EFL Trophy betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Salford City - Accrington Stanley game

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Date: Tue 21.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Moor Lane (1400 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Salford City or Accrington Stanley that keep their silverware dream alive.

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.

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Salford City form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Salford City are 4-4-6 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Salford City has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Salford City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Moor Lane, having lost their two previous games here.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Kyle Letheren not having conceded a league goal in 360 minutes.

Happy days for Salford City in their previous game, a League Two match away at Forest Green Rovers that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Northampton Town with the scoreline 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Salford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 3.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Salford City, as the League Two home game vs Oldham Athletic is only four days away.

Salford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Salford City have conceded 18 goals.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

Accrington Stanley have only collected 12 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-6-6 (14 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the EFL Trophy stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Recent form does not give Accrington Stanley much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Salford City will be a tough nut to crack.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Southend United with 1-2 on the scoreboard. It was a League One defeat before that one as the away game against Ipswich Town wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Accrington Stanley in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Accrington Stanley, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Accrington Stanley manager J. Coleman 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 Accrington Stanley as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Accrington Stanley have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
10 goals
Salford CityA. Rooney
A. Rooney
6 goals
Accrington StanleyO. Zanzala
O. Zanzala
6 goals

Salford City missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Salford City Accrington Stanley
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 5   Won W   3 9
4 3   Drew D   5 7
10 5   Lost L   4 9
35 17   Scored S   12 40
32 15   Conceded C   16 33
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
76% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
56% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 48%
24% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 32%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 16%
52% 46%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
28% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
3.8 4.7   Corners For (avg) C F   5 5.6
5 4.2   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.1 4.3
1.4 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 0   Red Cards R C   0 2
 
300 184   Total Shots T S   150 364
102 62   Shots on Target S O   48 122
34% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 28 16 5 7 49 31 14 9 2 3 24 13 14 7 3 4 25 18 18 53
2 Exeter City 27 15 8 4 38 27 13 8 4 1 22 11 14 7 4 3 16 16 11 53
3 Crewe Alexandra 26 14 5 7 48 32 14 8 3 3 27 14 12 6 2 4 21 18 16 47
4 Plymouth Argyle 26 14 5 7 43 27 13 8 3 2 27 13 13 6 2 5 16 14 16 47
5 Bradford City 27 12 9 6 35 24 14 9 3 2 22 10 13 3 6 4 13 14 11 45
6 Northampton Town 27 13 6 8 40 30 14 9 2 3 25 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 10 45
7 Cheltenham Town 27 11 11 5 41 22 13 7 4 2 28 14 14 4 7 3 13 8 19 44
8 Colchester United 27 11 11 5 38 25 13 7 4 2 20 11 14 4 7 3 18 14 13 44
9 Forest Green Rovers 28 12 8 8 33 25 14 5 4 5 12 13 14 7 4 3 21 12 8 44
10 Port Vale 28 10 11 7 35 33 14 7 6 1 19 11 14 3 5 6 16 22 2 41
11 Newport County 25 9 9 7 25 22 14 6 6 2 16 11 11 3 3 5 9 11 3 36
12 Walsall 28 10 6 12 28 37 14 4 4 6 12 17 14 6 2 6 16 20 -9 36
13 Salford City 28 9 8 11 35 39 14 4 4 6 14 18 14 5 4 5 21 21 -4 35
14 Scunthorpe United 28 8 8 12 37 40 14 4 5 5 20 19 14 4 3 7 17 21 -3 32
15 Crawley Town 28 7 11 10 36 39 14 6 4 4 19 16 14 1 7 6 17 23 -3 32
16 Cambridge United 28 8 7 13 30 37 14 5 3 6 18 19 14 3 4 7 12 18 -7 31
17 Grimsby Town 26 7 9 10 25 30 13 3 4 6 11 18 13 4 5 4 14 12 -5 30
18 Oldham Athletic 28 6 11 11 27 42 14 3 6 5 16 19 14 3 5 6 11 23 -15 29
19 Mansfield Town 28 6 9 13 37 45 14 2 4 8 21 27 14 4 5 5 16 18 -8 27
20 Leyton Orient 27 6 9 12 33 44 13 2 5 6 16 23 14 4 4 6 17 21 -11 27
21 Carlisle United 27 6 8 13 24 44 13 3 5 5 10 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -20 26
22 Macclesfield Town 26 6 12 8 25 29 12 4 7 1 13 8 14 2 5 7 12 21 -4 24
23 Stevenage 28 3 13 12 19 31 14 2 6 6 9 16 14 1 7 6 10 15 -12 22
24 Morecambe 28 5 7 16 24 50 14 3 5 6 15 20 14 2 2 10 9 30 -26 22
  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 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 26 13 8 5 34 27 14 10 3 1 26 16 12 3 5 4 8 11 7 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
6 Sunderland 25 11 8 6 36 24 13 7 5 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
9 Doncaster Rovers 24 10 7 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 9 3 3 3 15 9 12 37
10 Peterborough United 26 10 7 9 44 35 12 7 3 2 25 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 9 37
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

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 Rotherham United 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 26 13 8 5 34 27 14 10 3 1 26 16 12 3 5 4 8 11 7 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
6 Sunderland 25 11 8 6 36 24 13 7 5 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
9 Doncaster Rovers 24 10 7 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 9 3 3 3 15 9 12 37
10 Peterborough United 26 10 7 9 44 35 12 7 3 2 25 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 9 37
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

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