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Ace Football previews the League One round 4 match between Peterborough and Stevenage and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Peterborough will look to justify their title credentials this coming Tuesday when they take on Stevenage for a round 4 match in the League One.

While Peterborough find themselves in 17th place in the table with a miserable three points after three rounds, Stevenage only have two points as well to their account, leaving them 18th in the League One standings.

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Form: Peterborough vs Stevenage

Peterborough Form

In their last three matches, Peterborough beat Mansfield by 2-1 and Watford by 1-5, before losing against Blackpool by 4-0. Peterborough just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League One matches at the Weston Homes Stadium. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded nine goals.

Stevenage Form

In their previous three games, Stevenage lost 1-2 and 0-3 against Oxford and Reading, respectively, before drawing 2-2 with Doncaster. Stevenage only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the League One. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by nine goals to four.

Betting stats and facts for Peterborough and Stevenage

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Peterborough and Stevenage played across all tournaments.

  • Peterborough have lost 5 of the last 7 matches in the League One while scoring less than 1.5 goals
  • In the last 3 Peterborough matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
  • Peterborough have lost 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
  • In the last 3 Peterborough matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 3 of the last 4 Peterborough home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
  • In 12 of the last 14 Stevenage matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 2.5
  • In 15 of the last 17 Stevenage matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 7 of the last 8 Stevenage away matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 2.5
  • In 8 of the last 9 Stevenage matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 8 of the last 9 Stevenage away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5

In-form players: Peterborough vs Stevenage

As the new League One campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Peterborough and Stevenage this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

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Full-time result

Peterborough won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Weston Homes Stadium. They drew four and lost three as well, while Stevenage won three of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost four.

Both teams to score

Peterborough scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Stevenage scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Peterborough managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Stevenage kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Stevenage have scored in 4 consecutive meetings with Peterborough when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Peterborough, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Stevenage’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.