Tranmere Rovers vs Bury betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

The managers M. Mellon and R. Lowe are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

Tranmere Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in League Two, have performed well at Prenton Park so far this season with 14 wins from 22 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 4.

The home team returns to Prenton Park after sharing the points with Lincoln City on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Forest Green Rovers that was lost 0-1.

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 Tranmere Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 4n Drawn 1 Lost 4.

The Tranmere Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 32 in 22 matches. Tranmere Rovers have only conceded 12 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bury form and stats

8-6-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bury in their matches away. Bury has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The supporters enjoyed Bury's previous game versus Northampton Town, a League Two 3-1 win played at home. A 1-3 defeat away at Newport County before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Bury in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Bury, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Bury are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 29 away goals from 22 games. Bury have conceded 29 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bury - Tranmere Rovers 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Tranmere Rovers victories, 0 draws and 5 Bury wins.

Top Goalscorers

J. Norwood
27 goals
N. Maynard
20 goals / 2 assists
J. O'Shea
16 goals / 1 assists

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Bury missing players

Tranmere Rovers Bury
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
61 32 Scored 29 80
46 12 Conceded 29 54
86% 91% Over 0.5 86% 93%
64% 50% Over 1.5 64% 77%
41% 32% Over 2.5 55% 61%
25% 14% Over 3.5 32% 43%
16% 9% Over 4.5 23% 20%
48% 36% Both teams to score 64% 61%
43% 55% Clean Sheet 27% 30%
23% 18% Failed To Score 23% 16%
 
4.2 4.9 Corners For (avg) 5.1 6.2
5.1 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.4 4.4
1.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.2
3 1 Red Cards (total) 1 2

  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 44 23 16 5 73 39 22 11 10 1 35 20 22 12 6 4 38 19 34 85
2 Bury 44 22 11 11 80 54 22 14 5 3 51 25 22 8 6 8 29 29 26 77
3 Mansfield Town 44 20 16 8 68 38 22 14 5 3 37 13 22 6 11 5 31 25 30 76
4 Milton Keynes Dons 44 22 10 12 70 47 22 13 5 4 34 14 22 9 5 8 36 33 23 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 44 20 13 11 65 43 22 8 8 6 28 20 22 12 5 5 37 23 22 73
6 Tranmere Rovers 44 20 12 12 61 46 22 14 4 4 32 12 22 6 8 8 29 34 15 72
7 Exeter City 44 18 12 14 59 49 22 11 3 8 33 25 22 7 9 6 26 24 10 66
8 Colchester United 44 18 10 16 60 53 22 11 4 7 37 23 22 7 6 9 23 30 7 64
9 Carlisle United 44 19 7 18 63 60 22 11 3 8 38 29 22 8 4 10 25 31 3 64
10 Stevenage 44 18 10 16 55 54 22 11 3 8 26 23 22 7 7 8 29 31 1 64
11 Newport County 43 18 10 15 55 58 21 12 6 3 29 22 22 6 4 12 26 36 -3 64
12 Oldham Athletic 43 16 14 13 65 52 22 10 6 6 40 28 21 6 8 7 25 24 13 62
13 Crewe Alexandra 44 18 8 18 56 54 22 14 2 6 41 22 22 4 6 12 15 32 2 62
14 Swindon Town 44 15 16 13 54 52 22 7 9 6 28 26 22 8 7 7 26 26 2 61
15 Northampton Town 44 13 18 13 57 59 22 7 11 4 28 25 22 6 7 9 29 34 -2 57
16 Cheltenham Town 44 14 12 18 54 64 22 9 7 6 31 27 22 5 5 12 23 37 -10 54
17 Grimsby Town 44 15 8 21 42 54 22 10 4 8 24 21 22 5 4 13 18 33 -12 53
18 Morecambe 44 13 11 20 51 68 22 8 4 10 32 30 22 5 7 10 19 38 -17 50
19 Crawley Town 44 14 8 22 46 63 22 9 5 8 31 30 22 5 3 14 15 33 -17 50
20 Port Vale 44 12 12 20 38 53 22 7 3 12 24 35 22 5 9 8 14 18 -15 48
21 Cambridge United 44 12 10 22 38 63 22 7 7 8 20 24 22 5 3 14 18 39 -25 46
22 Macclesfield Town 44 9 13 22 46 73 22 5 10 7 25 34 22 4 3 15 21 39 -27 40
23 Yeovil Town 44 9 11 24 39 64 22 4 8 10 20 34 22 5 3 14 19 30 -25 38
24 Notts County 44 8 14 22 45 80 22 4 9 9 21 33 22 4 5 13 24 47 -35 38

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