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

Thu 1st Jan, 15:00 BST, The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Neil Harris's Cambridge United side are on home soil in the League Two on Thursday afternoon, as Matthew Sadler's Walsall travel to The Abbey Stadium. Statistics power the predictions below for all the markets, and changing between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and unique league tables. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cambridge 34%	-	-
Draw 29%	-	-
Walsall 36%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Walsall 1-0 13%	-	-
Cambridge 1-0 12%	-	-
Draw 0-0 11%	-	-
Walsall 2-1 7%	-	-
Cambridge 2-1 7%	-	-
Walsall 2-0 7%	-	-
Cambridge 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Walsall 3-1 3%	-	-
Cambridge 3-1 3%	-	-
Walsall 3-0 3%	-	-
Cambridge 3-0 2%	-	-
Walsall 3-2 1%	-	-
Cambridge 3-2 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 37%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 63%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	-	-
No 1st Goal 8%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 44%	-	-
BTTS - No 56%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 13%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 64%	-	-
Away/draw 66%	-	-
Home/away 71%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 64%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 36%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Home DNB 55%	-	-
Away DNB 57%	-	-
Cambridge win to nil 22%	-	-
Walsall win to nil 23%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Cambridge have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Cambridge have conceded 9 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Cambridge have played 10 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Walsall lay in 1st place on 39 points in the League Two league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 30 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Walsall have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Walsall have played 10 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

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 Walsall
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	20	12	3	5	11	39	Jan 1	Mar 17	-	-
2	Notts C	20	11	4	5	13	37	Apr 11	l 2-0A	Mar 7	Dec 20
3	Swindon	20	11	4	5	9	37	Apr 3	l 3-2F	w 2-1F	Apr 6
4	Bromley	20	10	6	4	9	36	w 2-1F	Apr 18	w 3-1A	May 2
5	MK Dons	20	9	6	5	14	33	Feb 28	d 1-1A	Feb 23	w 0-1F
6	Salford	20	10	3	7	0	33	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	Feb 14
7	Chesterfield	20	8	8	4	5	32	d 1-1F	Dec 29	w 1-0F	Jan 31
8	Crewe	20	9	4	7	6	31	w 2-1A	May 2	Dec 26	Mar 14
9	Cambridge	20	8	7	5	4	31	-	-	Mar 17	Jan 1
10	Gillingham	20	7	9	4	6	30	Mar 14	Dec 26	Apr 3	l 1-0A
11	Fleetwood	20	8	6	6	3	30	w 2-1A	Jan 17	Jan 4	d 1-1A
12	Colchester	20	7	7	6	6	28	Feb 17	w 1-2A	l 0-2A	Mar 28
13	Barnet	20	7	7	6	5	28	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	Feb 7	w 1-2F
14	Grimsby	20	7	6	7	5	27	Jan 4	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	Feb 17
15	Tranmere	20	6	8	6	3	26	Jan 24	d 0-00-0	w 4-2F	Jan 17
16	Oldham	20	5	9	6	2	24	l 0-1A	Jan 31	Dec 29	w 0-1F
17	Accrington	20	6	6	8	0	24	Dec 19	Mar 7	Jan 24	w 1-3F
18	Barrow	20	5	6	9	-8	21	Apr 25	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	Apr 18
19	Cheltenham	20	6	3	11	-17	21	w 1-0F	Apr 6	Apr 11	l 1-0A
20	Shrewsbury	20	4	7	9	-13	19	Jan 27	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	Feb 28
21	Crawley	20	4	6	10	-10	18	w 3-1F	Jan 10	Jan 27	d 1-1A
22	Harrogate	20	4	5	11	-13	17	d 1-1F	Feb 7	Apr 25	w 0-2F
23	Bristol R	20	5	2	13	-23	17	Feb 14	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Jan 10
24	Newport	20	3	4	13	-17	13	w 2-0F	Feb 21	Mar 21	w 2-4A

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Win / draw / win form

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	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
Cambridge	0 - 1	Exeter
Cambridge	1 - 1	Wycombe

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
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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oldham	0 - 1	Walsall
Harrogate	0 - 2	Walsall
Newport	2 - 4	Walsall
Cheltenham	1 - 0	Walsall
Crawley	1 - 1	Walsall
Accrington	1 - 3	Walsall
Fleetwood	1 - 1	Walsall
MK Dons	0 - 1	Walsall
Barnet	1 - 2	Walsall
Gillingham	1 - 0	Walsall
AFC Wim	1 - 0	Walsall
Chesterfield	0 - 2	Walsall
Crewe	0 - 1	Walsall
Newport	0 - 0	Walsall
Barrow	2 - 0	Walsall
Doncaster	2 - 2	Walsall
Gillingham	0 - 0	Walsall
Bromley	2 - 2	Walsall
Carlisle	1 - 1	Walsall
Cheltenham	2 - 2	Walsall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goal Statistics

Cambridge United's defensive record is to be admired, N. Harris's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive League Two outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Walsall makes sense in this context.

