Cambridge United 3-1 Crawley Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025
Result
Cambridge United 3-1 Crawley Town
League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cambridge United 3-1 Crawley Town: match report
Cambridge United beat Crawley Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Shayne Francis Lavery opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Cambridge United's goals came from Shayne Francis Lavery (13'), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (50') and Kylian Kouassi (57'). Crawley Town scored through Kabongo Tshimanga (66').
Discipline: Cambridge United received 2 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cambridge United were 10th on 15 points from 10 and Crawley Town 21st on 8 points from 10. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Crawley Town 22nd with 40.
Cambridge United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crawley Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dion Pereira of Crawley Town (7.2), level with Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Cambridge United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Crawley Town.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Gavan Holohan
- 13'Goal · Shayne Francis Lavery
- 49'Yellow card · Charlie Barker
- 50'Goal · Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
- 57'Goal · Kylian Kouassi
- 66'Goal · Kabongo Tshimanga
- 72'Yellow card · Kyle Scott
- 87'Yellow card · Reece Brown
- 88'Yellow card · Liam Bennett
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jake Eastwood
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jack Roles
Head-to-head
Team news
Cambridge United line-up (4-4-2)
Jake Eastwood, James Gibbons, Michael Morrison, Kell Watts, Zak Bradshaw, James Brophy, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Shane McLoughlin, Adam Mayor, Kylian Kouassi, Shayne Lavery
Crawley Town line-up (3-5-2)
Joseph Wollacott, Charlie Barker, Josh Flint, Dion Conroy, Dion Pereira, Gavan Holohan, G. Bajrami, Kyle Scott, Harry Forster, Kaheim Dixon, Harry McKirdy