Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Prediction: Rovers to light up the Crown

The focus is on the wrong end of League 2 as north-west rivals Accrington Stanley and Tranmere prepare to meet at the Crown Ground on Tuesday (19:45 BST, Sky Sports+). Stanley will be hoping to replicate the performance from their last home match, which yielded a 4-0 win over Swindon, while Tranmere would dearly love to repeat their last away day which saw them triumph 4-1 at Bristol Rovers.

Below are my Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Rovers predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Striker Charlie Caton is fit to start after a lay-off for Accrington and Donald Love, who had dropped out following a ban, could also return to the squad.

Football Odds

Joe Ironside is still missing for Rovers, which means Josh Davison and Connor Jennings are likely to remain in attack.

Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Odds

John Doolan's Stanley are 6/4 with Andy Crosby's Tranmere available at 15/8. The draw - it was 3-3 on this ground last April - is a 9/4 shot.

Paddy Madden got off the mark 10 days ago with a hat-trick in Accrington's 4-0 romp past Swindon and is 5/1 to score first. Omari Patrick, Tranmere's six-goal top scorer, is 13/2.

Tranmere Rovers to win @ 15/8

Tranmere have won more points away from home than they have at Prenton Park, which bodes well for their short hop up to Accrington.

Rovers are actually the division's joint-highest away scorers, which is impressive in itself given where they are in the standings.

The last four of their 13-goal away tally came at Bristol Rovers two weekends ago, a 4-1 win which boss Crosby hailed as their best effort of the term so far.

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They followed it up with a 1-1 draw at home to Chesterfield, leaving it late to snatch an equaliser against a very good side and earning more praise from their manager in the process.

Maybe Rovers are turning a corner, and they will certainly feel they have the tools to carve out a win at the Crown Ground.

Stanley are the epitome of inconsistency, excellent thrashing Swindon (albeit 10-man Swindon) 4-0 before going down 2-1 at Fleetwood, where they failed to hold on to a lead.

They have lost five of their last six in all competitions and look vulnerable, with the visitors fancied at 15/8.

Over 10.5 Corners @ 5/4

All six of Tranmere's away games in League 2 have produced nine corners or more, and Rovers themselves are responsible for a healthy number of those.

Away matches involving Crosby’s troops are averaging 12.5 corners per game, so the signs are positive that there will be a high corner count on Tuesday night at the Crown Ground.

Stanley are more cautious - they win 4.7 per home game - but between them, these two can clamber over the 10.5 corners mark.

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