League One: Cambridge U vs Charlton – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 42 match between Cambridge U and Charlton and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Cambridge U enjoy home advantage, when visitors Charlton swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Form: Cambridge U vs Charlton

Cambridge U Form

Cambridge U went through their last three matches undefeated, but started by drawing 1-1 with Northampton. Another draw followed, this time 2-2 against Wrexham, before they beat Shrewsbury by 0-1. Cambridge U just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League One matches at the Abbey Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded six goals.

Charlton Form

Charlton look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them gaining two victories and a draw. They ran out 4-0 and 1-2 winners against Huddersfield and Mansfield, respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Lincoln City, as the match resulted in a 2-2 draw. Charlton won half their previous six away matches in the League One, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored five goals whilst conceding six.

Betting stats and facts for Cambridge U and Charlton

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Cambridge U and Charlton. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Cambridge U vs Charlton

It’s been a great season for Matt Godden so far with 14 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Charlton want him to continue this productive spell against Cambridge Uon Saturday.

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Full-time result

Cambridge U claimed two wins, drew three and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Charlton won four, drew two and lost four of their last 10 games away. Charlton have not lost to Cambridge U in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Cambridge U scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Charlton scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Charlton will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Saturday with Cambridge U managing a measly three clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Both teams scored in the last 6 consecutive meetings between Cambridge U and Charlton.

Total goals

Cambridge U saw over 2.5 goals in two of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Of the last ten games for Charlton, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.7 times goals per game.