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

Tue 12th Aug, 19:45 BST, The Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Tuesday evening at The Memorial Stadium, and it’s a League Cup showdown between Bristol Rovers and Cambridge United. Darrell Clarke and Neil Critchley will be doing all they can to ensure victory. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with weighting assigned to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats between the team are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our best tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 mins. Both Bristol R and Cambridge's current form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.29.

In-Play
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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bristol R are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bristol R
45%
23/2011/10
Draw
25%
12/55/2
Cambridge
30%
23/1012/5
Draw 1-1
12%
11/211/2
Bristol R 1-0
10%
7/16/1
Bristol R 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Cambridge 1-0
8%
10/18/1
Bristol R 2-0
7%
10/117/2
Cambridge 2-1
7%
11/19/1
Draw 0-0
6%
10/18/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/111/1
Bristol R 3-1
5%
16/112/1
Cambridge 2-0
5%
16/114/1
Bristol R 3-0
4%
20/114/1
Cambridge 3-1
3%
25/120/1
Bristol R 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Cambridge 3-2
2%
33/122/1
Cambridge 3-0
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
9/1017/20
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
9/1017/20
Home 1st Goal
51%
4/63/4
Away 1st Goal
45%
11/813/10
No 1st Goal
4%
10/18/1
BTTS - Yes
56%
7/103/4
BTTS - No
44%
21/201/1
BTTS - Home Win
22%
10/33/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/317/5
BTTS - Away Win
15%
5/119/4
Home/draw
70%
1/33/10
Away/draw
55%
4/67/10
Home/away
75%
3/103/10
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/72/7
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
5/223/10
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
9/421/10
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1/31/3
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
11/219/4
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/91/9
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
12/110/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/251/33
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/201/20
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/18/1
Home DNB
62%
8/151/2
Away DNB
48%
11/811/8
Bristol R win to nil
23%
11/4-
Cambridge win to nil
15%
5/1-
Bristol R / Bristol R
24%
5/29/4
Bristol R / Cambridge
3%
28/122/1
Bristol R / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Bristol R
15%
9/24/1
Draw / Cambridge
11%
13/26/1
Draw / Draw
16%
9/219/5
Cambridge / Bristol R
4%
22/118/1
Cambridge / Cambridge
15%
9/217/4
Cambridge / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win form
Bristol R
20 games
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol R1 - 4Blackpool
HBristol R0 - 2Reading
HBristol R0 - 1Stevenage
ABristol R1 - 1Wrexham
HBristol R1 - 2Exeter
ABristol R0 - 1Bolton
HBristol R1 - 2Birmingham
HBristol R1 - 2Mansfield
ABristol R0 - 1Crawley
ABristol R0 - 5Lincoln
HBristol R3 - 2Bolton
HBristol R1 - 0Huddersfield
ABristol R0 - 0Shrewsbury
HBristol R2 - 3Rotherham
ABristol R1 - 2Northampton
ABristol R0 - 2Wycombe
HBristol R3 - 1Burton
HBristol R1 - 1Stockport
HBristol R3 - 1Peterborough
ABristol R0 - 2Charlton
Cambridge
20 games
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCambridge1 - 2Birmingham
ACambridge1 - 2Burton
HCambridge1 - 2L Orient
ACambridge2 - 1Huddersfield
HCambridge0 - 1Charlton
ACambridge1 - 0Shrewsbury
HCambridge2 - 2Wrexham
HCambridge1 - 1Northampton
ACambridge1 - 1Barnsley
HCambridge0 - 1Peterborough
ACambridge1 - 2Blackpool
ACambridge0 - 1Wigan
HCambridge0 - 1Stevenage
ACambridge2 - 0Crawley
HCambridge2 - 0Stockport
HCambridge0 - 1Exeter
ACambridge0 - 4Birmingham
ACambridge1 - 1Lincoln
HCambridge1 - 1Wycombe
ACambridge1 - 2Rotherham
Goal Statistics

Bristol Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Tuesday evening, not least because Cambridge United have conceded in each of their last 5 League Cup games. A PG of 1.6 for Darrell Clarke's side suggests that run should continue.

Bristol R Cambridge
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Bristol R will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Cambridge will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.4
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season
Bristol R
PG (predicted goals)
Cambridge
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
BRI
CMU
3%
better
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Games scored12
14
Failed to score8
6
Scored first8
8
Goals scored19
18
Avg. goals scored1
0.9
Avg. shots per game7
6
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1
1
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
BRI
CMU
16%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
17
Clean sheets2
3
Conceded first11
12
Goals conceded35
26
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
14%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
+16%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Bristol R v Cambridge will show here when available.

Bristol R League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Southwood GLK
-
B Young GLK
-
J Ward GLK
-
M Southam-Hales DEF
-
J Sparkes DEF
-
D. Ellison DEF
-
A Kilgour DEF
-
B Bilongo DEF
-
C Taylor DEF
-
C Mola DEF
-
J Senior DEF
-
T Moore DEF
-
L Thomas MID
-
K Conteh MID
-
O. Dewsbury MID
-
I Hutchinson MID
-
R Howley MID
-
J McEachran MID
-
M. Anthony MID
-
E Harrison FWD
-
P Omochere FWD
-
R Sotiriou FWD
-
S Forde FWD
-
Cambridge League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Bishop GLK
-
Z Bradshaw DEF
-
B Purrington DEF
-
E Longelo DEF
-
J Gibbons DEF
-
Z Rossi DEF
-
L. Bennett DEF
-
K Watts DEF
-
M Jobe DEF
-
M Morrison DEF
-
G Hoddle MID
-
J Brophy MID
-
D Ball  MID
-
B Knight MID
-
J Stokes MID
-
T Richards MID
-
K Smith MID
-
G McConnell MID
-
L Appéré FWD
-
D Osong FWD
-
D N'Lundulu FWD
-
D Ballard FWD
-
R Loft FWD
-
S Lavery FWD
-
S Kaikai FWD
-
E Kachunga FWD
-