Our prediction for this League 1 match:
Blackpool
Match Time & Date:
06/04/2024
16:00
Prediction: 1-1
Cambridge United
Blackpool will be aiming to put an end to their three-game winless run when they take on Cambridge United on Matchday 43. The Seasiders failed to find the net in the previous three league matches, but the bookies still see them as favourites to beat the U’s on home soil. Forward Jake Beesley is widely expected to return to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in a goalless draw with Wycombe.
Cambridge United, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Barnsley and Wigan Athletic. Even though Blackpool are eyeing a spot in the playoffs, we are tempted to put our money on draw as the visitors have found their form of late. In their last meeting at Bloomfield Road the two sides played out a 1-1 draw and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Chris Maxwell):
Chris Maxwell is a Welsh goalkeeper who was born in St Asaph on July 30, 1990. Maxwell began his youth career at Penrhyn Bay (1998-2000) and in 2000 he moved to Wrexham. The 188-cm-tall shoot-stopper made his first-team debut for Wrexham at the age of 18 and he played 76 league games for the club from 2008 to 2012.
During the 2008/2009 season he spent six months on loan at Welsh club Connah’s Quay Nomads and in 2012 he joined Fleetwood Town. Chris Maxwell made 110 appearances in the league for the Trawlermen and on May 16, 2016 he signed a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End. You should know that he managed to keep clean sheets in 38 appearances for the Lilywhites in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Due to his dual citizenship, Maxwell is capable of representing both Wales and Scotland at senior level, but he played for the Dragons at youth level, being capped for the U21 team 16 times.
Highlighted Team (Cambridge United):
Cambridge United are an English football club that compete in League Two. The U’s play their home games at Abbey Stadium, the venue which was built back in 1923. Owned by Grosvenor Estates, Cambridge United’s home ground can hold up to 8,127 spectators.
The U’s wear amber and black jerseys and black shorts when playing in front of home fans, while white and blue are the dominant colours of their away kit. Cambridge United won the FA Trophy in 2014, with the team making it to the FA Cup quarter-finals two times (1989/90, 1990/91). In the 1968-69 season, the U’s clinched the Southern League Cup title.
Cambridge United recorded their biggest league win in March 2007 as they outclassed Weymouth 7-0, and they repeated the success against Forest Green (2009) and Morecambe (2016). Peterborough United are regarded as the club’s main rivals, but they maintain rivalries with Northampton Town, Colchester United, Luton Town, Stevenage, and Histon as well.
