Tranmere Rovers arrive at Wham Stadium on Saturday for the League Two clash with home team Accrington Stanley.
All Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Accrington Stanley
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Accrington Stanley will be wanting a better result here after the 4-2 League Two defeat last time out to Stockport County.
For Accrington Stanley, the goals were scored by Shaun Whalley (17') and Jack Nolan (77'). Kyle Wootton (9', 62'), Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (44') and Antoni Sarcevic (79') scored for Stockport County.
At least three goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Accrington Stanley have taken part. Opposing sides scored 13 times in these games whereas Accrington Stanley bagged a total of 7. That being said, time will tell whether that trend will be sustained in this match.
Their past results show that Accrington Stanley:
- are winless against Tranmere Rovers in their last 4 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 5 league matches. That's never good.
Tranmere Rovers
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Tranmere Rovers go into this meeting following on from a 3-2 League Two win with the defeat of AFC Wimbledon in their most recent fixture.
For Tranmere Rovers, the scorers were Harvey Saunders (35'), Rob Apter (45') and Connor Jennings (71'). Josh Kelly (56', 95') was the scorer for AFC Wimbledon.
Indicating their appetite for eventful matches, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the previous six games in which Tranmere Rovers have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 3.33 goals each clash. Their opponents have got 12 of these goals.
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Head to head
A look at their past head to head meetings going back to 06/09/2014 shows us that Accrington Stanley have won 1 of them & Tranmere Rovers 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.
19 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from Stanley and 12 netted by Super White Army. Thatโs an average goals per game of 3.17.
The last league clash featuring these sides was League Two match day 9 on 23/09/2023 and the score finished Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley.
The referee was Sam Purkiss.
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Team News: Accrington Stanley
The Accrington Stanley boss John Doolan will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad to pick from.
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Team News: Tranmere Rovers
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Tranmere Rovers boss Nigel Adkins has no fitness worries at all ahead of this game.
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Prediction
We feel that Tranmere Rovers and Accrington Stanley may well end up cancelling each other out here.
A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. That is why we are leaning toward a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
01:01 26/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Accrington Stanley
Formed: 1968
Stadium: Wham Stadium (5,450)
Captain: Sรฉamus Conneely
Chairman: Andy Holt
Manager: John Doolan
Competitions: League Two position 18
๐ Key Man: Tommy Leigh
Typically taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Tommy Leigh was born in England. Having made his senior debut playing for Accrington Stanley in the 2022 - 2023 season, the talented Midfielder has managed 8 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in a total of 38 appearances.