Fleetwood Town the opponent. A League One defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Fleetwood Town.

Rotherham are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost zero.

The manager Warne will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Crewe Alexandra in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Rotherham United are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 14 league matches. Rotherham United have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round.

Playing away, Cambridge United have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the League One this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the EFL Trophy stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

Cambridge United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Crewe Alexandra that finished 1-0. Home advantage was not enough for Cambridge United in their previous game as they lost hosting Crewe Alexandra, 1-0. Cambridge United are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Crewe Alexandra. Midfielder May was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. May scored one goal.

Before that, Cambridge United secured a home win against Doncaster Rovers with the score 3-1. A draw for Cambridge United before that, at their own venue hosting Doncaster Rovers (3-1). A loss against Doncaster Rovers was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Cambridge United played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

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

Cambridge United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. Cambridge United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last three meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Rotherham United, zero draws and zero wins for Cambridge United. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

RotherhamM. Smith
M. Smith
14 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
12 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
8 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Cambridge United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   12 25
17 12   Won W   4 11
6 3   Drew D   3 7
2 0   Lost L   5 7
55 41   Scored S   17 37
15 9   Conceded C   19 31
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
72% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
48% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
32% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 40%
24% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 12%
48% 60%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
44% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 32%
16% 7%   Failed to Score F T   17% 16%
 
7 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.9
3.5 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.7
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.8 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 9.9
5.6 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.7
39% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 40%
 
9.3 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 13.4
3.3 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 24 17 3 4 47 24 12 7 2 3 18 12 12 10 1 1 29 12 23 54
2 Sunderland 28 16 6 6 53 33 14 11 1 2 31 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 20 54
3 Rotherham United 26 16 5 5 46 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 28 53
4 Wycombe Wanderers 28 15 7 6 46 33 13 9 2 2 24 17 15 6 5 4 22 16 13 52
5 Milton Keynes Dons 27 13 7 7 46 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 6 4 3 28 18 14 46
6 Oxford United 27 13 7 7 43 31 15 9 4 2 30 15 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 46
7 Plymouth Argyle 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 5 4 4 22 18 10 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 26 10 10 6 36 32 11 6 4 1 19 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 4 40
9 Ipswich Town 27 10 8 9 45 37 14 6 6 2 25 19 13 4 2 7 20 18 8 38
10 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 29 25 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 12 13 4 38
11 Burton Albion 26 10 6 10 33 32 13 7 3 3 23 14 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 36
12 Cambridge United 27 9 9 9 37 39 15 5 6 4 19 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -2 36
13 Accrington Stanley 27 10 6 11 33 43 14 7 3 4 21 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 36
14 Charlton Athletic 27 9 6 12 34 32 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 2 33
15 Bolton Wanderers 26 9 5 12 33 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 -4 32
16 Lincoln City 26 8 7 11 31 34 13 3 3 7 12 17 13 5 4 4 19 17 -3 31
17 Cheltenham Town 27 7 10 10 32 46 14 5 5 4 17 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -14 31
18 Shrewsbury Town 27 8 6 13 26 30 14 7 3 4 17 13 13 1 3 9 9 17 -4 30
19 AFC Wimbledon 25 6 10 9 31 37 11 2 7 2 15 15 14 4 3 7 16 22 -6 28
20 Fleetwood Town 26 7 7 12 38 45 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 28
21 Morecambe 27 7 6 14 38 53 15 5 4 6 23 26 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 27
22 Crewe Alexandra 27 5 7 15 24 45 13 4 4 5 14 19 14 1 3 10 10 26 -21 22
23 Doncaster Rovers 27 5 4 18 19 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 1 1 12 8 33 -30 19
24 Gillingham 26 3 9 14 21 44 12 2 3 7 8 21 14 1 6 7 13 23 -23 18

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 Wigan Athletic 24 17 3 4 47 24 12 7 2 3 18 12 12 10 1 1 29 12 23 54
2 Sunderland 28 16 6 6 53 33 14 11 1 2 31 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 20 54
3 Rotherham United 26 16 5 5 46 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 28 53
4 Wycombe Wanderers 28 15 7 6 46 33 13 9 2 2 24 17 15 6 5 4 22 16 13 52
5 Milton Keynes Dons 27 13 7 7 46 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 6 4 3 28 18 14 46
6 Oxford United 27 13 7 7 43 31 15 9 4 2 30 15 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 46
7 Plymouth Argyle 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 5 4 4 22 18 10 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 26 10 10 6 36 32 11 6 4 1 19 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 4 40
9 Ipswich Town 27 10 8 9 45 37 14 6 6 2 25 19 13 4 2 7 20 18 8 38
10 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 29 25 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 12 13 4 38
11 Burton Albion 26 10 6 10 33 32 13 7 3 3 23 14 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 36
12 Cambridge United 27 9 9 9 37 39 15 5 6 4 19 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -2 36
13 Accrington Stanley 27 10 6 11 33 43 14 7 3 4 21 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 36
14 Charlton Athletic 27 9 6 12 34 32 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 2 33
15 Bolton Wanderers 26 9 5 12 33 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 -4 32
16 Lincoln City 26 8 7 11 31 34 13 3 3 7 12 17 13 5 4 4 19 17 -3 31
17 Cheltenham Town 27 7 10 10 32 46 14 5 5 4 17 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -14 31
18 Shrewsbury Town 27 8 6 13 26 30 14 7 3 4 17 13 13 1 3 9 9 17 -4 30
19 AFC Wimbledon 25 6 10 9 31 37 11 2 7 2 15 15 14 4 3 7 16 22 -6 28
20 Fleetwood Town 26 7 7 12 38 45 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 28
21 Morecambe 27 7 6 14 38 53 15 5 4 6 23 26 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 27
22 Crewe Alexandra 27 5 7 15 24 45 13 4 4 5 14 19 14 1 3 10 10 26 -21 22
23 Doncaster Rovers 27 5 4 18 19 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 1 1 12 8 33 -30 19
24 Gillingham 26 3 9 14 21 44 12 2 3 7 8 21 14 1 6 7 13 23 -23 18

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