Walsall hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 22nd position in the League Two table. Visiting Cambridge United holds 12th place with 23 pts.
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 Walsall and Cambridge United.
Walsall form and stats
With 1 League Two win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Walsall, who have the fewest points (5) at home in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Walsall with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Crawley Town game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Game days at Banks's Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Walsall as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Walsall's previous game was a EFL Trophy match also played at home, ending 6-0 versus Forest Green Rovers (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Walsall drew at home versus Darlington.
As mentioned above, Walsall "killed" Forest Green Rovers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. J. Gordon was absolutely essential when Walsall beat Forest Green Rovers 6-0, scoring 3 goals.
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 Walsall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 8.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Walsall as they are travelling to their away game against Darlington in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Walsall here at Banks's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Walsall defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cambridge United form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Cambridge United playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Cambridge United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Cambridge United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Peterborough United. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Exeter City.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cambridge United playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 2 Cambridge United wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cambridge United manager C. Calderwood as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Exeter City.
Cambridge United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Cambridge United have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Smith 6 goals |  P. Lewis 4 goals |   J. Clarke 3 goals |
Walsall missing players
Cambridge United missing players
| Walsall | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Walsall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Bradford City | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Salford City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 22 | Walsall | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 15 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |