Although both teams have made slow starts to the season, Blackpool demonstrated last year that they have enough quality in their ranks to push for the playoffs.
There is also some intrigue here with Richard Keogh's first managerial game, and the new manager bounce might also be enough to see the Seasiders leave Cambridge with all three points.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackpool win with a probability of 58.47%. A draw had a probability of 24.4% and a win for Cambridge United had a probability of 17.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Blackpool win was 0-1 with a probability of 14.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.22%) and 1-2 (9.26%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.3%), while for a Cambridge United win it was 1-0 (6.89%). The actual scoreline of 4-4 was predicted with a 0% likelihood.