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

Sat 24th Jan, 15:00 BST, The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

The Abbey Stadium is the stage on Saturday afternoon, as Neil Harris's Cambridge United welcome Andy Crosby's Tranmere Rovers in the League Two. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League Two performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our best tip on this match, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 minutes. Both Cambridge and Tranmere's current 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 probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.36.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cambridge are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.83.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cambridge 49%	3/4	5/6
Draw 24%	23/10	13/5 3%
Tranmere 26%	7/2	17/5
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	11/2
Cambridge 1-0 10%	5/1	19/4
Cambridge 2-1 10%	15/2	7/1
Cambridge 2-0 8%	13/2	6/1 7%
Tranmere 1-0 7%	10/1	17/2
Tranmere 2-1 7%	14/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 6%	15/2	7/1
Draw 2-2 6%	16/1	14/1
Cambridge 3-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Cambridge 3-0 5%	12/1	11/1
Tranmere 2-0 4%	22/1	16/1
Cambridge 3-2 3%	28/1	22/1
Tranmere 3-1 3%	40/1	28/1
Cambridge 4-1 2%	33/1	25/1 13%
Tranmere 3-2 2%	40/1	33/1
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	23/20	11/10
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	4/6	4/6
Home 1st Goal 53%	8/13	3/5
Away 1st Goal 44%	7/4	7/4
No 1st Goal 3%	15/2	7/1 7%
BTTS - Yes 56%	1/1	1/1
BTTS - No 44%	8/11	8/11 1%
BTTS - Home Win 24%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 14%	9/1	15/2
Home/draw 74%	1/6	1/5
Away/draw 51%	10/11	19/20
Home/away 76%	3/10	2/7 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	4/11	4/11
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	2/1	2/1
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	11/4	11/4 1%
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	1/4	1/4
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	8/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/14	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	18/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/50	1/80
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/14	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	15/2	7/1
Home DNB 66%	3/10	1/3
Away DNB 43%	12/5	21/10
Cambridge win to nil 25%	7/4	-
Tranmere win to nil 13%	6/1	-
Cambridge / Cambridge 29%	15/8	7/4
Cambridge / Tranmere 2%	40/1	28/1
Cambridge / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Cambridge 18%	7/2	18/5
Draw / Tranmere 9%	17/2	8/1 6%
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	19/5
Tranmere / Cambridge 4%	25/1	18/1
Tranmere / Tranmere 11%	7/1	11/2
Tranmere / Draw 5%	16/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Cambridge have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 40 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

Cambridge have played 12 games at home winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 18 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Tranmere are in 17th position in the League Two on 32 points having played 26 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 19 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 23 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Tranmere have conceded 35 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

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 Tranmere
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	26	15	7	4	17	52	w 2-1F	Apr 18	l 0-2A	d 3-3A
2	Swindon	25	14	4	7	12	46	Apr 3	l 3-2F	Mar 21	l 2-1A
3	Walsall	25	14	4	7	11	46	w 2-0F	Mar 17	l 1-3A	l 4-2A
4	Salford	25	14	4	7	5	46	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	Jan 31	l 3-1A
5	MK Dons	26	12	8	6	20	44	Feb 28	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	Apr 25
6	Cambridge	25	12	8	5	10	44	-	-	d 0-00-0	Jan 24
7	Notts C	25	12	6	7	11	42	Apr 11	l 2-0A	l 1-2F	Feb 21
8	Chesterfield	26	10	11	5	7	41	d 1-1F	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 11
9	Colchester	25	10	9	6	11	39	Feb 17	w 1-2A	Apr 6	d 1-1F
10	Crewe	26	11	6	9	8	39	w 2-1A	May 2	l 1-4A	Feb 28
11	Grimsby	25	10	7	8	6	37	-	d 1-1F	May 2	w 1-2F
12	Oldham	25	8	11	6	6	35	l 0-1A	Jan 31	Mar 7	l 3-1A
13	Barnet	25	9	8	8	5	35	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	l 0-2A	Jan 27
14	Gillingham	25	8	11	6	4	35	Mar 14	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Feb 7
15	Fleetwood	25	9	7	9	1	34	w 2-1A	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 14
16	Accrington	25	9	6	10	-1	33	w 2-0F	Mar 7	Feb 17	d 1-1A
17	Tranmere	26	8	8	10	-2	32	Jan 24	d 0-00-0	-	-
18	Cheltenham	26	9	3	14	-17	30	w 1-0F	Apr 6	w 3-2F	Mar 28
19	Barrow	25	6	6	13	-11	24	Apr 25	w 0-2F	l 1-3A	w 0-3F
20	Shrewsbury	25	5	7	13	-19	22	Jan 27	l 2-0A	w 4-0F	Apr 3
21	Bristol R	25	6	3	16	-24	21	Feb 14	l 1-0A	Apr 18	w 1-4F
22	Crawley	26	4	7	15	-18	19	w 3-1F	Feb 10	Feb 14	w 0-2F
23	Harrogate	26	4	6	16	-22	18	d 1-1F	Feb 7	Mar 17	w 0-2F
24	Newport	25	4	5	16	-20	17	w 2-0F	Feb 21	d 1-1F	-

