Football betting preview: Fleetwood Town vs Cambridge United

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league standings, Fleetwood Town supporters long to see their gladiators earn full points from this fixture versus Cambridge United.

Insights:
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

Fleetwood Town have collected 11 points from their League One home games so far after 2-5-3.

Fleetwood Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Milton Keynes Dons's place. The match ended 2-1 with Batty and Johnston scoring. At last, a league win after four games without one. The victory against Milton Keynes Dons came after Batty's winning goal. The Fleetwood Town manager Brown was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 74th minute. Midfielder Vela was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Vela hit two key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that, Fleetwood played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ipswich Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fleetwood Town handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Fleetwood Town have scored {9 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fleetwood have conceded only 8 goals.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Cambridge United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Cambridge United's last game was the home draw against Plymouth Argyle (0-0). Dunk, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.74. Dunk hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.

The fixture before was the FA Cup-battle against Grimsby Town, a home loss (1-2). Cambridge are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

In the opposite end, Cambridge United have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Cambridge United have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Fleetwood Town.

Top Goalscorers

FleetwoodC. Gomes
C. Gomes
5 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
4 goals
Cambridge UnitedS. Smith
S. Smith
4 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Fleetwood Town Cambridge United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 2 1 Won W 1 2 6
11 5 2 Drew D 1 1 3
5 3 0 Lost L 1 7 12
23 9 4 Scored S 5 10 19
21 8 1 Conceded C 5 19 32
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
71% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 67%
38% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 48%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
67% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 43%
24% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
19% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 48%
 
5.2 6.2 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4 4.3
6 5.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 5.5 5.3
2.4 2.6 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 11.8 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 9.8 10.2
3 3.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.1
37% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 29%
 
12.6 11.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 14.6 13.3
3.6 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cambridge United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 20 13 5 2 39 22 9 9 0 0 19 5 11 4 5 2 20 17 17 43
2 Ipswich Town 20 13 5 2 40 20 10 6 3 1 18 8 10 7 2 1 22 12 20 42
3 Sheffield Wednesday 20 12 5 3 36 17 10 6 3 1 23 11 10 6 2 2 13 6 19 41
4 Bolton Wanderers 19 9 4 6 23 18 9 6 1 2 13 7 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 32
5 Peterborough United 20 10 1 9 35 25 9 7 1 1 21 4 11 3 0 8 14 21 10 31
6 Derby County 19 8 6 5 24 17 8 5 1 2 14 10 11 3 5 3 10 7 7 30
7 Barnsley 18 9 3 6 23 15 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 4 2 3 10 6 8 33
8 Portsmouth 17 7 8 2 26 18 9 3 6 0 14 8 8 4 2 2 12 10 8 29
9 Bristol Rovers 20 7 6 7 31 33 11 4 4 3 16 17 9 3 2 4 15 16 -2 25
10 Lincoln City 19 6 9 4 21 21 10 2 8 0 11 8 9 4 1 4 10 13 0 26
11 Port Vale 20 7 5 8 21 29 10 4 3 3 12 11 10 3 2 5 9 18 -8 29
12 Shrewsbury Town 20 7 5 8 20 23 10 4 2 4 11 13 10 3 3 4 9 10 -3 26
13 Wycombe Wanderers 20 7 5 8 25 24 9 3 3 3 14 11 11 4 2 5 11 13 1 28
14 Exeter City 20 7 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 18 16 9 2 3 4 14 14 2 26
15 Fleetwood Town 20 5 10 5 22 20 10 2 5 3 9 8 10 3 5 2 13 12 2 23
16 Charlton Athletic 19 5 9 5 30 27 9 4 4 1 20 12 10 1 5 4 10 15 3 24
17 Oxford United 19 6 6 7 25 21 10 3 3 4 13 11 9 3 3 3 12 10 4 25
18 Cheltenham Town 19 6 4 9 15 22 10 5 1 4 11 12 9 1 3 5 4 10 -7 25
19 Cambridge United 20 6 3 11 18 30 11 4 2 5 9 13 9 2 1 6 9 17 -12 20
20 Accrington Stanley 19 5 5 9 19 30 9 2 3 4 12 16 10 3 2 5 7 14 -11 21
21 Forest Green Rovers 20 4 5 11 17 38 10 3 0 7 6 17 10 1 5 4 11 21 -21 17
22 Burton Albion 20 3 6 11 26 41 11 2 4 5 11 19 9 1 2 6 15 22 -15 15
23 Morecambe 19 2 8 9 15 30 9 1 4 4 6 14 10 1 4 5 9 16 -15 15
24 Milton Keynes Dons 19 4 2 13 18 30 10 1 1 8 8 19 9 3 1 5 10 11 -12 15

Read more about League One

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.