Cambridge battled their way to a good midweek success out at relegation-threatened Chesterfield and that was a win that the U’s needed too as it snapped an unpleasant winless streak of form that they were on. Unfortunately, Grimsby are still stuck on theirs as they are struggling down in the bottom half of the table.
Football League Two – Cambridge v Grimsby – Abbey Stadium, Cambridge – Sunday 17th February 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 21/10 at Coral |
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The U’s relieved a bit of pressure with a win in midweek as it snapped a six-match winless streak of form that they were on. That win at Chesterfield was their second away win of the season only, but they are carrying much more potent form back on home soil. Cambridge are W8 D4 L3 for the season on home soil and they are unbeaten in four at the Abbey Stadium (W2 D2). They have only conceded one goal in their last four homes games and have five clean sheets in their last seven at home. Cambridge to win to nil has be a valuable option in the fixture. The U’s aren’t exactly stacked with goals and have only averaged 1.2 per home game, but their defence is on point with just 11 goals conceded in 15 home games. That should be enough to slam the door in Grimsby’s face.
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The Mariners suffered another huge setback last weekend as they lost heavily out at Crawley. That is a winless streak of thirteen league games that they are on now. That is the sort of run which builds pressure but they do go into the game nine points clear of the drop zone so will probably end up being safe this season. It is just a really poor run that they are on at the moment and they have failed to score in eight of their last thirteen league games. Away from home they have taken only the one point from their last five and in that sequence of games, netted just once. It’s probably worth considering going under 1.5 goals for this game. The Mariners have conceded in each of their last twelve league games home and away and it’s hard to imagine that they will have enough to break a solid Cambridge defence.
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There was a 0-0 draw between these two back in October and that means that three of the last four meetings have ended under 2.5 goals. It is the Mariners who have a bit of momentum in the head from league meetings though as they are W3 D1 in their last four against the U’s. They have good form out at the Abbey Stadium too as they have gone undefeated in their last six league visits there with a W4 D2 record from that sequence.
Cambridge v Grimsby – Betting Odds and Predictions
Grimsby did get a midweek break though, which means that they should be fresher than their hosts in this one. You can get a Grimsby win with 27/10 with odds from Ladbrokes, the draw is at 21/10 and an home win is at 23/20 with Skybet.
Top Betting Tip Cambridge v Grimsby
This is probably going to be a pretty even contest and under 2.5 goals jumps off the page to start with. Cambridge do have a little bit of home form in terms of not getting beaten on home turf going and therefore they should be able to avoid defeat. Neither of these have done much winning lately and therefore just settle on the draw.