Accrington Stanley will play Tranmere Rovers in Tuesday’s big EFL Cup meeting.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Accrington Stanley
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Accrington Stanley will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-1 League One success versus Shrewsbury Town.
The only player to score from Accrington Stanley was Tommy Leigh (77').
Matches with Accrington Stanley have tended to be engaging affairs lately with high scoring expected. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of these accredited to Accrington Stanley.
Tranmere Rovers
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After being beaten in their last game against Mansfield Town in League Two action, Tranmere Rovers will be hoping to turn things around here.
Riley Harbottle (60') was the scorer for Mansfield Town.
Over the course of 5 of the previous six clashes involving Tranmere Rovers, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game in that period is a meagre 2, with the number of goals averaged by Super White Army standing at 1.17. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
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Head to head
The last league game between the two was League One match day 37 on 07/03/2020 when it finished Accrington Stanley 1-2 Tranmere Rovers.
The referee was Will Finnie.
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Team News: Accrington Stanley
The Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.
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Team News: Tranmere Rovers
Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Tranmere Rovers manager Micky Mellon has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash.
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Prediction
Our assessment here is that Tranmere Rovers might well have a job on their hands to get anything against this Accrington Stanley outfit who will likely just have the edge.
We’re therefore predicting a good battle with a 1-0 winning margin for Accrington Stanley after 90 minutes.
Should be a close one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
16:03 05/08/2022
🏟️ Team Focus:
Accrington Stanley
Formed: 1968
Stadium: Wham Stadium (5,450)
Captain: Séamus Conneely
Chairman: Andy Holt
Manager: John Coleman
Competitions: League One position 11, EFL Cup (First Round)