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Cambridge United v Chesterfield : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 9th Dec, 19:45 BST, The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Cambridge United are in League Two action on Tuesday evening, as Neil Harris aims to beat Paul Cook and his Chesterfield side at The Abbey Stadium. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've searched our extensive database and pulled out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. The best odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our best tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Cambridge and Chesterfield's latest form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.33.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cambridge are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% 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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cambridge 51%	2.00	2.15
Draw 25%	3.10	3.30
Chesterfield 25%	3.75	3.50
Draw 1-1 12%	6.00	6.00
Cambridge 1-0 11%	6.50	6.00
Cambridge 2-1 10%	9.00	8.00
Cambridge 2-0 9%	9.00	8.50
Chesterfield 1-0 7%	9.50	8.00
Draw 0-0 7%	8.00	7.00
Chesterfield 2-1 6%	13.00	11.00
Cambridge 3-1 5%	19.00	15.00
Draw 2-2 5%	17.00	15.00
Cambridge 3-0 5%	17.00	15.00
Chesterfield 2-0 4%	19.00	15.00
Cambridge 3-2 3%	34.00	26.00
Chesterfield 3-1 2%	34.00	23.00
Cambridge 4-1 2%	41.00	29.00
Cambridge 4-0 2%	41.00	29.00
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	2.25	2.20
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	1.62	1.60
Home 1st Goal 53%	1.73	1.80
Away 1st Goal 43%	2.40	2.40
No 1st Goal 4%	8.00	7.00
BTTS - Yes 53%	1.91	2.00
BTTS - No 47%	1.80	1.75
BTTS - Home Win 23%	4.75	4.60
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.50	4.60
BTTS - Away Win 12%	8.50	7.00
Home/draw 75%	1.25	1.29
Away/draw 49%	1.80	1.70
Home/away 75%	1.36	1.33
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1.36	1.40
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	3.00	2.75
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	4.00	4.00
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	1.22	1.22
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	9.00	8.00
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1.07	1.06
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	19.00	17.00
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1.02	1.01
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1.08	1.07
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	8.00	7.00
Home DNB 68%	1.44	1.50
Away DNB 42%	2.63	2.45
Cambridge win to nil 28%	3.25	-
Chesterfield win to nil 13%	6.00	-
Cambridge / Cambridge 25%	3.25	3.30
Cambridge / Chesterfield 3%	34.00	26.00
Cambridge / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00
Draw / Cambridge 16%	5.00	5.00
Draw / Chesterfield 11%	8.00	7.00
Draw / Draw 18%	4.75	4.40
Chesterfield / Cambridge 3%	26.00	21.00
Chesterfield / Chesterfield 13%	6.50	5.50
Chesterfield / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00

Win / draw / win League Two table

Cambridge have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 32 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Cambridge have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 13 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Chesterfield are in 10th position in the League Two on 28 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 14 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Chesterfield have conceded 16 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cambridge Chesterfield
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	18	11	2	5	10	35	Jan 1	Mar 17	Jan 31	l 1-0A
2	Swindon	18	10	4	4	7	34	Apr 3	l 3-2F	l 1-2A	May 2
3	MK Dons	18	9	5	4	15	32	Feb 28	Dec 13	d 1-1A	Jan 4
4	Notts C	18	9	4	5	10	31	Apr 11	l 2-0A	Dec 26	Mar 14
5	Bromley	18	8	6	4	6	30	w 2-1F	Apr 18	Jan 17	d 2-2A
6	Gillingham	19	7	8	4	6	29	Mar 14	Dec 26	Feb 17	l 4-1A
7	Cambridge	18	8	5	5	4	29	-	-	Dec 29	Dec 9
8	Salford	18	9	2	7	-1	29	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	Jan 27
9	Colchester	19	7	7	5	7	28	Feb 17	w 1-2A	Jan 10	l 6-2A
10	Chesterfield	18	7	7	4	3	28	Dec 9	Dec 29	-	-
11	Crewe	18	8	3	7	3	27	w 2-1A	May 2	Apr 25	d 3-3F
12	Grimsby	18	7	5	6	7	26	Jan 4	d 1-1F	Mar 28	w 0-1F
13	Fleetwood	18	7	5	6	1	26	w 2-1A	Jan 17	d 1-1A	Apr 18
14	Barnet	18	6	7	5	3	25	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	Dec 13	Feb 28
15	Tranmere	18	5	8	5	3	23	Jan 24	d 0-00-0	Apr 11	d 1-1F
16	Oldham	18	5	8	5	3	23	l 0-1A	Jan 31	Mar 17	Jan 1
17	Accrington	18	5	6	7	-1	21	Dec 19	Mar 7	d 3-3A	Mar 21
18	Barrow	18	5	5	8	-5	20	Apr 25	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	Apr 6
19	Crawley	18	4	5	9	-8	17	w 3-1F	Jan 10	d 2-2A	Feb 21
20	Shrewsbury	18	4	5	9	-13	17	Jan 27	l 2-0A	Mar 7	Dec 20
21	Bristol R	18	5	2	11	-16	17	Feb 14	l 1-0A	w 3-1F	Feb 7
22	Cheltenham	18	5	2	11	-18	17	w 1-0F	Apr 6	Apr 3	w 0-2F
23	Harrogate	18	4	4	10	-11	16	d 1-1F	Feb 7	Feb 14	w 1-2F
24	Newport	18	3	3	12	-15	12	w 2-0F	Feb 21	w 4-1F	Jan 24

