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Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

We’ve League Two action to look forward to on Thursday afternoon, as Nigel Adkins and his Tranmere Rovers side host John Doolan’s Accrington Stanley at the Prenton Park. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for seventeen different betting markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you explore. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall records can be explored, while there's also head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.


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Win / Draw / Win
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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
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Team To Score First

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Tranmere
45%
--
Draw
25%
--
Accrington
30%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Tranmere 1-0
9%
--
Tranmere 2-1
9%
--
Tranmere 2-0
7%
--
Accrington 1-0
7%
--
Accrington 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Tranmere 3-1
5%
--
Accrington 2-0
5%
--
Tranmere 3-0
4%
--
Tranmere 3-2
3%
--
Accrington 3-1
3%
--
Accrington 3-2
2%
--
Tranmere 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
70%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
47%
--
Tranmere win to nil
23%
--
Accrington win to nil
15%
--
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Tranmere have conceded 21 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Tranmere have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Accrington lay in 20th place on 18 points in the League Two league table having played 18 matches. Accrington are unbeaten in 2 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 4 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Accrington have conceded 3 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Accrington have played 9 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Tranmere
Accrington
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Walsall1811431537 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 11
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
2
Port Vale191054735 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
Feb 1
3
Doncaster19964633 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Feb 22
l
 
4-1A
4
Crewe18873631 
Apr 26
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-1A
Jan 25
5
Grimsby191018-131 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 4
Jan 1
l
 
5-2A
6
AFC Wim189361430 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 18
Feb 8
d
 
2-2F
7
MK Dons179351130 
Feb 15
d
 
1-1A
Mar 4
l
 
2-1A
8
Chesterfield197751028 
Apr 5
l
 
3-0A
May 3
w
 
0-3F
9
Notts C18774728 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 22
Jan 18
l
 
2-0A
10
Gillingham18828326 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
Mar 15
w
 
1-2A
11
Bradford18675425 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 15
Mar 29
Feb 11
12
Salford18666-224 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
Dec 21
Apr 18
13
Barrow18657123 
Dec 29
Apr 21
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
14
Bromley18585023 
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 5
15
Cheltenham19658-323 
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
Jan 28
l
 
2-1F
16
Fleetwood17575122 
-
Mar 22
Apr 1
Dec 16
17
Newport18648-722 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
-
l
 
3-1A
18
Colchester18495121 
Feb 1
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
Jan 4
19
Harrogate196310-1221 
Dec 14
Apr 1
d
 
3-3A
Mar 1
20
Accrington Away18468-818 
Dec 26
Apr 12
-
-
21
Tranmere Home18468-1318 
-
-
Apr 12
Dec 26
22
Swindon19379-1016 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 28
d
 
2-2A
Mar 22
23
Morecambe193511-1514 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 1
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
24
Carlisle183510-1514 
Jan 4
w
 
