Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 26 August 2025

Result

Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 26 August 2025, 18:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic: match report

Cambridge United beat Charlton Athletic 3-1 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 26 August 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.

James Brophy opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Cambridge United's goals came from James Brophy (15'), Kylian Kouassi (29') and Zak Bradshaw (55'). Charlton Athletic scored through I. Fullah (44').

Discipline: Cambridge United received no yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Cambridge United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Charlton Athletic in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zak Bradshaw of Cambridge United (8.1), ahead of Ibrahim Fullah (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cambridge United wins, 3 draws and 5 for Charlton Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · James BrophyCambridge United · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Kylian KouassiCambridge United · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Tanto OlaofeCharlton Athletic
  • 44'Goal · I. FullahCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Macaulay GillespheyCharlton Athletic
  • 55'Goal · Zak BradshawCambridge United · 3-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Ollie HobdenCharlton Athletic
  • 60'Yellow card · Karoy AndersonCharlton Athletic
  • 90+12'Second yellow · Karoy AndersonCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Cambridge United 0, draws 3, Charlton Athletic 5.

Team news

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Cambridge United line-up (4-4-2)

Jake Eastwood, James Gibbons, Zeno Ibsen Rossi, Kell Watts, Zak Bradshaw, James Brophy, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Shane McLoughlin, Ben Knight, Kylian Kouassi, Elias Kachunga

Charlton Athletic line-up (3-5-2)

Ashley Maynard-Brewer, J. Laqeretabua, Zach Mitchell, Macaulay Gillesphey, Ollie Hobden, Harvey Knibbs, Joe Rankin-Costello, Karoy Anderson, Ibrahim Fullah, Tanto Olaofe, Charlie Kelman