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Cambridge United v Bristol Rovers : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Jan, 12:30 BST, The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

The League One is the focus for both Cambridge United and Bristol Rovers on Saturday lunch time, as bosses Garry Monk and Matt Taylor face one another at The Abbey Stadium. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with weighting given to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) stats between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Cambridge
45%
--
Draw
26%
--
Bristol R
29%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Cambridge 1-0
11%
--
Cambridge 2-1
9%
--
Bristol R 1-0
8%
--
Cambridge 2-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Bristol R 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Bristol R 2-0
5%
--
Cambridge 3-1
4%
--
Cambridge 3-0
4%
--
Bristol R 3-1
3%
--
Cambridge 3-2
2%
--
Bristol R 3-2
2%
--
Bristol R 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
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Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
47%
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Cambridge win to nil
25%
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Bristol R win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Cambridge have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Cambridge have conceded 34 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cambridge have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Bristol R lay in 19th place on 22 points in the League One league table having played 20 matches. Bristol R are unbeaten in 5 games against teams below them in the league and kept 4 clean sheets out of 5 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 7 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bristol R have conceded 1 goal and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Bristol R have played 10 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cambridge
Bristol R
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham1914321945 
May 3
Feb 11
Apr 1
l
 
2-0A
2
Wycombe2013522144 
Feb 1
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
Feb 8
3
Wrexham2112631742 
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
4
Huddersfield2012351639 
l
 
0-4A
Apr 18
Mar 8
l
 
3-1A
5
Stockport2110651236 
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
-
l
 
2-0A
6
Lincoln21876331 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 8
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
7
Reading20947031 
Jan 1
l
 
3-0A
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
8
Bolton19946-131 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 18
-
Apr 5
9
Barnsley21867-130 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
Jan 18
l
 
2-1A
10
Mansfield19847128 
Jan 25
l
 
2-1A
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
11
Charlton20767427 
Apr 12
Dec 26
w
 
3-2F
Jan 28
12
Blackpool20767-227 
d
 
4-4A
Jan 11
l
 
0-2A
May 3
13
Exeter20839-327 
Feb 15
l
 
1-0A
Apr 12
Dec 26
14
Stevenage19757-226 
Mar 4
w
 
0-2F
Apr 21
Dec 29
15
L Orient20749325 
Apr 21
Dec 29
Jan 1
l
 
3-0A
16
Peterborough207310124 
Mar 15
l
 
6-1A
Feb 2
l
 
3-2A
17
Wigan20668124 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
l
 
0-4A
Jan 25
18
Rotherham19658-223 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 28
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
19
Bristol R Away206410-1122 
Jan 4
l
 
2-0A
-
-
20
Northampton215610-1321 
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
21
Crawley205411-1319 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
22
Cambridge Home204511-1517 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
Jan 4
23
Burton202612-1512 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
Feb 15
w
 
1-3A
24
Shrewsbury203314-2012 
w
 
4-1F
Apr 5
w
 
1-0F
Mar 4
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Cambridge 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge0 - 4Huddersfield
Cambridge4 - 1Shrewsbury
Cambridge1 - 1Bolton
Cambridge1 - 1Barnsley
Cambridge1 - 0Burton
Cambridge2 - 0Wigan
Cambridge0 - 1Rotherham
Cambridge0 - 2Lincoln
Cambridge4 - 4Blackpool
Cambridge0 - 1Crawley
Cambridge1 - 1Wycombe
Cambridge0 - 1Derby
Cambridge1 - 1Charlton
Cambridge3 - 1Wigan
Cambridge1 - 1Northampton
Cambridge0 - 1Peterborough
Cambridge1 - 2Bolton
Cambridge0 - 1Cheltenham
Cambridge0 - 0Burton
Cambridge2 - 1Fleetwood
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCambridge0 - 4Huddersfield
ACambridge2 - 2Wrexham
HCambridge4 - 1Shrewsbury
ACambridge0 - 3Reading
HCambridge1 - 1Bolton
ACambridge0 - 0Northampton
HCambridge1 - 1Barnsley
ACambridge1 - 6Peterborough
HCambridge1 - 0Burton
ACambridge2 - 0Stevenage
HCambridge2 - 0Wigan
ACambridge0 - 1Exeter
HCambridge0 - 1Rotherham
HCambridge0 - 2Lincoln
ACambridge1 - 2Wycombe
ACambridge1 - 2Mansfield
ACambridge0 - 2Bristol R
HCambridge4 - 4Blackpool
HCambridge0 - 1Crawley
ACambridge0 - 2Stockport
Bristol R 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham2 - 0Bristol R
L Orient3 - 0Bristol R
Mansfield0 - 1Bristol R
Reading1 - 0Bristol R
Huddersfield3 - 1Bristol R
Burton1 - 3Bristol R
Peterborough3 - 2Bristol R
Barnsley2 - 1Bristol R
Stockport2 - 0Bristol R
Rotherham0 - 0Bristol R
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 3Bristol R
Port Vale2 - 0Bristol R
Lincoln5 - 0Bristol R
Fleetwood0 - 0Bristol R
L Orient0 - 1Bristol R
Northampton3 - 1Bristol R
Stevenage2 - 3Bristol R
Exeter0 - 1Bristol R
Barnsley2 - 1Bristol R
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol R1 - 1Wrexham
ABristol R0 - 2Birmingham
ABristol R0 - 3L Orient
HBristol R0 - 2Blackpool
ABristol R1 - 0Mansfield
HBristol R0 - 0Crawley
HBristol R1 - 1Lincoln
ABristol R0 - 1Reading
HBristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
ABristol R1 - 3Huddersfield
ABristol R3 - 1Burton
HBristol R3 - 2Charlton
HBristol R1 - 2Wycombe
ABristol R2 - 3Peterborough
HBristol R0 - 4Wigan
ABristol R1 - 2Barnsley
HBristol R2 - 0Cambridge
ABristol R0 - 2Stockport
ABristol R0 - 0Rotherham
HBristol R1 - 0Northampton
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cambridge since 2004
Cambridge
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
5
4
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
CMU
2
BRI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cambridge
Cambridge2 - 0
1 - 2Bristol R
1 - 2Bristol R
Cambridge1 - 0
League games at Bristol R since 2005
Bristol R
Cambridge
Goals: Scored
9
2
Games: Scored
5 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
0 / 5
D
1
BRI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
Bristol R2 - 0
Bristol R1 - 0
Bristol R2 - 1
Bristol R3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Bristol Rovers of late. It has been 10 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Cambridge United.

