League One duel: Close contest expected between Cambridge United and Accrington Stanley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (8127 seats)

Plenty of ups and downs for these contenders this season, occupying positions near the center of the League One table. Here's the Cambridge United - Accrington Stanley latest:

This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Cambridge United form and stats

All-inclusive League One results at home this season for Cambridge United are 5-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Cambridge United bring valid hopes of a third.

Cambridge shared the glory with Burton Albion in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Sherring was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Sherring won 10 of 13 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Cambridge United lost 0-1 at Gillingham's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cambridge United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cambridge United as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Cambridge United has won nine of these, drawn two and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Plymouth Argyle are coming to town in three days.

Cambridge are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Cambridge United have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Accrington have lost on their last two travels.

Accrington Stanley had fun at their own home (Abbey Stadium) last time out, beating Crewe Alexandra 4-1. McConville, Leigh and Sykes (2) scored. The attacker McConville got a match rating of 9.91 in that game. McConville scored one goal, signed up for three assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Oxford United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Accrington Stanley playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Accrington Stanley wins, four draws and five defeats.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Accrington have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides met each other earlier this campaign: Accrington Stanley - Cambridge United 2-1. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Cambridge won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Accrington Stanley have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
12 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
8 goals
Cambridge UnitedS. Smith
S. Smith
7 goals

Cambridge United missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cambridge United Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 14 31
9 5 2 Won W 1 3 12
11 6 2 Drew D 0 3 7
11 4 0 Lost L 3 8 12
40 19 6 Scored S 4 12 41
45 19 2 Conceded C 9 24 47
97% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 94%
77% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 68%
48% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 52%
35% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 35%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 26%
58% 53% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 55%
26% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
19% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 23%
 
4.6 5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5 5.1
5.3 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.2 5.8
1.8 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10 9.9 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 14.1 14.5
3.3 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.8
39% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 19% 27%
 
13.2 12.7 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13.9 12.6
4.5 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 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 31 21 5 5 57 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 68
2 Wigan Athletic 29 19 5 5 52 27 15 9 3 3 23 14 14 10 2 2 29 13 25 62
3 Milton Keynes Dons 32 16 9 7 51 34 16 8 4 4 20 15 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 57
4 Sunderland 32 16 7 9 56 44 15 11 1 3 32 11 17 5 6 6 24 33 12 55
5 Wycombe Wanderers 31 15 9 7 47 35 15 9 3 3 24 18 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 54
6 Plymouth Argyle 30 15 8 7 52 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 16 7 5 4 32 23 16 53
7 Oxford United 32 15 8 9 56 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 15 5 4 6 21 21 15 53
8 Sheffield Wednesday 31 14 10 7 42 34 15 9 4 2 23 12 16 5 6 5 19 22 8 52
9 Ipswich Town 32 13 9 10 49 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 11 48
10 Bolton Wanderers 32 13 6 13 48 44 15 8 4 3 28 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 4 45
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 32 12 7 13 41 41 17 8 4 5 28 20 15 4 3 8 13 21 0 43
13 Accrington Stanley 31 12 7 12 41 47 17 9 4 4 29 23 14 3 3 8 12 24 -6 43
14 Charlton Athletic 31 11 6 14 41 39 15 7 3 5 24 17 16 4 3 9 17 22 2 39
15 Cheltenham Town 31 9 12 10 38 49 17 7 6 4 21 23 14 2 6 6 17 26 -11 39
16 Cambridge United 31 9 11 11 40 45 15 5 6 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -5 38
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 31 6 13 12 37 47 16 2 10 4 19 22 15 4 3 8 18 25 -10 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 32 5 11 16 26 53 16 4 4 8 12 28 16 1 7 8 14 25 -27 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 33 7 4 22 23 63 16 4 3 9 12 25 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

Accrington Stanley:
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 Rotherham United 31 21 5 5 57 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 68
2 Wigan Athletic 29 19 5 5 52 27 15 9 3 3 23 14 14 10 2 2 29 13 25 62
3 Milton Keynes Dons 32 16 9 7 51 34 16 8 4 4 20 15 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 57
4 Sunderland 32 16 7 9 56 44 15 11 1 3 32 11 17 5 6 6 24 33 12 55
5 Wycombe Wanderers 31 15 9 7 47 35 15 9 3 3 24 18 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 54
6 Plymouth Argyle 30 15 8 7 52 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 16 7 5 4 32 23 16 53
7 Oxford United 32 15 8 9 56 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 15 5 4 6 21 21 15 53
8 Sheffield Wednesday 31 14 10 7 42 34 15 9 4 2 23 12 16 5 6 5 19 22 8 52
9 Ipswich Town 32 13 9 10 49 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 11 48
10 Bolton Wanderers 32 13 6 13 48 44 15 8 4 3 28 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 4 45
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 32 12 7 13 41 41 17 8 4 5 28 20 15 4 3 8 13 21 0 43
13 Accrington Stanley 31 12 7 12 41 47 17 9 4 4 29 23 14 3 3 8 12 24 -6 43
14 Charlton Athletic 31 11 6 14 41 39 15 7 3 5 24 17 16 4 3 9 17 22 2 39
15 Cheltenham Town 31 9 12 10 38 49 17 7 6 4 21 23 14 2 6 6 17 26 -11 39
16 Cambridge United 31 9 11 11 40 45 15 5 6 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -5 38
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 31 6 13 12 37 47 16 2 10 4 19 22 15 4 3 8 18 25 -10 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 32 5 11 16 26 53 16 4 4 8 12 28 16 1 7 8 14 25 -27 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 33 7 4 22 23 63 16 4 3 9 12 25 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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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.