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Thursday 1 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Wayne Cartmel

Cambridge United v Walsall: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cambridge United's last 10 home games and Walsall's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 7 of 20, with 9.7 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cambridge United v Walsall, full match

55%

Possession

45%

0.94

Expected goals (xG)

1.42

8

Shots

10

3

Shots on target

3

1

Corners

6

14

Fouls

18

0

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

45+2'

Goal

Ben Knight CAM

53'

Goal

Ben Knight CAM

90'

Penalty missed

Aaron Pressley WAL

90+2'

Yellow card

Rico Browne WAL

At a glance

Cambridge United

3rd in the table

W

D

W

D

Walsall

13th in the table

L

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cambridge United's home games and Walsall's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Cambridge United's last 10 home games and Walsall's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

15%

3/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

30%

6/20 games · League 55%

Cambridge United clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Walsall clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Cambridge United fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Walsall fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.2

League 2.6

Corners

9.7

League 9.8

Cards

3.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Cambridge United

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jake Eastwood

DEFENDERS

2

6

7

16

23

MIDFIELDERS

4

Dominic Ball

21

Shane McLoughlin

FORWARDS

9

Louis Appéré

11

Sullay Kaikai

14

Ben Knight

SUBSTITUTES

25

3

26

17

38

10

19

Walsall

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Myles Roberts

DEFENDERS

2

4

25

30

33

MIDFIELDERS

8

Charlie Lakin

22

Jamie Jellis

29

Ryan Finnigan

FORWARDS

9

Jamille Matt

15

Daniel Kanu

SUBSTITUTES

12

18

20

14

17

19

37

Referee: Wayne Cartmel

3 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.7

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.7

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

27.0

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

CAM

WAL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

2.3

2.1

2.6

Over 0.5

87%

20/23

96%

22/23

91%

42/46

94%

Over 1.5

70%

16/23

61%

14/23

65%

30/46

75%

Over 2.5

26%

6/23

39%

9/23

33%

15/46

47%

Over 3.5

9%

2/23

17%

4/23

13%

6/46

29%

Over 4.5

4%

1/23

9%

2/23

7%

3/46

11%

Bet

CAM

WAL

Match

League

Yes

48%

11/23

52%

12/23

50%

23/46

55%

Yes and win

22%

5/23

30%

7/23

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

26%

6/23

39%

9/23

33%

15/46

41%

Yes and draw

22%

5/23

13%

3/23

17%

8/46

22%

Yes and loss

4%

1/23

9%

2/23

17%

Yes in both halves

4%

1/23

4%

1/23

4%

2/46

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Bet

CAM

WAL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.4

9.3

9.7

Over 7.5

70%

16/23

70%

16/23

70%

32/46

72%

Over 8.5

61%

14/23

57%

13/23

59%

27/46

61%

Over 9.5

57%

13/23

43%

10/23

50%

23/46

50%

Over 10.5

43%

10/23

35%

8/23

39%

18/46

38%

Over 11.5

22%

5/23

22%

5/23

22%

10/46

25%

Over 12.5

13%

3/23

13%

3/23

13%

6/46

20%

Referee Wayne Cartmel: 3.7 cards and 27.0 fouls per game in 3 games this season

Bet

CAM

WAL

Match

League

Cards per match

3.3

4.0

3.7

4.1

Over 2.5

65%

15/23

87%

20/23

76%

35/46

79%

Over 3.5

35%

8/23

61%

14/23

48%

22/46

61%

Over 4.5

30%

7/23

35%

8/23

33%

15/46

41%

Over 5.5

17%

4/23

22%

5/23

20%

9/46

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Daniel Kanu

18 starts · 0.6 per 90

22%

4/18

56%

10/18

0%

0/18

0%

0/18

Louis Appéré

14 starts · 0.3 per 90

21%

3/14

21%

3/14

0%

0/14

0%

0/14

Sullay Kaikai

17 starts · 0.2 per 90

0%

0/17

18%

3/17

0%

0/17

0%

0/17

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.