Cambridge United 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 January 2023
Result
Cambridge United 1-2 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 7 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Cambridge United 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report
Cambridge United lost to Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 7 January 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.
Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Cambridge United's goal came from Sam Smith (5'). Bristol Rovers scored through Josh Coburn (21') and Scott Sinclair (29').
Discipline: Cambridge United received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cambridge United were 19th on 24 points from 24 and Bristol Rovers 11th on 34 points from 25. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 20th with 46 points, and Bristol Rovers 17th with 53.
Cambridge United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Sinclair of Bristol Rovers (7.5), level with Aaron Collins (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cambridge United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Sam Smith
- 12'Yellow card · J. Connolly
- 14'Yellow card · Ryan Loft
- 21'Goal · Josh Coburn
- 29'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 41'Yellow card · Steve Seddon
- 48'Yellow card · Paul Digby
- 56'Yellow card · Paul Coutts
- 89'Yellow card · Jack Lankester
- 90+1'Yellow card · John Marquis
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cambridge United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Will Mannion, G. Williams, Jubril Okedina, Greg Taylor, Steve Seddon, Ben Worman, Paul Digby, Shilow Tracey, Harvey Knibbs, James Brophy, Sam Smith
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
James Belshaw, Bobby Thomas, James Connolly, James Gibbons, Luca Hoole, Sam Finley, Paul Coutts, Scott Sinclair, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn, Ryan Loft