Football betting preview: Bury favourites when Cambridge United visits

Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 02.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gigg Lane (11840 seats)

Only a win will satisfy Bury supporters in this Gigg Lane clash with Cambridge United, having a healthy lead in the League Two table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bury and Cambridge United.

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Bury form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Gigg Lane as Bury has scored 46 goals to get 41 points from 19 games. The overall stats are 12-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Bury crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Swindon Town here at Gigg Lane in a League Two match. Before that, Bury played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Grimsby Town.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bury as they are travelling to their away game against Carlisle United in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Bury can score goals in their home matches. After 19 matches they have found the net 46 times. On the other hand, Bury have conceded 21 goals.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United, who have the fewest scored goals (34) in League Two, has only collected 15 points from their away games after 4-3-12 (19 played).

The manager C. Calderwood was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Gigg Lane. Cambridge United suffered a 0-1 loss to Colchester United. A 2-2 draw at Carlisle United's stadium before that.

The schedule is very tough for Cambridge United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Mansfield Town is waiting in only three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cambridge United as they have only managed to score 14 times from 19 away games. Cambridge United have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cambridge United - Bury 2-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 2 Bury victories, 2 draws and 1 Cambridge United win.

Top Goalscorers

N. Maynard
18 goals
J. O'Shea
16 goals / 1 assists
J. Brown
7 goals / 2 assists

Bury missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Bury Cambridge United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 39
72 46 Scored 14 34
44 21 Conceded 36 57
92% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92%
74% 89% Over 1.5 74% 64%
59% 68% Over 2.5 42% 38%
41% 58% Over 3.5 26% 23%
21% 21% Over 4.5 11% 10%
62% 63% Both teams to score 26% 36%
31% 32% Clean Sheet 21% 28%
15% 5% Failed To Score 53% 44%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 40 22 14 4 70 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 20 11 6 3 36 18 33 80
2 Milton Keynes Dons 40 21 9 10 66 41 20 13 4 3 33 11 20 8 5 7 33 30 25 72
3 Bury 39 20 11 8 72 44 19 12 5 2 46 21 20 8 6 6 26 23 28 71
4 Mansfield Town 40 18 15 7 60 34 20 12 5 3 32 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 26 69
5 Tranmere Rovers 39 19 10 10 59 42 20 13 4 3 30 10 19 6 6 7 29 32 17 67
6 Forest Green Rovers 40 16 13 11 58 41 20 6 8 6 24 19 20 10 5 5 34 22 17 61
7 Exeter City 39 17 10 12 52 41 20 10 3 7 30 22 19 7 7 5 22 19 11 61
8 Colchester United 40 17 9 14 58 48 20 10 4 6 36 21 20 7 5 8 22 27 10 60
9 Carlisle United 40 17 7 16 59 54 20 9 3 8 34 27 20 8 4 8 25 27 5 58
10 Swindon Town 39 15 12 12 50 47 20 7 8 5 26 23 19 8 4 7 24 24 3 57
11 Newport County 38 16 7 15 49 57 18 11 4 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 55
12 Stevenage 40 15 9 16 45 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 20 5 7 8 23 30 -7 54
13 Crewe Alexandra 40 15 8 17 49 52 20 12 2 6 36 22 20 3 6 11 13 30 -3 53
14 Northampton Town 40 12 16 12 50 52 20 6 10 4 24 23 20 6 6 8 26 29 -2 52
15 Oldham Athletic 38 13 12 13 56 48 19 8 5 6 33 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 8 51
16 Cheltenham Town 40 14 9 17 52 58 20 9 5 6 30 26 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 51
17 Grimsby Town 40 14 7 19 40 50 20 9 4 7 23 19 20 5 3 12 17 31 -10 49
18 Morecambe 40 12 9 19 45 62 20 7 3 10 27 29 20 5 6 9 18 33 -17 45
19 Port Vale 40 11 11 18 35 46 20 6 3 11 22 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -11 44
20 Crawley Town 40 12 7 21 40 59 20 9 4 7 29 27 20 3 3 14 11 32 -19 43
21 Cambridge United 39 11 9 19 34 57 20 7 6 7 20 21 19 4 3 12 14 36 -23 42
22 Yeovil Town 40 9 9 22 37 59 20 4 7 9 19 32 20 5 2 13 18 27 -22 36
23 Notts County 40 8 12 20 41 72 20 4 8 8 18 29 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 36
24 Macclesfield Town 39 8 11 20 41 65 19 4 8 7 21 31 20 4 3 13 20 34 -24 35