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Win / draw / win form

Cambridge have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge	2 - 0	Walsall
Cambridge	2 - 0	Accrington
Cambridge	1 - 1	Chesterfield
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cambridge	2 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Walsall
A	Cambridge	1 - 0	Chesterfield
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	Gillingham
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Accrington
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	MK Dons
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Chesterfield
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Harrogate	0 - 2	Tranmere
Oldham	3 - 1	Tranmere
Barrow	0 - 3	Tranmere
Grimsby	1 - 2	Tranmere
Swindon	2 - 1	Tranmere
Accrington	1 - 1	Tranmere
Bristol R	1 - 4	Tranmere
Bromley	3 - 3	Tranmere
Walsall	4 - 2	Tranmere
Salford	3 - 1	Tranmere
Crawley	0 - 2	Tranmere
Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere
Newport	1 - 4	Tranmere
Barrow	0 - 0	Tranmere
Accrington	3 - 3	Tranmere
Harrogate	3 - 2	Tranmere
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Tranmere
Bradford	0 - 1	Tranmere
Grimsby	1 - 1	Tranmere
Notts C	2 - 1	Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Tranmere	1 - 3	Walsall
H	Tranmere	0 - 2	Bromley
A	Tranmere	2 - 0	Harrogate
H	Tranmere	1 - 3	Barrow
H	Tranmere	1 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Tranmere	1 - 3	Oldham
H	Tranmere	1 - 4	Crewe
A	Tranmere	3 - 0	Barrow
A	Tranmere	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Tranmere	2 - 2	MK Dons
H	Tranmere	3 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Tranmere	1 - 2	Swindon
A	Tranmere	1 - 1	Accrington
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Tranmere	4 - 1	Bristol R
H	Tranmere	0 - 2	Barnet
A	Tranmere	3 - 3	Bromley
H	Tranmere	0 - 0	Cambridge
A	Tranmere	2 - 4	Walsall
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Newport

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cambridge have drawn with Tranmere in 4 consecutive league meetings

Tranmere have not lost to Cambridge in 7 consecutive league meetings

Cambridge

Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 3

Clean sheets

2 / 3

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cambridge
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Tranmere

Tranmere

Cambridge

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

1 / 4

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Tranmere	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Cambridge United have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive League Two outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Cambridge United's defensive record is very strong, N. Harris's men having conceded 1 or less in 10 consecutive League Two matches. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Tranmere Rovers makes sense in this context.

	Cambridge 8th	Tranmere 17th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Cambridge will score 1 or more goals	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Tranmere 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	+48 Tranmere have scored 48% more goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.8 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

CMU

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Games scored	18		23
Failed to score	7		3
Scored first	14		13
Goals scored	30		40
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	16		17
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+16%

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Games conceded	16		20
Clean sheets	9		6
Conceded first	8		12
Goals conceded	20		42
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		17%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.6
KickOff rating		+32%

Cambridge v Tranmere 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
25	4	4	5
J Eastwood	S Kaikai	J Brophy	P Mpanzu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Eastwood GLK	25			2 -
K Watts DEF	25	2		2 -
P Mpanzu MID	24	3		5 -
J Brophy MID	24	3	4	2 -
S Kaikai FWD	23	4	2	1 -
B Purrington DEF	21		1	2 -
L. Bennett DEF	20			3 -
M Jobe DEF	20	2		2 1
L Appéré FWD	19	3	1	-
J Gibbons DEF	18	2	2	3 -
A Mayor DEF	17	2	1	2 -
E Kachunga FWD	17		1	1 -
D Ball MID	15			3 -
B Knight FWD	15	3		2 -
S McLoughlin DEF	14	1		-
M Morrison DEF	14		1	2 -
K Kouassi FWD	13	2	1	-
S Lavery FWD	12	3		4 -
K Smith MID	10			3 -
G Hoddle MID	9			1 -
Z Rossi DEF	4		1	-
G McConnell MID	4		1	-
Z Bradshaw DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	10	4	14
S Kaikai	L Appéré	J Brophy	J Brophy

