Cambridge United look to Abbey Stadium supporters for inspiration before Macclesfield Town match

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (10847 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Cambridge United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Macclesfield Town.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Cambridge United form and stats

1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Cambridge United so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at Abbey Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Cambridge United manager C. Calderwood and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Stevenage (placed 24th) in the League Two. Preceding that match was a defeat to Swindon Town (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cambridge United handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D1-L2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cambridge United, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Northampton Town is only three days away.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cambridge United here at Abbey Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). 6 goals have been conceded.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Macclesfield Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There were no winners in Macclesfield Town's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Colchester United (placed 9th). A 2-3 loss hosting Port Vale before that.

Macclesfield Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Macclesfield Town have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings between the teams: Cambridge United won 4, Macclesfield Town won 2 and 1 draw. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Smith
4 goals
P. Lewis
3 goals / 3 assists
E. Osadebe
3 goals / 1 assists

Cambridge United missing players

Macclesfield Town missing players

Cambridge United Macclesfield Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
4 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
14 4 4 Scored S 2 4 11
11 6 4 Conceded C 1 8 12
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
45% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 36%
27% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 9%
18% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 45%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
45% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 36%
 
4.5 5.6 7 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.5
5.5 4.6 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 7 5.8
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Cambridge United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Macclesfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Macclesfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Macclesfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Cambridge United
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
14-09-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 2 - 3 Cambridge United
17-09-19 LT Mansfield Town 0 - 4 Cambridge United
21-09-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 1 Swindon Town
28-09-19 LT Stevenage 1 - 1 Cambridge United
05-10-19 LT Cambridge United 14:00 Macclesfield Town
08-10-19 EFL Cambridge United 18:30 Northampton Town
12-10-19 LT Salford City 14:00 Cambridge United
19-10-19 LT Cambridge United 14:00 Exeter City
22-10-19 LT Cambridge United 18:45 Grimsby Town
Macclesfield Town
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 LT Swindon Town 3 - 0 Macclesfield Town
17-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Newport County
21-09-19 LT Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Macclesfield Town
24-09-19 EFL Macclesfield Town 2 - 3 Port Vale
28-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Colchester United
05-10-19 LT Cambridge United 14:00 Macclesfield Town
12-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 14:00 Port Vale
19-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Macclesfield Town
22-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 18:45 Macclesfield Town
26-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 14:00 Bradford City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 11 6 4 1 16 10 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 3 2 0 8 4 6 22
2 Crewe Alexandra 11 7 1 3 18 13 5 3 0 2 9 8 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 22
3 Cheltenham Town 11 6 3 2 20 10 6 4 2 0 16 8 5 2 1 2 4 2 10 21
4 Forest Green Rovers 11 6 3 2 11 5 5 3 1 1 3 2 6 3 2 1 8 3 6 21
5 Swindon Town 11 6 2 3 18 13 6 3 0 3 9 9 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 20
6 Newport County 11 5 5 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 6 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 5 20
7 Grimsby Town 11 5 3 3 19 13 5 2 2 1 9 7 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 18
8 Bradford City 11 5 3 3 15 10 5 3 1 1 8 3 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 18
9 Colchester United 11 4 4 3 12 9 5 2 2 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 7 5 3 16
10 Crawley Town 11 4 4 3 18 16 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 1 3 1 9 9 2 16
11 Cambridge United 11 4 3 4 14 11 5 1 1 3 4 6 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 15
12 Plymouth Argyle 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 2 2 1 8 6 6 2 1 3 7 7 2 15
13 Northampton Town 11 4 3 4 14 12 5 2 1 2 8 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 2 15
14 Walsall 11 4 3 4 8 11 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 3 1 2 5 6 -3 15
15 Port Vale 11 3 5 3 14 17 5 3 2 0 7 4 6 0 3 3 7 13 -3 14
16 Carlisle United 11 4 2 5 13 18 6 2 2 2 6 8 5 2 0 3 7 10 -5 14
17 Macclesfield Town 11 3 4 4 11 12 6 2 3 1 7 4 5 1 1 3 4 8 -1 13
18 Salford City 11 2 5 4 12 20 6 2 2 2 5 8 5 0 3 2 7 12 -8 11
19 Mansfield Town 11 2 4 5 12 16 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 6 6 -4 10
20 Oldham Athletic 11 2 4 5 12 16 5 1 2 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 10
21 Leyton Orient 11 2 4 5 15 21 6 1 2 3 8 11 5 1 2 2 7 10 -6 10
22 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 11 21 6 0 3 3 6 10 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 7
23 Scunthorpe United 11 1 3 7 11 19 6 1 3 2 8 8 5 0 0 5 3 11 -8 6
24 Stevenage 11 0 5 6 7 15 6 0 2 4 5 9 5 0 3 2 2 6 -8 5

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