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Match Preview: Cambridge United v Peterborough United (Saturday, 12pm)

United make the journey to the Abbey Stadium to play on Saturday lunchtime looking to pick up points to end their four-game losing streak.

Peterborough’s struggles have left them with just four points from their last six matches, while their opponents have earned seven from a possible 18.

With 60 goals in 32 games so far this season, Peterborough are the league’s highest scorers with 1.9 goals per game. And they are conceding at an average rate, letting in 41 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.0 goal per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.

In the last 10 years, Cambridge and Peterborough have played each other on seven occasions. Cambridge won one of them, Peterborough five, and they drew once.

On average, Cambridge scored 0.6 goals and the 1.9 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when Peterborough won 5-0 at home.

are sixth in the table after 32 games, of which they have won 16 and drawn eight, earning 56 points.

Cambridge United are 11 places behind the Posh in 17th, with 10 wins and eight draws putting them on 38 points.

The visitors’ Harrison Burrows is among the league’s most creative players, racking up 10 assists in 32 appearances so far this season, and holding second spot in League One’s assist charts.

For the home side, Sullay Kaikai has set up the most goals, having laid on three assists in 26 games.

Cambridge’s last match was on Tuesday, a 2-1 loss against Wanderers, with Eoin Toal getting the goal for Cambridge.

Peterborough lost 2-1 against last time out, on Saturday, with Hector Kyprianou on the scoresheet.

Cambridge United v Peterborough United
League One | Abbey Stadium
Saturday, 24 February 2024 @ 12.00pm

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