	Cambridge 9th	Walsall 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Cambridge will score no more than 1 goal	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Walsall will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-22 Cambridge have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Walsall’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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WLS

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Games scored	13		16
Failed to score	7		4
Scored first	9		10
Goals scored	22		30
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	14		17
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+20%

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Games conceded	14		15
Clean sheets	6		5
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	18		19
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		12%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.1
KickOff rating		+3%

Cambridge v Walsall 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
20	3	2	5
J Eastwood	P Mpanzu	J Brophy	P Mpanzu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Eastwood GLK	20			1 -
K Watts DEF	20	2		1 -
P Mpanzu MID	19	3		5 -
J Brophy MID	19	3	2	2 -
S Kaikai FWD	18	2	2	1 -
B Purrington DEF	17		1	2 -
L. Bennett DEF	15			3 -
M Jobe DEF	15	2		2 1
E Kachunga FWD	15		1	1 -
J Gibbons DEF	14		1	2 -
M Morrison DEF	14		1	2 -
A Mayor DEF	14	2		2 -
L Appéré FWD	14	2		-
K Kouassi FWD	13	2	1	-
D Ball MID	12			3 -
B Knight FWD	12	1		2 -
K Smith MID	10			3 -
S McLoughlin DEF	9			-
S Lavery FWD	7	3		3 -
G Hoddle MID	4			-
G McConnell MID	4		1	-
Z Bradshaw DEF	2			-
Z Rossi DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	9	2	11
P Mpanzu	J Brophy	J Brophy	J Brophy

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Mpanzu MID	3	3		1
J Brophy MID	3	9	2	11
S Lavery FWD	3	8
K Watts DEF	2	6		1
S Kaikai FWD	2	5	2	9
M Jobe DEF	2	3
A Mayor DEF	2	5		5
L Appéré FWD	2	8		2
K Kouassi FWD	2	4	1	1
B Knight FWD	1	3		1
B Purrington DEF		1	1
L. Bennett DEF		1		1
E Kachunga FWD			1	1
J Gibbons DEF		1	1
M Morrison DEF		2	1	2
D Ball MID		2
K Smith MID		3		1
S McLoughlin DEF		1
G McConnell MID		2	1	2
Z Bradshaw DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
802	31	132
K Watts	B Purrington	K Watts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Watts DEF	802	17	132
J Eastwood GLK	577	1	15
B Purrington DEF	562	31	89
D Ball MID	521	21	74
P Mpanzu MID	462	23	74
J Brophy MID	455	15	52
M Jobe DEF	416	6	78
M Morrison DEF	378	22	121
L. Bennett DEF	337	20	71
S Kaikai FWD	334	21	56
A Mayor DEF	311	19	50
J Gibbons DEF	268	14	47
K Smith MID	265	6	32
B Knight FWD	161	6	36
K Kouassi FWD	155	5	79
L Appéré FWD	151	10	64
S McLoughlin DEF	141	11	27
E Kachunga FWD	102	2	31
G Hoddle MID	95	7	20
G McConnell MID	78	5	17
S Lavery FWD	49	8	23
Z Bradshaw DEF	45	4	7
Z Rossi DEF	5		2

Walsall League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	9	2	4
M Roberts	D Kanu	A Adomah	L Warrington

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Roberts GLK	20			1 -
A Flint DEF	20	1		2 -
A Adomah FWD	20	2	2	1 -
C Barrett DEF	19	3	2	3 -
C Lakin MID	18	1	1	1 1
E Weir DEF	17	3	2	2 -
R Finnigan MID	17	3	2	1 -
L Warrington MID	17			4 -
D Kanu FWD	16	9		-
A Pressley FWD	16	4	1	1 -
B Comley MID	15			2 1
V Harper MID	14		1	3 -
J Matt FWD	14		1	1 -
P Farquharson DEF	12	1	1	-
J Jellis MID	12		1	2 -
R Browne DEF	10	1	1	-
H Burke DEF	9	1		-
M Hancock DEF	4		1	-
R Richards MID	4		1	-
D. Cox DEF	3			2 -
J. Hollman MID	3			-
F. Okeke DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	23	2	6
D Kanu	D Kanu	A Adomah	E Weir

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Kanu FWD	9	23
A Pressley FWD	4	8	1	2
C Barrett DEF	3	4	2	2
E Weir DEF	3	5	2	6
R Finnigan MID	3	7	2	4
A Adomah FWD	2	5	2	2
A Flint DEF	1	2		2
C Lakin MID	1	6	1	2
P Farquharson DEF	1	1	1	1
R Browne DEF	1	4	1
H Burke DEF	1	1
L Warrington MID		1
B Comley MID		2
V Harper MID			1
J Matt FWD		1	1	1
J Jellis MID		1	1	2
M Hancock DEF		1	1	1
R Richards MID		1	1	1
F. Okeke DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
538	48	150
A Flint	C Barrett	A Flint

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Flint DEF	538	18	150
E Weir DEF	522	19	69
M Roberts GLK	474		8
C Barrett DEF	456	48	105
L Warrington MID	355	16	44
C Lakin MID	353	31	56
J Jellis MID	245	15	42
V Harper MID	229	39	91
R Browne DEF	222	9	41
A Pressley FWD	220	3	111
R Finnigan MID	207	31	65
H Burke DEF	185	10	43
B Comley MID	174	17	28
P Farquharson DEF	130	3	26
D. Cox DEF	107	1	12
J Matt FWD	100	4	46
A Adomah FWD	89	8	20
D Kanu FWD	86	7	38
M Hancock DEF	73	5	20
F. Okeke DEF	23		3
J. Hollman MID	11	3	6
R Richards MID	10	2	7