Match Preview: Cambridge City v Leicester Road (Saturday, 3pm)

Cambridge City are on a terrible run ahead of hosting Leicester Road at ProEdge Westwood Road on Saturday, with just two points collected from their last six games.

Cambridge have picked up two draws and four losses in their last six Northern Premier League Division One – Midlands games, and face a Leicester Road side whose last six games have brought four wins and one draw.

With 43 goals in 35 games so far this season, Cambridge are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.2 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 67 goals at a rate of 1.9 per game.

Leicester Road, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.8 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.6. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.

The away team are fourth in the table after 35 games, of which they have won 19 and drawn nine, earning 66 points.

City are 12 places behind Leicester Road in 16th, with eight wins and eight draws putting them on 32 points.

In the last five years, Cambridge and Leicester Road have played each other on four occasions. Leicester Road won two of them and they drew twice.

On average, Cambridge scored 0.2 goals and Leicester Road 1.2 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 25, when Leicester Road won 2-0 at home.

Cambridge’s last match was on April 13, a 0-0 draw against Shepshed Dynamo.

Leicester Road beat Gresley 3-1 last time out, also on April 13.

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Cambridge City v Leicester Road
Northern Premier League Division One – Midlands | ProEdge Westwood Road
Saturday, 20 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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