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

Tue 25th Feb, 19:45 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

the Prenton Park masses welcome Accrington Stanley's fans on Thursday afternoon, as Nigel Adkins's Tranmere Rovers go head to head with John Doolan's troops in the League Two. Statistics drive the predictions below for seventeen markets, and changing between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a sneaky 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Tranmere and Accrington will score a minimum of a couple of between them during 90 mins. This is based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 75%. Bookmakers have it priced at 1.30.

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 Tranmere are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Tranmere
42%
7/5
7%
29/20
17%
Draw
26%
5/212/5
Accrington
32%
17/10
10%
7/4
19%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/25/1
Tranmere 1-0
10%
15/2
6%
13/2
7%
Tranmere 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
15/2
6%
Accrington 1-0
8%
8/1
5%
7/1
11%
Accrington 2-1
8%
9/1
9%
8/1
10%
Tranmere 2-0
7%
11/1
9%
10/1
22%
Draw 0-0
7%
10/1
10%
8/1
6%
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
Accrington 2-0
5%
12/1
13%
11/1
20%
Tranmere 3-1
4%
18/114/1
15%
Tranmere 3-0
3%
22/1
10%
18/1
27%
Accrington 3-1
3%
20/1
19%
16/1
19%
Tranmere 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Accrington 3-2
2%
28/1
15%
22/1
12%
Accrington 3-0
2%
28/1
15%
20/1
19%
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
1/1
3%
10/11
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
4/5
3%
5/6
2%
Home 1st Goal
50%
4/5
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/10
9%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
10/1
10%
-
BTTS - Yes
54%
8/11
4%
3/4
3%
BTTS - No
46%
1/1
5%
1/1
5%
BTTS - Home Win
20%
15/4
6%
18/5
10%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
5%
10/3
4%
BTTS - Away Win
16%
9/2
8%
4/1
17%
Home/draw
68%
4/9
6%
4/9
11%
Away/draw
58%
8/15
6%
8/15
10%
Home/away
74%
2/73/10
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
3/103/10
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
12/523/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
5/2
3%
11/5
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
2/7
1%
3/10
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
6/15/1
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/101/9
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
14/111/1
8%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/331/40
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/20
1%
1/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1
10%
8/1
6%
Home DNB
60%
8/11
7%
3/4
17%
Away DNB
50%
1/1
9%
19/20
19%
Tranmere win to nil
22%
10/3
15%
-
Accrington win to nil
17%
4/1
9%
-
Tranmere / Tranmere
21%
3/1
11%
14/5
15%
Tranmere / Accrington
3%
28/120/1
19%
Tranmere / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Draw / Tranmere
14%
5/1
9%
19/4
15%
Draw / Accrington
13%
11/2
7%
5/1
14%
Draw / Draw
16%
4/119/5
Accrington / Tranmere
3%
25/120/1
11%
Accrington / Accrington
18%
7/2
10%
10/3
18%
Accrington / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Tranmere have conceded 34 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Tranmere have played 12 games at home, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Accrington lay in 21st place on 25 points in the League Two league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 3 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 12 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 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
Walsall2518432958 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
2
Crewe26121041246 
Apr 26
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-1A
Jan 25
3
Port Vale261286544 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
Feb 1
4
AFC Wim2413471843 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
Feb 8
d
 
2-2F
5
Notts C2512761543 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 22
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-0A
6
Doncaster261277643 
Apr 18
l
 
3-1A
Feb 22
l
 
4-1A
7
Salford251267842 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
l
 
0-2A
Apr 18
8
Bradford251186741 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 15
Mar 29
Feb 11
9
Grimsby2612212-438 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 4
w
 
3-2A
l
 
5-2A
10
Chesterfield25988935 
Apr 5
l
 
3-0A
May 3
w
 
0-3F
11
Bromley258107434 
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 5
12
MK Dons2510411234 
Feb 15
d
 
1-1A
Mar 4
l
 
2-1A
13
Fleetwood24897333 
Feb 11
Mar 22
Apr 1
d
 
1-1F
14
Colchester267127233 
Feb 1
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
15
Cheltenham258710-431 
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
Jan 28
l
 
