Cambridge United - Tranmere

Cambridge United

League Two Season 2025 - Round 28

Saturday 24 January 2026 15:00

4 - 2

Finished

Referee: R. Martin

Tranmere

Result

Ball possession

62%

38%

Timeline

15'

Nathan Smith

George Hoddle

19'

21'

Jayden Joseph (out)
Aaron McGowan (in)

James Brophy

35'

45'

0-1

Dylan Jones

54'

Billy Blacker

55'

Dylan Jones (out)
Charlie Whitaker (in)

Liam Bennett (out)
Shayne Lavery (in)

57'

George Hoddle (out)
Dominic Ball (in)

58'

Shayne Lavery

1-1

58'

63'

1-2

Charlie Whitaker

Kelland Watts

2-2

67'

Louis Appere (out)
Elliot Nevitt (in)

72'

74'

Connor Jennings (out)
Omari Patrick (in)

Kelland Watts

3-2

77'

Sullay Kaikai (out)
Ben Purrington (in)

83'

James Brophy (out)
Zeno Ibsen Rossi (in)

84'

86'

Aaron McGowan

Ben Knight

4-2

90'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Cambridge United	1.83	1.73	1.74	1.75	1.80	1.75	1.73	1.81	1.72	1.74	1.71	1.77	1.74	1.75
X Draw	3.40	3.35	3.52	3.30	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.55	3.52	3.61	3.28	3.40	3.40	3.30
2 Tranmere	4.35	4.10	4.68	4.40	4.75	4.70	5.00	4.60	4.70	4.99	4.21	4.70	4.50	4.60

Previous confrontations (H2H)

0 Cambridge United

5 Draw

2 Tranmere

14% Over 2.5 goals

43% Both teams scored

1.1 Goals per match

3 | 4 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Tranmere 1-0 Cambridge United (2018)

Most goals: Cambridge United 1-2 Tranmere (2015)

Goals scored all matches

0.43

0.71

Goals in home matches

0.33

0.75

Goals in away matches

0.50

0.67

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-09-27 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Tranmere

Cambridge United 2

2021-04-05 Monday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Tranmere 2

Cambridge United

2020-09-26 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Cambridge United 3

Tranmere

2019-02-16 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Cambridge United

Tranmere 2

2018-12-08 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Tranmere 2

Cambridge United

2015-03-17 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😎

Cambridge United

Tranmere

2014-12-19 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Tranmere

Cambridge United

Stats

Cambridge United

Tranmere

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

410

Total passes

261

301

Passes success

152

73%

Passes %

58%

1.69

Expected goals (xG)

0.85

Stadion

Stadion name

Abbey Stadium

Capacity

10847

Address

Newmarket Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

table 2025

League Two

Team	Pts
Bromley	87
Milton Keynes Dons	86
Cambridge United	82
Salford City	81
Notts County	80
Chesterfield	79
Grimsby	78
Barnet	76
Swindon Town	75
Oldham	68
Crewe	67
Colchester	66
Walsall	65
Bristol Rovers	62
Fleetwood Town	61
Accrington ST	53
Gillingham	53
Cheltenham	52
Shrewsbury	49
Newport County	43
Tranmere	41
Crawley Town	40
Harrogate Town	39
Barrow	36

