Cambridge United vs Tranmere Rovers betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (8127 seats)

The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Cambridge United and Tranmere Rovers promises to be an interesting one.

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

Cambridge United have only played one League Two game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 18 matches.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Cambridge, as their goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov has completely shut out the opponents for 225 minutes in the League Two.

A good away victory last time out for Cambridge United, who won 5-0 against Morecambe (placed 14th). A Carabao Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Newport County.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cambridge played a great game against Morecambe and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

At Abbey Stadium, Cambridge United has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

One match played away so far in the League Two for Tranmere Rovers and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 17 games.

Tranmere Rovers's previous game was their home loss versus Cheltenham Town (0-3). A 0-0 draw at Mansfield Town's stadium before that.

Tranmere Rovers lost heavily in their last match (against Cheltenham Town as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Liverpool U21 in just three days.

0 goals so far away for Tranmere Rovers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Cambridge zero wins, two draws and Tranmere Rovers two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CambridgeP. Mullin
P. Mullin
3 goals
Cambridge UnitedL. Hannant
L. Hannant
1 goals
Cambridge UnitedW. Hoolahan
W. Hoolahan
1 goals

Cambridge United missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cambridge United Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
8 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
25 5 0 Total Shots T S 0 4 12
12 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 1
67% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Cambridge United Last season Tranmere Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   5 8
9 3   Drew D   2 8
16 8   Lost L   10 18
40 23   Scored S   17 36
48 27   Conceded C   34 60
86% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
65% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 79%
49% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 53%
27% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 21%
43% 50%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
30% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 15%
41% 33%   Failed to Score F T   41% 38%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
3 2   Red cards R C   3 6
 
430 235   Total Shots T S   151 389
140 89   Shots on Target S O   51 120
29% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%

  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 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 8 6
2 Port Vale 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Harrogate Town 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Salford City 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
5 Stevenage 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Colchester United 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Newport County 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Walsall 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
11 Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
12 Carlisle United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
13 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Morecambe 2 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -4 3
15 Bradford City 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
16 Mansfield Town 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Barrow 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
20 Tranmere Rovers 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
21 Bolton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
23 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
24 Southend United 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 8 6
2 Port Vale 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Harrogate Town 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Salford City 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
5 Stevenage 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Colchester United 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Newport County 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Walsall 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
11 Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
12 Carlisle United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
13 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Morecambe 2 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -4 3
15 Bradford City 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
16 Mansfield Town 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Barrow 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
20 Tranmere Rovers 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
21 Bolton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
23 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
24 Southend United 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -6 0

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