Cheltenham Town 0-5 Cambridge United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 7 December 2021

Result

Cheltenham Town 0-5 Cambridge United

League One · Tuesday 7 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cheltenham Town 0-5 Cambridge United: match report

Cheltenham Town lost to Cambridge United 0-5 in the League One on Tuesday 7 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Cheltenham Town did not score. Cambridge United scored through Sam Smith (37'), an own goal by Mattie Pollock (52'), Joe Ironside (63'), Joe Ironside (73') and Joe Ironside (88').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 12th on 27 points from 19 and Cambridge United 16th on 23 points from 20. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Cambridge United 14th with 58.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cambridge United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Ironside of Cambridge United (9.7), ahead of Sam Smith (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 3 draws and 3 for Cambridge United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Lewis FreestoneCheltenham Town
  • 31'Yellow card · Callum WrightCheltenham Town
  • 37'Goal · Sam SmithCambridge United · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Sam SmithCambridge United
  • 52'Own goal · Mattie PollockCambridge United · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Joe IronsideCambridge United · 0-3
  • 73'Goal · Joe IronsideCambridge United · 0-4
  • 88'Goal · Joe IronsideCambridge United · 0-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 4, draws 3, Cambridge United 3.

Team news

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Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

S. Flinders, Sean Long, Mattie Pollock, Lewis Freestone, Matty Blair, Liam Sercombe, Ellis Chapman, Chris Hussey, Callum Wright, Alfie May, Dan Crowley

Cambridge United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dimitar Mitov, G. Williams, Jubril Okedina, Jack Iredale, Harrison Dunk, Jensen Weir, Paul Digby, Sam Smith, Adam May, Shilow Tracey, Joe Ironside