Shrewsbury Town 5-1 Cambridge United: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 January 2023
Result
Shrewsbury Town 5-1 Cambridge United
League One · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Shrewsbury Town 5-1 Cambridge United: match report
Shrewsbury Town beat Cambridge United 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 January 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Luke Leahy opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Luke Leahy (33', penalty), Jordan Shipley (45+5'), Matthew Pennington (57'), Christian Saydee (71') and Luke Leahy (90+1'). Cambridge United scored through Joe Ironside (69').
Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received no yellow cards; Cambridge United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 14th on 32 points from 25 and Cambridge United 21st on 24 points from 25. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 12th with 59 points, and Cambridge United 20th with 46.
Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cambridge United in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Leahy of Shrewsbury Town (10.0), ahead of Jordan Shipley (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Shrewsbury Town win, 3 draws and 1 for Cambridge United.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Ben Worman
- 19'Yellow card · Ryan Bennett
- 32'Yellow card · Paul Digby
- 33'Penalty goal · Luke Leahy
- 45+3'Yellow card · Jubril Okedina
- 45+5'Goal · Jordan Shipley
- 57'Goal · Matthew Pennington
- 69'Goal · Joe Ironside
- 71'Goal · Christian Saydee
- 90+1'Goal · Luke Leahy
Head-to-head
Team news
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Marko Marosi, Matthew Pennington, Chey Dunkley, Tom Flanagan, Taylor Moore, Carl Winchester, Luke Leahy, Jordan Shipley, Killian Phillips, Rob Street, Christian Saydee
Cambridge United line-up (3-4-3)
Will Mannion, Jubril Okedina, Ryan Bennett, G. Williams, Liam Bennett, Paul Digby, Ben Worman, James Brophy, Shilow Tracey, Sam Smith, Harvey Knibbs