FA Cup: Buckle up for the Cambridge United - Luton Town clash

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (8127 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cambridge United & Luton Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. 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.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.

5-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Cambridge United so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Bonner led his Cambridge United to a defeat away at Bolton Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Abbey Stadium. Williams was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Williams hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.

Before that, Cambridge United played out a League One draw 1-1 when visiting Fleetwood Town.

Cambridge has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Luton Town form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

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. Luton Town goalkeeper James Shea is eager to challenge this, with his 214 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Luton play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Swansea City. Midfielder Bree was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Bree hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Blackburn Rovers.

A quick return to home after this game, as Luton Town are hosting Barnsley in the Championship only three days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Luton Town have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away. As opposed to that, Luton Town have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Cambridge victory, three draws and six Luton Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
12 goals
Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
11 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
8 goals

Cambridge United missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cambridge United Luton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
11 7   Won W   4 10
6 2   Drew D   4 9
8 2   Lost L   4 6
34 17   Scored S   14 37
30 9   Conceded C   13 24
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 84%
72% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
44% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 44%
32% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 28%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 44%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   33% 32%
 
4.6 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
6.1 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.6
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.7 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.6
3.6 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.7
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 40%
 
13.8 11.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.7
5 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 2.8

  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 28 18 5 5 53 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 14 8 3 3 20 5 35 59
2 Wigan Athletic 26 17 5 4 48 25 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 10 2 1 29 12 23 56
3 Sunderland 29 16 6 7 53 39 14 11 1 2 31 9 15 5 5 5 22 30 14 54
4 Milton Keynes Dons 29 15 7 7 48 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 52
5 Wycombe Wanderers 29 15 7 7 46 34 14 9 2 3 24 18 15 6 5 4 22 16 12 52
6 Oxford United 29 14 8 7 51 34 15 9 4 2 30 15 14 5 4 5 21 19 17 50
7 Plymouth Argyle 28 13 8 7 47 35 13 7 3 3 19 13 15 6 5 4 28 22 12 47
8 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 10 6 39 32 13 8 4 1 22 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 7 46
9 Ipswich Town 29 11 8 10 47 38 14 6 6 2 25 19 15 5 2 8 22 19 9 41
10 Burton Albion 28 11 6 11 35 34 14 7 3 4 23 15 14 4 3 7 12 19 1 39
11 Bolton Wanderers 28 11 5 12 41 37 14 7 4 3 26 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 4 38
12 Portsmouth 27 10 8 9 30 27 13 6 3 4 18 14 14 4 5 5 12 13 3 38
13 Cambridge United 29 9 10 10 38 42 15 5 6 4 19 19 14 4 4 6 19 23 -4 37
14 Accrington Stanley 28 10 7 11 35 45 15 7 4 4 23 22 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 37
15 Charlton Athletic 28 10 6 12 36 33 14 6 3 5 21 15 14 4 3 7 15 18 3 36
16 Cheltenham Town 29 7 12 10 34 48 15 5 6 4 17 22 14 2 6 6 17 26 -14 33
17 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 8 13 27 31 14 7 3 4 17 13 15 1 5 9 10 18 -4 32
18 Lincoln City 27 8 7 12 32 36 14 3 3 8 13 19 13 5 4 4 19 17 -4 31
19 Fleetwood Town 28 7 9 12 42 49 15 5 4 6 25 24 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 30
20 AFC Wimbledon 28 6 12 10 34 42 14 2 9 3 18 20 14 4 3 7 16 22 -8 30
21 Morecambe 29 7 7 15 40 57 15 5 4 6 23 26 14 2 3 9 17 31 -17 28
22 Crewe Alexandra 29 5 7 17 24 48 14 4 4 6 14 21 15 1 3 11 10 27 -24 22
23 Gillingham 29 4 10 15 24 51 15 3 4 8 11 28 14 1 6 7 13 23 -27 22
24 Doncaster Rovers 29 5 4 20 20 57 15 4 3 8 12 24 14 1 1 12 8 33 -37 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 29 9 11 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 38
14 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
15 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 29 8 9 12 32 44 14 5 4 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 15 25 -12 33
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Swansea City 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 27 7 5 15 30 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 14 4 4 6 19 28 -18 26
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 28 8 12 8 28 28 14 6 6 2 18 13 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 15
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

Luton Town:
England:
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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 29 9 11 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 38
14 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
15 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 29 8 9 12 32 44 14 5 4 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 15 25 -12 33
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Swansea City 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 27 7 5 15 30 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 14 4 4 6 19 28 -18 26
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 28 8 12 8 28 28 14 6 6 2 18 13 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 15
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

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