1-2A
Apr 21
Dec 29
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Tranmere 21ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere2 - 2Morecambe
Tranmere0 - 2AFC Wim
Tranmere2 - 1Newport
Tranmere0 - 1Grimsby
Tranmere0 - 2Bradford
Tranmere1 - 1Swindon
Tranmere0 - 0Salford
Tranmere1 - 0Walsall
Tranmere0 - 0Notts C
Tranmere3 - 2AFC Wim
Tranmere1 - 3Walsall
Tranmere1 - 1Colchester
Tranmere1 - 3Crawley
Tranmere2 - 1Mansfield
Tranmere1 - 0Sutton
Tranmere4 - 0Stockport
Tranmere2 - 3Morecambe
Tranmere0 - 0Crewe
Tranmere1 - 2MK Dons
Tranmere4 - 2Notts C
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATranmere0 - 3Chesterfield
HTranmere2 - 2Morecambe
HTranmere0 - 2AFC Wim
ATranmere0 - 1Cheltenham
HTranmere2 - 1Newport
ATranmere1 - 3Crewe
HTranmere0 - 1Grimsby
ATranmere2 - 1Bromley
HTranmere0 - 2Bradford
ATranmere1 - 1MK Dons
HTranmere1 - 1Swindon
HTranmere0 - 0Salford
ATranmere0 - 3Colchester
ATranmere0 - 3Gillingham
ATranmere2 - 1Carlisle
HTranmere1 - 0Walsall
ATranmere0 - 0Port Vale
HTranmere0 - 0Notts C
ATranmere1 - 4Accrington
HTranmere3 - 2AFC Wim
Accrington 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Grimsby5 - 2Accrington
AFC Wim2 - 2Accrington
Chesterfield0 - 3Accrington
MK Dons2 - 1Accrington
Gillingham1 - 2Accrington
Cheltenham2 - 1Accrington
Notts C2 - 0Accrington
Newport3 - 1Accrington
Doncaster4 - 1Accrington
Stockport4 - 2Accrington
Mansfield2 - 1Accrington
Doncaster4 - 0Accrington
Newport1 - 3Accrington
Sutton3 - 1Accrington
Swindon1 - 2Accrington
Wrexham4 - 0Accrington
Walsall2 - 1Accrington
Colchester1 - 1Accrington
MK Dons2 - 1Accrington
Forest Green0 - 1Accrington
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAccrington1 - 2Bromley
AAccrington2 - 5Grimsby
AAccrington2 - 2AFC Wim
HAccrington2 - 2Swindon
AAccrington3 - 0Chesterfield
HAccrington0 - 0Walsall
AAccrington1 - 2MK Dons
HAccrington1 - 0Barrow
AAccrington2 - 1Gillingham
HAccrington2 - 1Morecambe
AAccrington1 - 2Cheltenham
HAccrington2 - 2Port Vale
HAccrington0 - 1Crewe
AAccrington0 - 2Notts C
HAccrington1 - 1Colchester
AAccrington1 - 3Newport
HAccrington3 - 3Harrogate
AAccrington1 - 4Doncaster
HAccrington4 - 1Tranmere
AAccrington2 - 4Stockport
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Tranmere since 2015
Tranmere
Accrington
Goals: Scored
6
1
Games: Scored
3 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
0 / 3
TRA
2
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Tranmere2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Tranmere3 - 0
League games at Accrington since 2014
Accrington
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
8
5
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
TRA
1
ASY
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Accrington
Accrington4 - 1
1 - 2Tranmere
Accrington3 - 2
Goal Statistics
Tranmere 21st Accrington 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Tranmere will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Accrington will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Tranmere have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+10
Accrington’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Tranmere
PG (predicted goals)
Accrington
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
TRA
ASY
43%
better
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Games scored8
15
Failed to score10
3
Scored first5
7
Goals scored12
25
Avg. goals scored0.7
1.4
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal12
6
Conversion rate for9
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+43%
Defence rating
17%
better
TRA
ASY
view stats
Games conceded14
15
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first10
10
Goals conceded25
33
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
4
Conversion rate against15%
24%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+17%

Tranmere v Accrington League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18314
L McGeeO PatrickC NormanL O'Connor
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L McGee GLK18
2
-
C Norman DEF171
3
-
O Patrick FWD173
2
-
H Saunders FWD1711
1
-
C Jennings FWD1731
2
-
L O'Connor DEF16
4
-
J Turnbull DEF1611
3
-
T Davies DEF15
4
-
C Wood DEF131
1
-
R Hendry MID131
2
-
Z Bradshaw DEF121
3
-
J Davison FWD12
1
-
K Morris MID111
1
-
C Merrie MID11
-
K Dennis FWD101
-
L Norris FWD10
4
-
S Finley MID81
3
-
B Walker MID61
1
-
S Taylor FWD6
-
J Hawkes MID51
1
-
S Khan MID4
2
-
S Solomon FWD3
-
D Drysdale DEF2
1
-
J Williams MID1
-
Accrington League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18536
F RawsonD CostelloeD LoveD Love
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Rawson DEF181
4
1
D Love DEF1713
6
-
Z Awe DEF171
4
-
T Walton MID1523
5
-
D Costelloe FWD1551
3
-
C O'Brien DEF142
5
-
B Woods MID1423
4
-
J Knowles FWD1421
1
-
S Conneely MID131
1
-
N Khumbeni MID131
3
-
S Whalley FWD1333
2
-
L Coyle MID12
4
-
B Crellin GLK11
-
J Woods FWD113
1
-
S Aljofree DEF101
1
-
J Batty DEF91
3
-
A. Henderson MID811
1
-
K Mooney FWD82
-
M Kelly GLK7
1
-
S Quirk MID5
1
-
A Hunter FWD5
4
-
D Martin MID1
-
A. Popoola FWD1
-
L. Trickett FWD1
-