Cambridge got themselves a nice home win in midweek as they got the better of Yeovil who are having their fair share of problems out on the road. Still, the U’s delivered the win that edges them closer to the top half of the table. They are still lacking a major goalscoring threat to push on, but they take on bottom side Chesterfield in this one so they should get some chances to boost their returns. Chesterfield finally snapped their losing streak with a surprise away win at Crawley on Tuesday. Still, they are 8/11 underdogs with Cambridge at 8/11 with Ladbrokes.
Football League Two – The Cambs Glass Stadium – Saturday 21th October 2017 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 5/2 at Ladbrokes |
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Cambridge Utd
ChesterfieldCambridge Form
The U’s are going to need to improve their scoring output if they are going to push on to make a run at the play offs this season. It’s just not quite been there from them. At home, they have produced a W4 D1 L2 record for the season and they beat Yeovil 2-1 there on Tuesday night. That’s four wins in their last five at home now in the league (L1). So that suggests that they have what it takes to be comfortable against the bottom side in the table. Cambridge have only conceded two goals in their four home wins this season.
Chesterfield Form
Chesterfield finally got their second win of the season on the board with a 2-0 win at Crawley in midweek. That snapped a six-match losing streak that they were on and a ten-match winless streak that they had put together since beating Port Vale back in mid-August. So those three points will have been a relief but they are still stuck at the bottom of the table because second-from-bottom Forest Green also managed a surprise win in the week. Chesterfield’s away form reads W1 D1 L5 this season and they have only scored the six goals out on the road while having averaged over two goals per game away from home.
Head to Head News
Cambridge won this corresponding fixture the last time they hosted Chesterfield which was way back in April 2002 in Division 2. They are on a three-match winning streak at home against the Spireites, but there’s no recent history to look at.
Top Betting Tips
Cambridge have been solid enough on home soil to suggest that they are going to slip up against Chesterfield. The Spireites badly needed that win in midweek, but it’s hard to see them going from six straight defeats home and away to landing back to back wins. Home win and under 2.5 goals.