Betting preview: Morecambe vs Cambridge United should be interesting

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League Two game of the season. Morecambe look forward to welcoming Cambridge United in front of their home support.

It's no vacation for neither Morecambe 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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Morecambe form and stats

Morecambe's previous game was a Carabao Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Oldham Athletic (placed 21st). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Cheltenham Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Morecambe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost two.

Last season, Morecambe's league statistics were 7 wins, 11 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 22nd position in the League Two. Over these 37 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 60. Playing at home last season Morecambe managed 4-8-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 23 conceded.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Newport County (placed 11th). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Carlisle United in the League Two.

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

Let's have a look at how Cambridge United performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 17/21 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Morecambe four wins, three draws and Cambridge United three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Morecambe Cambridge United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
4 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
Morecambe Last season Cambridge United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   19 37
7 4   Won W   5 12
11 8   Drew D   6 9
19 6   Lost L   8 16
35 20   Scored S   17 40
60 23   Conceded C   21 48
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 86%
76% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 65%
49% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 49%
27% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 27%
8% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 11%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   37% 43%
16% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 30%
30% 22%   Failed to Score F T   47% 41%
 
4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.7
7.1 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.9
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
6 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
403 208   Total Shots T S   195 430
114 54   Shots on Target S O   51 140
31% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%

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

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

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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.