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Win / draw / win form

Cambridge have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge	2 - 1	Crewe
Cambridge	0 - 0	Barnet
Cambridge	2 - 1	Bromley
Cambridge	3 - 1	Crawley
Cambridge	2 - 1	Fleetwood
Cambridge	0 - 1	Oldham
Cambridge	2 - 0	Newport
Cambridge	1 - 1	Harrogate
Cambridge	1 - 0	Cheltenham
Cambridge	1 - 2	Birmingham
Cambridge	1 - 2	L Orient
Cambridge	0 - 1	Charlton
Cambridge	2 - 2	Wrexham
Cambridge	1 - 1	Northampton
Cambridge	0 - 1	Peterborough
Cambridge	0 - 1	Stevenage
Cambridge	2 - 0	Stockport
Cambridge	0 - 1	Exeter
Cambridge	1 - 1	Wycombe
Cambridge	3 - 2	Mansfield

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cambridge	2 - 1	Crewe
A	Cambridge	2 - 0	Barrow
H	Cambridge	0 - 0	Barnet
A	Cambridge	0 - 0	Salford
A	Cambridge	0 - 2	Notts C
H	Cambridge	2 - 1	Bromley
A	Cambridge	0 - 2	Shrewsbury
H	Cambridge	3 - 1	Crawley
A	Cambridge	0 - 0	Tranmere
H	Cambridge	2 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	Grimsby
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Oldham
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Newport
A	Cambridge	0 - 1	Bristol R
A	Cambridge	2 - 1	Colchester
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Harrogate
A	Cambridge	2 - 3	Swindon
H	Cambridge	1 - 0	Cheltenham
H	Cambridge	1 - 2	Birmingham
A	Cambridge	1 - 2	Burton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	3 - 3	Chesterfield
Grimsby	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Tranmere	1 - 1	Chesterfield
Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
Bromley	2 - 2	Chesterfield
Walsall	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Harrogate	1 - 2	Chesterfield
Gillingham	4 - 1	Chesterfield
Cheltenham	0 - 2	Chesterfield
Walsall	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Accrington	0 - 1	Chesterfield
AFC Wim	0 - 0	Chesterfield
Tranmere	4 - 0	Chesterfield
Barrow	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Notts C	1 - 2	Chesterfield
Salford	0 - 4	Chesterfield
Colchester	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Swindon	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Walsall	3 - 1	Chesterfield
Cheltenham	1 - 0	Chesterfield

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Chesterfield	1 - 2	Swindon
A	Chesterfield	3 - 3	Crewe
A	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Grimsby
H	Chesterfield	3 - 3	Accrington
A	Chesterfield	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Chesterfield	1 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Chesterfield	2 - 0	Salford
A	Chesterfield	2 - 6	Colchester
H	Chesterfield	4 - 1	Newport
A	Chesterfield	2 - 2	Bromley
H	Chesterfield	1 - 1	MK Dons
A	Chesterfield	0 - 1	Walsall
H	Chesterfield	2 - 2	Crawley
A	Chesterfield	2 - 1	Harrogate
A	Chesterfield	1 - 4	Gillingham
H	Chesterfield	3 - 1	Bristol R
A	Chesterfield	2 - 0	Cheltenham
H	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Barrow
A	Chesterfield	1 - 2	Walsall
H	Chesterfield	0 - 2	Walsall

Goal Statistics

	Cambridge 7th	Chesterfield 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 81% probability that Cambridge will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Chesterfield will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-12 Cambridge have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Chesterfield’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

CMU

CHF

36%

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Games scored	11		17
Failed to score	7		1
Scored first	8		9
Goals scored	20		32
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.8
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		4
Conversion rate for	14		23
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+36%

26%

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CMU

CHF

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Games conceded	12		14
Clean sheets	6		4
Conceded first	7		9
Goals conceded	16		29
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		5
Conversion rate against	16%		21%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.4
KickOff rating		+26%

