Cambridge United vs Crawley Town · League Two
Cambridge United
5-3-3
3 – 1
FT
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Crawley Town
2-2-7
Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge · England
Cambridge United won 3-1 against Crawley Town at Cledara Abbey Stadium (crowd 6,607). Shayne Lavery scored the winner at the 13-minute mark and Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu added to the lead after 50 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Kylian Kouassi scored at the 57-minute mark and Kabongo Tshimanga reduced the gap for Crawley after 66 minutes. Yellow cards: seven. Most of it went through Crawley: 72% possession, 14 shots against 7, yet did not win. 5 of the 7 shots by Cambridge were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge · England
- Crowd
- 6,607
- Referee
- Carl Brook
- Cambridge form
- WWDLD
- Crawley form
- WDLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Crawley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
11Fouls16
2Yellow Cards5
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks10
2Saves2
28.5%Possession71.5%
7Shots14
5On Goal3
70%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
1Blocked Shots4
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
🟨Jake Eastwood
90'+2'
90'+2'
🟨Jack Roles
🟨Liam Bennett
88'
87'
🟨Reece Brown
🔁Liam Bennettreplacing Adam Major
80'
🔁Ben Knightreplacing James Brophy
79'
75'
🔁Reece Brownreplacing Kyle Scott
🔁Korey Smithreplacing Shayne Lavery
74'
72'
🟨Kyle Scott
66'3 - 1
⚽Kabongo Tshimanga
⚽Kylian Kouassi
57'3 - 0
55'
🔁Kabongo Tshimangareplacing Kaheim Dixon
⚽Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
50'2 - 0
49'
🟨Charlie Barker
45'
🔁Jack Rolesreplacing Harry Forster
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Shayne Lavery
13'1 - 0
6'
🟨Gavan Holohan
Kick-off
Teams
Cambridge United4-4-2
19⚽↓Lavery
20⚽Kouassi
21McLoughlin
15↓Major
17⚽Mpanzu
7↓Brophy
22Bradshaw
6Watts
26Gibbons
5Morrison
1🟨Eastwood
Bench
- 25Ben Hughes
- 2Liam Bennetton for Adam Major, 80' 🟨
- 14Ben Knighton for James Brophy, 79'
- 3Ben Purrington
- 10Elias Kachunga
- 8Korey Smithon for Shayne Lavery, 74'
- 23Mamadou Jobe
Crawley Town3-5-2
13McKirdy
24↓Dixon
7↓Forster
17🟨↓Scott
19Pereira
8🟨Holohan
4Bajrami
3Conroy
28Flint
5🟨Barker
34Wollacott
Bench
- 2Scott Malone
- 6Max Anderson
- 10Reece Brownon for Kyle Scott, 75' 🟨
- 14Louis Flower
- 11Jack Roleson for Harry Forster, 45' 🟨
- 9Kabongo Tshimangaon for Kaheim Dixon, 55' ⚽
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
3Cambridge wins
0Level
2Crawley wins
Last times they met
FT
Crawley
0–2
Cambridge · 2024-25 English League One
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Cambridge
0–1
Crawley · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Cambridge
3–1
Crawley · 2020-21 English League Two
FT
Crawley
2–1
Cambridge · 2020-21 English League Two
FT
Cambridge
2–1
Crawley · 2019-20 English League Two
Form
Last games: Cambridge
L1-0D1-1W2-1L1-0D0-0
Last games: Crawley
W1-0W2-0W4-2L4-0L2-1
