There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Cambridge United leading Southend United by 25 points.
- Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+16) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (18) in League Two
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 Cambridge and Southend United.
Cambridge United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Abbey Stadium as Cambridge United, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in League Two, have scored 22 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 8-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Cambridge in their previous match, an away game at Salford City that ended in defeat 1-4. A strong away win before that one, visiting Barrow and winning 2-0.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cambridge's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
Cambridge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abbey Stadium with 22 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Cambridge United have conceded only 12 goals.
Southend United form and stats
There's been little loot from Southend United's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the League Two. Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in League Two, only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Southend United, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Newport County (placed 5th) in the League Two last time out. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Port Vale wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Southend United playing away, we found nine games. Results were one away win, two draws and six home wins.
Goals are few and far between in Southend United's away league games. Only 5 goals from 13 travels. As for defending, Southend rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Southend United - Cambridge 1-2 entered in the official records. Cambridge United-Southend United H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Cambridge one win, Southend United three wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Mullin 19 goals | J. Ironside 11 goals |  W. Hoolahan 4 goals |
Cambridge United missing players
Southend United missing players
| Cambridge United | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 44 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 44 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 93% |
| 82% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 70% |
| 54% | 64% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 57% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| 25% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| 25% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 41% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 16% | 28% |
- Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+16) in League Two
- Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cambridge United have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (18) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (5) away in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-17) away in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 44 |
| 5 | Newport County | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 43 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 42 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| 9 | Salford City | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Walsall | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 20 | Bradford City | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 22 | Barrow | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 23 | Southend United | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -26 | 23 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -26 | 21 |