Barnsley v Cambridge United

23rd1–28th

14:00 UTC

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
Barnsley		Cambridge United
24	Shots	13
7	Shots on target	5
11	Corners	11
15	Fouls	10
5	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
1	Offsides	5
330	Passes	219
59%	Possession %	41%
2.28	xG	2.21

Over 1.5: 80%
Over 2.5: 56%
Over 3.5: 34%
Both score: 57%

Model pick: Cambridge United 54%
Likely score: 1-1 11%
Expected goals: 1.10 – 1.84

Advised bets

No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
Market	Selection	Ours	Fair	Best price	Implied	Gap
Match result	Barnsley	22.0%	4.55	2.45 Bet365	40.8%	-18.8
Match result	Draw	23.8%	4.20	3.75 Betfair	26.7%	-2.8
Match result	Cambridge United	54.2%	1.85	2.80 Dafabet	35.7%	+18.5
Total goals	Over 1.5	79.8%	1.25	1.21 BetVictor	82.6%	-2.9
Total goals	Under 1.5	20.2%	4.95	5.00 Betfair	20.0%	+0.2
Total goals	Over 2.5	56.5%	1.77	1.62 Bet365	61.7%	-5.3
Total goals	Under 2.5	43.5%	2.30	2.30 Betfair	43.5%	+0.1
Total goals	Over 3.5	34.1%	2.94	2.55 Betfair	39.2%	-5.2
Total goals	Under 3.5	65.9%	1.52	1.52 Betano	65.8%	+0.2
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — Yes	56.7%	1.76	1.57 Bet365	63.7%	-6.9
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — No	43.3%	2.31	2.55 Betfair	39.2%	+4.0

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Cambridge United favoured against Barnsley

Our model makes Barnsley 22% to win this League One fixture, with the draw at 24% and Cambridge United at 54%. The goal projection is 1.10 for Barnsley against 1.84 for Cambridge United — a substantial edge to Cambridge United on expected output. A combined 2.95 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 56% and both teams to score at 57%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 11%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. This sits in the awkward middle of the distribution, where the model has a view but not a strong one. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores: 1-1 11%; 1-2 10%; 0-1 9%; 0-2 9%; 1-3 6%

This season

Season records for Barnsley and Cambridge United
Barnsley		Cambridge United
12	Played	14
2-3-7	W-D-L	5-6-3
0.75	Pts / game	1.50
1.00	Goals for / game	1.50
1.83	Goals against / game	1.50
67%	Over 2.5	64%
75%	BTTS	86%
8%	Clean sheets	7%
25%	Failed to score	7%
1-2-3	Home record	3-2-2
1-1-4	Away record	2-4-1
D1	Streak	L1

2026/27 league matches only, computed from results on record. Barnsley · Cambridge United

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
15.8	Shots	17.1
5.2	Shots on target	5.7
6.4	Corners	10.7
2.20	Cards	1.86
14.4	Fouls	9.7
47	Possession %	54
1.29	xG	1.69
5 matches	sample	7 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
19.8	Shots	12.1
6.0	Shots on target	3.7
9.8	Corners	5.7
2.00	Cards	2.43
10.2	Fouls	11.6
53	Possession %	46
2.01	xG	1.61
5 matches	sample	7 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (4 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
Barnsley	Metric	Cambridge United
2.00	Goals scored	2.00
3.00	Goals conceded	1.00 (better)
1.18 (better)	Expected goals (xG)	0.90
	Big chances
8.00 (better)	Shots on target	4.80
21.75 (better)	Total shots	13.60
	Touches in opp. box
6.50	Corners	6.80 (better)
39.3	Possession %	47.0 (better)
348	Passes	367 (better)
	Tackles
14.50	Fouls	10.20 (better)
2.00	Offsides	1.00 (better)
	Throw-ins
2.25 (better)	Yellow cards	2.40
0.25	Red cards	0.00 (better)

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

Barnsley wins: 0
Draws: 0
Cambridge United wins: 1
Goals / game: 3.00
Over 2.5: 100%
Both score: 100%

Barnsley v Cambridge United1–22026-10-17

League One table

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Huddersfield	14	8	5	1	+16	29	Huddersfield won 4 of the last 5
2	Stockport County	14	8	2	4	+12	26	Stockport County won 3 of the last 5
3	Oxford United	13	7	5	1	+11	26	Oxford United won 3 of the last 5
4	Luton	14	7	3	4	+6	24	Luton won 4 of the last 5
5	Plymouth	14	7	2	5	+2	23	Plymouth won 2 of the last 5
6	Reading	14	6	4	4	+10	22	Reading won 2 of the last 5
7	Bradford	13	6	4	3	+2	22	Bradford won 1 of the last 5
8	Cambridge United	14	5	6	3	0	21	Cambridge United won 1 of the last 5
9	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	5	3	+8	20	Sheffield Wednesday won 1 of the last 5
10	Leicester	13	5	4	4	+3	19	Leicester won 3 of the last 5
11	Mansfield Town	13	5	4	4	+2	19	Mansfield Town won 2 of the last 5
12	Milton Keynes Dons	13	4	6	3	+2	18	Milton Keynes Dons won 4 of the last 5
13	Wycombe	13	4	6	3	-2	18	Wycombe won 2 of the last 5
14	Leyton Orient	13	5	2	6	+5	17	Leyton Orient won 2 of the last 5
15	Burton Albion	14	4	5	5	-3	17	Burton Albion won 1 of the last 5
16	Stevenage	12	4	4	4	+4	16	Stevenage won 2 of the last 5
17	Notts County	12	3	5	4	-1	14	Notts County won 2 of the last 5
18	AFC Wimbledon	13	3	4	6	-12	13	AFC Wimbledon won 0 of the last 5
19	Blackpool	12	3	3	6	-4	12	Blackpool won 1 of the last 5
20	Doncaster	13	3	3	7	-8	12	Doncaster won 1 of the last 5
21	Wigan	14	3	2	9	-11	11	Wigan won 1 of the last 5
22	Peterborough	13	2	4	7	-12	10	Peterborough won 1 of the last 5
23	Barnsley	12	2	3	7	-10	9	Barnsley won 0 of the last 5
24	Bromley	13	2	3	8	-20	9	Bromley won 0 of the last 5