Bristol Rovers fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-3 League One triumph over Cheltenham Town.

For Bristol Rovers, the scorers were Scott Sinclair (12\'), Brandon Aguilera (56\') and Elkan Baggott (77\'). Liam Sercombe (90\') was the scorer for Cheltenham Town.

Fewer than three goals per match were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Bristol Rovers have been involved. Regarding the goal attribution during this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 11 while Bristol Rovers got themselves 0. Still, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern shall be maintained in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Bristol Rovers are unbeaten in their last 6 home league matches.

In their last fixture, Cambridge United drew 1-1 in the League One match with Charlton Athletic.

The only player to score from Cambridge United was Macauley Bonne (50\'). Connor Wickham (23\') scored for Charlton Athletic.

The stats tell the story, and Cambridge United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 13 goals in total. In defence, Cambridge United could really do with shoring things up.

Going into this contest, Cambridge United have not won against Bristol Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.

Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 30/10/2015 tells us that Bristol Rovers have won 5 of these games & Cambridge United 1, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

A sum of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 13 of them for The Pirates and 6 being from The U\'s. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league match between the two was League One match day 4 on 19/08/2023 when it finished Cambridge United 2-0 Bristol Rovers.

The match was refereed by John Busby.

Team News: Bristol Rovers

The Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match owing to a fully healthy group available for selection.

Team News: Cambridge United

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Cambridge United boss Garry Monk doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this clash.

Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cambridge United have it in them to break down this Bristol Rovers outfit, but that may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re predicting a 2-1 victory for Bristol Rovers after the 90. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.