Cambridge v Chesterfield League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Cambridge League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	3	2	5
J Eastwood	J Brophy	J Brophy	P Mpanzu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Eastwood GLK	18			1 -
K Watts DEF	18	1		1 -
J Brophy MID	17	3	2	2 -
P Mpanzu MID	17	3		5 -
S Kaikai FWD	17	1	2	1 -
B Purrington DEF	15		1	2 -
M Morrison DEF	14		1	2 -
J Gibbons DEF	13			2 -
L. Bennett DEF	13			3 -
M Jobe DEF	13	2		2 1
K Kouassi FWD	13	2	1	-
E Kachunga FWD	13		1	1 -
A Mayor DEF	12	2		2 -
D Ball MID	12			3 -
L Appéré FWD	12	2		-
B Knight FWD	11	1		1 -
S McLoughlin DEF	9			-
K Smith MID	8			3 -
S Lavery FWD	7	3		3 -
G McConnell MID	3			-
Z Bradshaw DEF	2			-
G Hoddle MID	2			-
Z Rossi DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	8	2	10
J Brophy	J Brophy	J Brophy	J Brophy

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Brophy MID	3	8	2	10
P Mpanzu MID	3	3
S Lavery FWD	3	8
M Jobe DEF	2	3
K Kouassi FWD	2	4	1	1
A Mayor DEF	2	4		5
L Appéré FWD	2	7		1
K Watts DEF	1	4		1
S Kaikai FWD	1	4	2	8
B Knight FWD	1	2		1
B Purrington DEF		1	1
M Morrison DEF		2	1	2
J Gibbons DEF		1
L. Bennett DEF		1		1
E Kachunga FWD			1	1
D Ball MID		2
S McLoughlin DEF		1
K Smith MID		1		1
G McConnell MID		1		1
Z Bradshaw DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
744	28	124
K Watts	B Purrington	K Watts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Watts DEF	744	16	124
J Eastwood GLK	524	1	14
D Ball MID	521	21	74
B Purrington DEF	516	28	84
P Mpanzu MID	427	21	63
J Brophy MID	415	14	50
M Morrison DEF	380	22	121
M Jobe DEF	339	5	58
S Kaikai FWD	314	20	52
L. Bennett DEF	295	19	64
A Mayor DEF	259	16	40
J Gibbons DEF	253	14	46
K Smith MID	220	5	23
K Kouassi FWD	154	4	78
B Knight FWD	147	6	32
S McLoughlin DEF	141	11	27
L Appéré FWD	127	9	59
E Kachunga FWD	89	1	23
G McConnell MID	59	4	13
S Lavery FWD	49	8	23
Z Bradshaw DEF	45	4	7
G Hoddle MID	43	1	5
Z Rossi DEF	1

Chesterfield League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	4	5	6
Z Hemming	D Markanday	L Mandeville	T Naylor

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Z Hemming GLK	18		1	1 -
C Dunkley DEF	18	1	1	4 -
L Gordon DEF	18	1		1 -
L Mandeville MID	18	2	5	1 -
L Bonis FWD	18	2	2	2 -
D Markanday FWD	18	4	2	-
R Darcy MID	17	3	1	3 -
T Naylor MID	17	3	1	6 -
K McFadzean DEF	16	1		3 -
V Daley-Campbell DEF	14		2	4 -
R Stirk MID	13		1	2 -
A Dobra FWD	13	4	2	4 -
D Duffy MID	12	2	3	-
W Grigg FWD	12	1	2	-
D. Tanton DEF	10		1	3 -
J Fleck MID	10	1		3 -
A Lewis DEF	9		1	1 -
W. Dickson FWD	9	1		-
J Berry FWD	9	3	1	1 -
J Donacien DEF	4			-
M Dibley-Dias MID	4			1 -
J Grimes DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	13	5	4
D Markanday	L Bonis	L Mandeville	L Mandeville

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Markanday FWD	4	7	2	3
A Dobra FWD	4	8	2	2
R Darcy MID	3	8	1	1
T Naylor MID	3	4	1	1
J Berry FWD	3	5	1
L Mandeville MID	2	3	5	4
L Bonis FWD	2	13	2	2
D Duffy MID	2	8	3
C Dunkley DEF	1	3	1
L Gordon DEF	1	2
K McFadzean DEF	1	4
W Grigg FWD	1	6	2	1
J Fleck MID	1	1
W. Dickson FWD	1	2
Z Hemming GLK			1	1
V Daley-Campbell DEF			2	2
R Stirk MID			1	3
D. Tanton DEF			1	2
A Lewis DEF			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
989	35	148
L Gordon	L Gordon	C Dunkley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Gordon DEF	989	35	69
K McFadzean DEF	892	28	120
R Stirk MID	819	26	57
C Dunkley DEF	661	12	148
T Naylor MID	624	17	80
Z Hemming GLK	595	2	12
J Fleck MID	408	7	19
V Daley-Campbell DEF	400	17	51
L Mandeville MID	384	21	46
D Markanday FWD	377	24	67
A Dobra FWD	377	27	97
R Darcy MID	302	7	14
D. Tanton DEF	236	12	31
L Bonis FWD	186	12	88
J Berry FWD	155	5	20
D Duffy MID	146	12	46
J Grimes DEF	135	2	7
W Grigg FWD	88	7	24
A Lewis DEF	79	3	6
J Donacien DEF	77	2	5
M Dibley-Dias MID	67	6	8
W. Dickson FWD	26	3	8