Europa League
Sat 24 Jan, 15:00London
Cledara Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
Ross Martin
6,800 attendance
Timeline
- 15' Nathan Smith Yellow Card
- 19' George Hoddle Yellow Card
- 21' Aaron McGowan for Jayden Joseph
- 35' James Brophy Yellow Card
- 45' Dylan Jones
- 54' Billy Blacker Yellow Card
- 55' Charlie Whitaker for Dylan Jones
- 57' Shayne Lavery for Liam Bennett
- 58' Dominic Ball for George Hoddle
- 58' Shayne Lavery
- 63' Charlie Whitaker
- 67' Kelland Watts
- 72' Elliott Nevitt for Louis Appere
- 74' Nohan Kenneh for Billy Blacker
- 74' Omari Patrick for Connor Jennings
- 77' Kelland Watts
- 83' Ben Purrington for Sullay Kaikai
- 84' Zeno Rossi for James Brophy
- 86' Aaron McGowan Yellow Card
- 90'+6' Ben Knight
Match stats
61.6%
Possession
38.4%
15
Shots
9
6
On target
5
9
Fouls
17
2
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Saves
2
0
Accurate passes
0
Lineups
Cambridge United
3-4-2-1
1
Eastwood
6
Watts
23
Jobe
26
Gibbons
7
Brophy
38
Hoddle
17
Mpanzu
2
Bennett
11
Kaikai
9
Appere
14
Knight
Tranmere Rovers
3-4-2-1
13
Murphy
3
Brough
15
Tamen
5
Smith
14
Joseph
24
Blacker
8
Finley
2
Norman
18
Jennings
29
Ironside
27
Jones
Cambridge United
3-4-2-1
- 1 Jake Eastwood G
- 23 Mamadou Jobe CD
- 6 Kelland Watts CD-L
- 26 James Gibbons CD-R
- 38 George Hoddle ▼ CM-L
- 17 Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu CM-R
- 7 James Brophy ▼ LM
- 2 Liam Bennett ▼ RM
- 9 Louis Appere ▼ F
- 11 Sullay Kaikai ▼ CF-L
- 14 Ben Knight CF-R
Came on
- 3 Ben Purrington ▲ SUB
- 4 Dominic Ball ▲ SUB
- 16 Zeno Rossi ▲ SUB
- 19 Shayne Lavery ▲ SUB
- 24 Elliott Nevitt ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
- 21 Shane McLoughlin SUB
- 25 Ben Hughes SUB
Tranmere Rovers
3-4-2-1
- 13 Joe Murphy G
- 15 William Tamen CD
- 3 Patrick Brough CD-L
- 5 Nathan Smith CD-R
- 24 Billy Blacker ▼ CM-L
- 8 Sam Finley CM-R
- 14 Jayden Joseph ▼ LM
- 2 Cameron Norman RM
- 29 Joe Ironside F
- 18 Connor Jennings ▼ CF-L
- 27 Dylan Jones ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 30 Aaron McGowan ▲ SUB
- 7 Charlie Whitaker ▲ SUB
- 11 Omari Patrick ▲ SUB
- 42 Nohan Kenneh ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 12 Jack Barrett SUB
- 9 Kristian Dennis SUB
- 6 Richard Smallwood SUB
Commentary
- 90'+6' Ben Knight (Cambridge United) Goal at 96'
- 86' Aaron McGowan (Tranmere Rovers) Yellow Card at 86'
- 84' Zeno Rossi (Cambridge United) Substitution at 84'
- 83' Ben Purrington (Cambridge United) Substitution at 83'
- 77' Kelland Watts (Cambridge United) Goal at 77'
- 74' Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 74'
- 74' Nohan Kenneh (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 74'
- 72' Elliott Nevitt (Cambridge United) Substitution at 72'
- 67' Kelland Watts (Cambridge United) Goal at 67'
- 63' Charlie Whitaker (Tranmere Rovers) Goal at 63'
- 58' Shayne Lavery (Cambridge United) Goal at 58'
- 58' Dominic Ball (Cambridge United) Substitution at 58'
Recent form
Cambridge United
W
L
W
W
D
- D at Gillingham 1-1 EFL League Two
- W at Chesterfield 1-0 EFL League Two
- W Walsall 2-0 EFL League Two
- L Birmingham City 3-2 English FA Cup
- W at Fleetwood Town 2-1 EFL League Two
Tranmere Rovers
L
L
W
L
W
- W Fleetwood Town 1-0 EFL League Two
- L Barrow 3-1 EFL League Two
- W at Harrogate Town 2-0 EFL League Two
- L Bromley 2-0 EFL League Two
- L Walsall 3-1 EFL League Two
Head to head
TRN leads series 1-0-4
- 27 Sep 2025 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Cambridge United 2025-26 English League Two
- 5 Apr 2021 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Cambridge United 2020-21 English League Two
- 26 Sep 2020 Cambridge United 0–0 Tranmere Rovers 2020-21 English League Two
- 16 Feb 2019 Cambridge United 0–0 Tranmere Rovers 2018-19 English League Two
- 8 Dec 2018 Tranmere Rovers 1–0 Cambridge United 2018-19 English League Two
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