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Cambridge United line up against visiting rivals Northampton Town at Abbey Stadium in the League One match on Saturday.
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๐ Form Guide
Cambridge United
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Cambridge United wonโt want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 League One defeat last time out to Bolton Wanderers.
George Thomason (35') and Aaron Collins (66') scored for Bolton Wanderers.
Itโs not been often in recent times where Cambridge United havenโt conceded. In fact, Cambridge United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals during that time. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.
A look at their previous results shows us that Cambridge United:
- have not won against Northampton Town in their previous 2 matches in the league.
- have not won at home in their last 4 league matches. Fans are getting restless.
Northampton Town
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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Peterborough United in League One competition, Northampton Town will be aiming to make amends here.
The only scorer from Northampton Town was Jon Guthrie (9'). Ephron Mason-Clark (25'), Kwame Poku (28'), Joel Randall (45'), Hector Kyprianou (59') and Josh Knight (64') scored for Peterborough United.
Indicating their predisposition for productive encounters, weโve seen goals 21 times in the prior 6 games in which Northampton Town have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.5 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have managed 9 of these goals.
Going into this encounter, Northampton Town are winless against Cambridge United when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 04/12/2018 shows us that Cambridge United have won 2 of them and Northampton Town 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
In all, 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 7 of them for The U's and 8 belonging to The Cobblers. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The previous league fixture between the two was League One match day 19 on 25/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Northampton Town 2-1 Cambridge United.
The referee was Lewis Smith.
โน๏ธ Team News: Cambridge United
The Cambridge United boss Barry Corr doesnโt have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
โน๏ธ Team News: Northampton Town
Owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Northampton Town manager Jon Brady does not have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash.
๐ฎ Prediction
Weโre of the view that Northampton Town might have a difficult job to see themselves scoring against this Cambridge United lineup who we think might well emerge victorious.
Weโre therefore anticipating a good tussle with a 1-0 winning score for Cambridge United at the end of this game.
Should be interesting.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 14:02 09/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Cambridge United
Formed: 1912
Stadium: Abbey Stadium (8,127)
Captain: Michael Morrison
Chairman: Shaun Grady
Manager: Barry Corr
Competitions: League One position 19
๐ Key Player: Fejiri Okenabirhie
Normally deployed in the Striker position, Fejiri Okenabirhie was born in Hendon, England. After having played his first senior match for Stevenage in the 2013 - 2014 season, the talented Forward has managed to score 5 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 18 appearances.
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36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 76 | WWWDW |
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36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 70 | WLLWD |
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36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 69 | WWLLW |
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35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 67 | DWWWD |
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35 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 65 | LLWWW |
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35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 60 | LLWWD |
7 |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 57 | WDDLL |
8 |
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36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 56 | LWWLW |
9 |
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36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 54 | WLWWL |
10 |
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36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 52 | DWWWD |
11 |
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35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 49 | LWLWW |
12 |
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36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 49 | WDWDL |
13 |
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36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 44 | LWDWL |
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37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | -2 | 41 | DDWDW |
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35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 41 | LDLWL |
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36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -23 | 40 | WLLDL |
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36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 39 | DLWLW |
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35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 39 | WWLLD |
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35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 38 | WLLLL |
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36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | -25 | 38 | DLWLL |
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35 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 34 | WDLDL |
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34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 32 | LLLDL |
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36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -20 | 31 | DLDDW |
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35 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -31 | 23 | LLLWL |
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Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Gassan Ahadme | 7 |
Elias Kachunga | 5 |
Fejiri Okenabirhie | 5 |
Sullay Kaikai | 3 |
Lyle Taylor | 3 |
Sam Hoskins | 15 |
Kieran Bowie | 8 |
Mitch Pinnock | 6 |
Louis Appรฉrรฉ | 5 |
Marc Leonard | 5 |
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