Cambridge United host Forest Green Rovers at Abbey Stadium on Saturday.
Cambridge
The U's look set to continue the bottom half path treaded last season. After 6 games they find themselves in 14:th place grasping 8 points.
Cambridge have kept most of the squad from last season. Manager Colin Calderwood joined the club in December 2018.
Statistics
Only 7 teams committed more fouls per game than Cambridge last season. When facing teams from the top half of the table at home last season, Cambridge committed more fouls than any team in League Two.
This season however, only 3 teams have committed fewer fouls than Cambridge so far in League Two.
Forest Green Rovers
The Gloucestershire club was one of the surprise packages in EFL last season, finishing in 5:th place. Only League Two winners Lincoln amassed more points on the road last season.
The Green Devils is off to a positive start this season too, sitting in 9:th place with 10 points from 6 games.
Forest Green is one of the smallest clubs in the EFL but is building a solid foundation for the future. Manager Mark Cooper has been at the club since May 2016 and kept most of the squad from last season.
Statistics
Forest Green was one of the teams committing the least amount of fouls last season, especially when facing teams from the bottom half of the table. Only Bury committed fewer fouls overall than Forest Green last season, Forest Green committing on average 9.35 fouls per game. Only Crewe committed fewer fouls than Forest Green Rovers when facing teams from the bottom half of the table, Forest Green committing on average 8.67 fouls per game.
This season has started in the same pattern: only 5 teams have committed fewer fouls than Forest Green so far this season, Forest Green committing on average 11.00 fouls per game.
Referee
Referee is Anthony Backhouse. He was in charge 32 games last season in league One and League Two combined, showing one of the lowest amount of cards in the EFL. On average Backhouse displayed 2.47 yellow cards and 0.16 red cards per game.
Check out more League Two stats here!
Conclusion & Betting Tips
Cambridge committed a lot of fouls last season but is off to less aggressive start to the new season.
Forest Green on the other hand is performing in a more uniform way, committing a really low amount of fouls both this and last season.
Also: in the last 5 games between Cambridge and Forest Green Rovers, the Green Devils conceded on average 0.6 cards.
My Betting Tip is Total Forest Green Cards: Under 2.
Stake at 5/10 units.