Cambridge 22nd Bristol R 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Cambridge will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
37%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 69% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-10
Cambridge’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-18
Bristol R have scored 18% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Cambridge
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol R
1.5
1.1
Attack rating
CMU
BRI
4%
better
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Games scored11
12
Failed to score9
8
Scored first6
7
Goals scored20
18
Avg. goals scored1
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
6
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.1
0.8
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
CMU
BRI
15%
better
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Games conceded16
14
Clean sheets4
6
Conceded first13
11
Goals conceded35
29
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against18%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.7
KickOff rating
+15%

Cambridge v Bristol R League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Cambridge League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19435
V NuñezD N'LunduluD AndrewD Andrew
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Brophy MID201
3
-
V Nuñez GLK19
2
-
D Andrew DEF1913
5
-
K Smith MID191
5
-
E Kachunga FWD173
2
-
M Morrison DEF16
-
B Njoku FWD161
2
-
D N'Lundulu FWD1541
2
-
S Kaikai FWD153
3
-
J Okedina DEF14
1
J Gibbons DEF12
1
-
J Cousins MID121
1
-
P Digby MID12
3
-
S Lavery FWD1242
2
-
Z Rossi DEF11
3
-
R Loft FWD9
4
-
D. Barton FWD9
-
E Longelo DEF812
-
K Watts DEF71
-
J Stokes MID61
-
C O'Riordan DEF4
-
T Richards MID2
-
J Stevens GLK1
-
Bristol R League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20337
J GriffithsS SinclairP OmochereT Moore
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Griffiths GLK20
1
-
J Wilson DEF201
1
-
C Mola DEF20
4
-
K Conteh MID18
5
-
C Taylor DEF17
1
-
S Sinclair MID173
1
-
G Ward  MID1712
-
J Lindsay MID172
4
-
T Moore DEF16
6
1
L McCormick MID162
1
-
S Forde FWD1621
2
1
P Omochere FWD1633
2
-
B Bilongo DEF1412
-
R Sotiriou FWD1411
2
-
L Thomas MID123
1
-
I Hutchinson MID1211
-
G O'Donkor FWD1111
2
-
C Martin FWD9
1
-
L Sousa DEF71
-
M. Forbes DEF7
1
-
J Garrett MID7
1
-
J Hunt DEF51
2
-
J Senior DEF5
-
K. Shaw MID2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
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Thu 26th Dec, 13:00
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Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
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Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Lincoln
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Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
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Peterborough v Mansfield
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Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
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Blackpool v Shrewsbury
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Burton v Peterborough
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Crawley v Charlton
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Northampton v Stevenage
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Wycombe v Exeter
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Lincoln v Rotherham
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Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Cambridge v Reading
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Stockport v Birmingham
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Barnsley v Wrexham
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Cambridge v Bristol R
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
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Barnsley v Crawley
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Wrexham v Peterborough
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Wigan v Birmingham
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Exeter v Bolton
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L Orient v Shrewsbury
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Wycombe v Blackpool
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Lincoln v Stevenage
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Huddersfield v Rotherham
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