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Kaikai FWD	4	9	2	10
P Mpanzu MID	3	5		1
J Brophy MID	3	9	4	14
L Appéré FWD	3	10	1	3
B Knight FWD	3	5		1
S Lavery FWD	3	8
K Watts DEF	2	6		2
M Jobe DEF	2	3
J Gibbons DEF	2	4	2	2
A Mayor DEF	2	5	1	7
K Kouassi FWD	2	4	1	1
S McLoughlin DEF	1	2
B Purrington DEF		1	1
L. Bennett DEF		1		4
E Kachunga FWD			1	1
D Ball MID		2
M Morrison DEF		2	1	2
K Smith MID		3		1
Z Rossi DEF			1
G McConnell MID		2	1	2
Z Bradshaw DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1006	32	157
K Watts	B Purrington	K Watts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Watts DEF	1006	20	157
J Eastwood GLK	722	1	17
J Brophy MID	616	23	73
M Jobe DEF	608	8	129
P Mpanzu MID	589	26	94
B Purrington DEF	584	32	91
D Ball MID	577	23	84
L. Bennett DEF	460	28	105
J Gibbons DEF	444	17	77
S Kaikai FWD	434	28	86
M Morrison DEF	378	22	121
A Mayor DEF	371	21	60
K Smith MID	265	6	32
G Hoddle MID	249	12	39
S McLoughlin DEF	215	13	36
L Appéré FWD	203	12	82
B Knight FWD	202	6	41
K Kouassi FWD	155	5	79
E Kachunga FWD	115	2	33
G McConnell MID	78	5	17
Z Rossi DEF	72	2	16
S Lavery FWD	65	9	34
Z Bradshaw DEF	45	4	7

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
26	7	4	5
N Smith	C Whitaker	O Patrick	P Brough

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Smith DEF	26	3		4 -
C Jennings FWD	26	4	3	2 -
P Brough DEF	25	1		5 -
C Norman DEF	25	3	2	4 -
R Smallwood MID	25		1	4 -
C Whitaker MID	24	7	2	2 -
J Davison FWD	24	2	2	2 -
J. Joseph DEF	22	1	1	3 -
J Ironside FWD	19	4	1	3 -
J Murphy GLK	18			2 -
B. Blacker MID	18	1	1	2 -
N Kenneh MID	18		1	3 -
O Patrick FWD	18	6	4	1 -
K Dennis FWD	15	4	1	2 -
J Turnbull DEF	14		1	3 -
A McGowan DEF	13		2	1 -
S Finley MID	13			3 -
T. Harris FWD	13	1		1 -
E Bristow DEF	11			2 -
J Lowe MID	9			-
S Solomon FWD	8			1 -
L O'Connor DEF	7			1 -
L McGee GLK	5			1 -
J. Barrett GLK	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	22	4	5
C Whitaker	C Whitaker	O Patrick	O Patrick

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Whitaker MID	7	22	2	3
O Patrick FWD	6	17	4	5
C Jennings FWD	4	13	3	3
J Ironside FWD	4	6	1
K Dennis FWD	4	8	1	1
N Smith DEF	3	4		1
C Norman DEF	3	4	2	3
J Davison FWD	2	6	2	3
P Brough DEF	1	4
J. Joseph DEF	1	4	1	3
B. Blacker MID	1	4	1	1
T. Harris FWD	1	2		1
R Smallwood MID		2	1	1
N Kenneh MID		2	1
J Turnbull DEF		1	1	1
A McGowan DEF		1	2	2
S Finley MID				5
E Bristow DEF		1		2
S Solomon FWD		1
J. Barrett GLK				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
898	48	209
R Smallwood	R Smallwood	N Smith

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Smallwood MID	898	48	100
P Brough DEF	761	40	129
J Murphy GLK	699		6
N Smith DEF	674	20	209
C Norman DEF	664	24	140
O Patrick FWD	503	20	75
C Whitaker MID	479	25	111
C Jennings FWD	474	27	139
S Finley MID	450	27	59
J. Joseph DEF	370	31	75
A McGowan DEF	344	15	56
B. Blacker MID	327	21	63
N Kenneh MID	276	26	70
J Turnbull DEF	268	14	66
J Ironside FWD	251	4	118
L O'Connor DEF	243	12	30
E Bristow DEF	213	21	38
J Davison FWD	199	11	61
L McGee GLK	195		7
K Dennis FWD	168	4	18
J Lowe MID	161	2	3
J. Barrett GLK	137		1
T. Harris FWD	97	9	24
S Solomon FWD	74	5	10