Cambridge United vs Shrewsbury Town · League Two
Cambridge United
14-8-5
1 – 0
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Shrewsbury Town
5-7-15
Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge · England
One goal separated them as Cambridge United beat Shrewsbury Town 1-0 at Cledara Abbey Stadium (crowd 5,347); Cambridge have now won 3 straight. Ben Knight scored first for Cambridge late on, at 90 minutes with a penalty. Cambridge had 64% of the ball and 10 shots to 2. From 10 shots, Cambridge found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge · England
- Crowd
- 5,347
- Referee
- Abigail Byrne
- Cambridge form
- WWDLD
- Shrewsbury form
- LWWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shrewsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
8Fouls11
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks3
0Saves6
64.4%Possession35.6%
10Shots2
7On Goal0
70%On Target %0%
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots0
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
90'+3'
🟨Taylor Perry
⚽Ben KnightPenalty
90'+1'1 - 0
90'
🟨Sam Clucas
🔁Shane McLoughlinreplacing Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
74'
74'
🔁John Marquisreplacing Temple Ojinnaka
73'
🔁Ismeal Kabiareplacing Iwan Morgan
🔁Elliott Nevittreplacing Louis Appere
62'
🔁Shayne Laveryreplacing James Brophy
62'
🟨Louis Appere
59'
54'
🔁George Lloydreplacing Trey Ogunsuyi
🔁Dominic Ballreplacing George Hoddle
45'
🔁Ben Purringtonreplacing Liam Bennett
45'
Kick-off
Teams
Cambridge United3-4-2-1
9🟨↓Appere
11Kaikai
14⚽Knight
7↓Brophy
38↓Hoddle
2↓Bennett
17↓Mpanzu
26Gibbons
6Watts
23Jobe
1Eastwood
Bench
- 16Zeno Rossi
- 19Shayne Laveryon for James Brophy, 62'
- 3Ben Purringtonon for Liam Bennett, 45'
- 25Ben Hughes
- 24Elliott Nevitton for Louis Appere, 62'
- 4Dominic Ballon for George Hoddle, 45'
- 21Shane McLoughlinon for Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, 74'
Shrewsbury Town4-2-3-1
21↓Ogunsuyi
6🟨Clucas
19↓Morgan
10Sang
22↓Ojinnaka
14🟨Perry
25Ruffels
5Boyle
2Hoole
4Anderson
1Cox
Bench
- 16Nick Freeman
- 23Lee Isaac
- 27John Marquison for Temple Ojinnaka, 74'
- 20Ismeal Kabiaon for Iwan Morgan, 73'
- 11Anthony Scully
- 12Will Brook
- 9George Lloydon for Trey Ogunsuyi, 54'
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
1Level
1Shrewsbury wins
Last times they met
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Shrewsbury
2–0
Cambridge · 2025-26 English League Two
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Shrewsbury
0–1
Cambridge · 2024-25 English League One
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Cambridge
4–1
Shrewsbury · 2024-25 English League One
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Shrewsbury
1–2
Cambridge · 2023-24 English League One
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Cambridge
1–1
Shrewsbury · 2023-24 English League One
Form
Last games: Cambridge
W1-0W2-0L3-2W2-1W4-2
Last games: Shrewsbury
L1-0L3-0L6-1W1-0L5-1
