Open game expected at Northern Commercials Stadium: Bradford City vs Cambridge United preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Commercials Stadium (25136 seats)

Bradford City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 22nd position in the League Two table. Visiting Cambridge United holds 10th place with 25 pts.

Insights:
  • Bradford City is in the worst form (0-0-5)
  • All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

It's no vacation for neither Bradford City 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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Bradford City form and stats

With 2 League Two wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Bradford City are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bradford, their manager S. McCall and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Bradford manager S. McCall and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Crawley Town (placed 13th) in the League Two. Heartbreak before that as Bradford City lost 1-3 at Oldham Athletic's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Bradford City has won four of these, drawn five and lost six.

There will be little rest for Bradford after this match as they are travelling to Grimsby Town for a League Two game in only three days.

The Bradford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Playing away, Cambridge United have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

Cambridge played 0-0 against Colchester United in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Forest Green Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

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

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cambridge are regular goalscorers on their travels. Cambridge United have conceded 7 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Bradford victory, one draw and one Cambridge United win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedP. Mullin
P. Mullin
13 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
7 goals
BradfordL. Novak
L. Novak
3 goals

Bradford City missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Bradford City Cambridge United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 1 7 17
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
9 4 0 Lost L 0 3 5
16 9 1 Scored S 5 14 27
24 11 1 Conceded C 0 7 15
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
65% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
53% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 47%
24% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 12%
47% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 47%
12% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 35%
47% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 12.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 28 14.7 11.7
3.8 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 4.7 3.6
25% 22% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 44%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bradford City is in the worst form (0-0-5)
  • 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 Newport County 17 11 3 3 27 16 8 7 1 0 13 6 9 4 2 3 14 9 11 36
2 Carlisle United 18 11 2 5 27 16 9 8 0 1 20 8 9 3 2 4 7 8 11 35
3 Cheltenham Town 17 10 3 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 5 1 2 13 6 13 33
4 Forest Green Rovers 17 9 5 3 24 15 8 4 3 1 11 7 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 32
5 Exeter City 17 8 6 3 39 24 8 6 0 2 20 7 9 2 6 1 18 16 15 30
6 Colchester United 17 7 7 3 25 23 8 6 2 0 16 8 9 1 5 3 9 15 2 28
7 Morecambe 18 8 4 6 22 28 9 4 3 2 10 12 9 4 1 4 12 16 -6 28
8 Leyton Orient 18 8 3 7 27 22 8 4 2 2 15 9 10 4 1 5 12 13 5 27
9 Salford City 16 7 5 4 24 13 9 4 5 0 15 6 7 3 0 4 8 7 11 26
10 Cambridge United 16 7 4 5 27 15 9 4 3 2 13 8 7 3 1 3 14 7 12 25
11 Walsall 17 5 9 3 22 21 9 4 3 2 8 7 8 1 6 1 11 12 1 24
12 Tranmere Rovers 17 7 3 7 19 23 8 4 0 4 11 8 9 3 3 3 8 15 -4 24
13 Crawley Town 17 6 5 6 28 25 8 5 1 2 17 9 9 1 4 4 10 15 3 23
14 Port Vale 17 7 2 8 26 23 9 3 2 4 11 11 8 4 0 4 14 11 3 23
15 Oldham Athletic 17 7 2 8 28 33 9 2 1 6 11 15 8 5 1 2 15 15 -5 23
16 Bolton Wanderers 17 6 4 7 21 26 9 3 2 4 11 12 8 3 2 3 10 14 -5 22
17 Harrogate Town 17 5 4 8 18 22 8 1 3 4 7 12 9 4 1 4 10 9 -4 19
18 Scunthorpe United 16 5 2 9 17 24 8 2 2 4 6 13 8 3 0 5 9 10 -7 17
19 Mansfield Town 18 2 10 6 18 24 9 0 5 4 9 15 9 2 5 2 9 9 -6 16
20 Grimsby Town 16 4 4 8 15 28 7 1 2 4 5 14 9 3 2 4 9 13 -13 16
21 Barrow 17 2 7 8 23 30 9 1 6 2 14 15 8 1 1 6 8 13 -7 13
22 Bradford City 16 3 4 9 16 24 9 2 3 4 9 11 7 1 1 5 6 12 -8 13
23 Stevenage 17 2 7 8 11 20 8 2 2 4 6 7 9 0 5 4 5 13 -9 13
24 Southend United 16 2 3 11 8 30 8 1 1 6 5 15 8 1 2 5 2 14 -22 9

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.