Cambridge United and Southampton will battle for a place in the third of the EFL Cup this week at Abbey Stadium. Match day schedules for August 23 at 21:45 EAT.
The hosts will fancy their chances to reach the third stage for the first time since 1998/99 after getting some payback against the Lions, who took them out in the second round of this tournament last year, Cambridge are gathering home form, and now have three wins on the spin at Abbey Road, which succeeded a previous run of just one home win in five.
Cambridge United prepare for this fixture off the back of 1-1 League One tie versus Charlton Athletic in their previous outing. In that game, Cambridge had 34% possession, 10 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Harvey Knibbs (60′). Charlton Athletic got 15 shots with five of them on target and a goal by Scott Fraser (41′).
Meanwhile, the visitors had a good League Cup run last year, putting eight past Newport, eliminating Sheffield and then losing to Chelsea after penalties for the Round of 16, while they have never faced Cambridge before in a competitive game before. Southampton look like a team in a trouble at the moment with just one win in their last six matches across all competitions.
Southampton gets into this meeting after 1-2 Premier League success to beat Leicester City in their previous fixture. In that game, Southampton had 38% possession, nine shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Ché Adams (68′, 84′). Leicester City got six shots with one of them on target and a goal by James Maddison (54′).
Cambridge United vs. Southampton head to head
Tuesday’s fixture will be the first competitive head to head encounter between Cambridge United and Southampton.
Home
- Charlton 1-1 Cambridge
- Portsmouth 4-1 Cambridge
- Cambridge 2-1 Exeter
- Oxford 1-0 Cambridge
- Cambridge 1-0 Millwall
Away
- Leicester 1-2 Southampton
- Southampton 2-2 Leeds United
- Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
- Southampton 1-2 Villarreal
- Southampton 3-1 Monaco
Cambridge United team news
Fejiri Okenabirhie will miss out this game through injury for the hoists.
Southampton team news
As for boss Ralph Hasenhüttl, Tino Livramento and Romain Perraud will sit on bench for this game through injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Southampton Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