2-1F
16
Gillingham249312-330 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
Mar 15
w
 
1-2A
17
Barrow257711-528 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 21
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
18
Swindon2761011-828 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 28
d
 
2-2A
Mar 22
19
Harrogate278415-1528 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 1
d
 
3-3A
Mar 1
20
Newport247512-1126 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
Mar 11
l
 
3-1A
21
Accrington Away246711-1125 
Feb 25
Apr 12
-
-
22
Tranmere Home256712-2125 
-
-
Apr 12
Feb 25
23
Morecambe255515-1820 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
24
Carlisle254615-2018 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
Apr 21
l
 
2-1A
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Tranmere 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
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 - 1Harrogate
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
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
29
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
ATranmere1 - 3Doncaster
HTranmere2 - 1Harrogate
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
Accrington 21ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fleetwood1 - 1Accrington
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
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAccrington0 - 2Salford
AAccrington1 - 1Fleetwood
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
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 Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Thursday afternoon, not least because Accrington Stanley have conceded in each of their last 6 League Two outings. A PG of 1.5 for N. Adkins's side suggests that run should continue.

Tranmere 22nd Accrington 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% 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
-17
Tranmere have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted
+12
Accrington have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
1.2
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
1.5
1.2
Attack rating
TRA
ASY
37%
better
view stats
Games scored13
19
Failed to score12
5
Scored first6
9
Goals scored18
32
Avg. goals scored0.7
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal12
7
Conversion rate for9
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+37%
Defence rating
8%
better
TRA
ASY
view stats
Games conceded20
20
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first16
14
Goals conceded39
43
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
4
Conversion rate against16%
23%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+8%

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
255210
L McGeeO PatrickC JenningsT Davies
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L McGee GLK25
2
-
H Saunders FWD2411
4
-
C Jennings FWD2442
3
-
O Patrick FWD245
3
-
J Turnbull DEF2311
6
-
C Norman DEF2311
3
-
L O'Connor DEF221
6
-
T Davies DEF21
8
2
Z Bradshaw DEF171
3
-
C Wood DEF171
3
-
K Morris MID1711
1
-
K Dennis FWD172
2
-
J Davison FWD171
1
-
S Finley MID141
9
1
C Merrie MID14
-
R Hendry MID131
2
-
L Norris FWD10
4
-
B Walker MID81
1
-
S Khan MID8
3
-
S Solomon FWD81
2
-
J Hawkes MID61
1
-
D Drysdale DEF5
2
1
Accrington League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
246310
F RawsonS WhalleyD LoveD Love
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Rawson DEF241
5
1
D Love DEF2313
10
-
Z Awe DEF211
5
-
T Walton MID2133
8
-
B Woods MID1943
7
-
S Whalley FWD1963
5
-
B Crellin GLK17
-
C O'Brien DEF172
5
-
L Coyle MID171
7
-
D Costelloe FWD1751
3
-
J Woods FWD1731
2
-
S Aljofree DEF152
2
-
S Conneely MID151
1
-
A. Henderson MID1311
3
-
K Mooney FWD112
-
J Batty DEF101
3
-
A Hunter FWD10
6
-
M Kelly GLK7
1
-
S Quirk MID5
1
-
D Martin MID5
-
A Pickles DEF1
-
L. Trickett MID1
-
C Caton FWD1
-
A. Popoola FWD1
-
English League Two match betting previews, predictions and odds
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Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
Barrow v Grimsby
Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
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Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
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Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
Cheltenham v Salford
Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
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Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
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Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
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Sat 25th Jan, 15:00
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Sat 1st Feb, 12:30
Cheltenham v Chesterfield
Sat 1st Feb, 12:30
Walsall v Salford
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Harrogate v Crewe
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Bromley v Grimsby
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Newport v Barrow
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
AFC Wim v Bradford
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Doncaster v MK Dons
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Morecambe v Fleetwood
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Port Vale v Accrington
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Tranmere v Colchester
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
Carlisle v Swindon
Sat 1st Feb, 15:00
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Tue 4th Feb, 19:45
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