Complete table

Line-ups

Cambridge United — Formation: 3-4-2-1

Coach: Neil Harris

Jake Eastwood

James Gibbons

Mamadou Jobe

Kelland Watts

Liam Bennett

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu

George Hoddle

James Brophy

Ben Knight

Sullay Kaikai

Louis Appere

Joe Ironside

Dylan Jones

Connor Jennings

Jayden Joseph

Sam Finley

Cameron Norman

Patrick Brough

Nathan Smith

Joe Murphy

Tranmere — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Tranmere

Coach: Andrew Crosby

Cambridge United — Formation: 3-4-2-1

Coach: Neil Harris

Tranmere — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Tranmere

Coach: Andrew Crosby

Jake Eastwood

James Gibbons

Mamadou Jobe

Kelland Watts

Liam Bennett

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu

George Hoddle

James Brophy

Ben Knight

Sullay Kaikai

Louis Appere

Joe Ironside

Dylan Jones

Connor Jennings

Jayden Joseph

Sam Finley

Cameron Norman

Patrick Brough

Nathan Smith

Joe Murphy

Substitutes

Substitutes Cambridge United

Name	Age	Position
Ben Purrington	30	Defender
Dominic Ball	31	Defender
Zeno Ibsen Rossi	25	Defender
Shayne Lavery	27	Midfielder
Shane McLoughlin	29	Attacker
Elliot Nevitt	30	Attacker

Substitutes Tranmere

Name	Age	Position
Jack Joseph Barrett	24	Goalkeeper
Aaron McGowan	30	Defender
Richard Smallwood	35	Midfielder
Charlie Whitaker	-	Midfielder
Omari Patrick	30	Midfielder
Nohan Kenneh	23	Midfielder
Kristian Dennis	36	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
6	Kelland Watts	8.9	90	Defender	2	0	2	2	74	-	55	2	-	-	9	7	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Ben Knight	8.0	90	Attacker	1	0	1	1	37	2	26	-	-	1	7	4	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
7	Charlie Whitaker (sub)	7.9	35	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	14	2	9	1	-	-	3	3	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu	7.3	90	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	23	2	18	1	1	1	4	3	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
7	James Brophy	7.3	84	Midfielder	-	2	-	-	28	2	23	1	-	-	5	2	-	-	2	1	1	2	-	0	-
19	Shayne Lavery (sub)	7.3	33	Attacker	1	0	2	2	3	-	3	1	-	-	11	2	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Dylan Jones	7.3	55	Attacker	1	0	1	1	6	-	1	-	-	-	9	3	3	1	1	2	0	1	-	0	-
26	James Gibbons ©️	7.0	90	Defender	-	1	-	-	53	2	39	2	1	2	9	3	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Mamadou Jobe	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	68	1	52	2	-	3	27	13	1	1	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
4	Dominic Ball (sub)	6.9	32	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	18	1	15	2	1	-	5	3	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
5	Nathan Smith	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	13	-	6	1	2	1	12	10	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
3	Patrick Brough	6.9	90	Defender	-	1	1	-	27	1	14	3	-	1	12	9	-	-	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
2	Cameron Norman	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	18	-	9	3	-	-	16	8	-	-	4	2	0	-	-	0	-
24	Billy Blacker	6.9	74	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	21	-	17	1	-	1	7	3	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	0	-
18	Connor Jennings ©️	6.9	74	Attacker	-	0	1	1	35	-	25	-	-	-	11	8	1	1	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Jake Eastwood	6.7	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	23	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	2	2	0
3	Ben Purrington (sub)	6.7	13	Defender	-	0	-	-	4	1	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Sam Finley	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	18	1	12	1	-	1	5	3	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Sullay Kaikai	6.6	83	Attacker	-	0	3	1	21	1	16	2	-	-	12	5	-	-	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
16	Zeno Ibsen Rossi (sub)	6.6	12	Defender	-	0	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
38	George Hoddle	6.5	58	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	24	2	22	-	-	1	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
24	Elliot Nevitt (sub)	6.5	18	Attacker	-	0	1	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
29	Joe Ironside	6.5	90	Attacker	-	1	1	1	19	2	9	-	-	-	24	10	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
30	Aaron McGowan (sub)	6.5	69	Defender	-	0	-	-	26	-	17	2	2	2	12	9	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	0	-
11	Omari Patrick (sub)	6.5	16	Attacker	-	0	1	-	10	-	5	1	-	-	5	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Jayden Joseph	6.3	21	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
42	Nohan Kenneh (sub)	6.3	16	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	5	-	3	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Joe Murphy	6.2	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	36	-	16	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	0	-	2	4	0
2	Liam Bennett	6.0	57	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	20	-	13	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
9	Louis Appere	6.0	72	Attacker	-	0	1	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
25	Ben Hughes (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Shane McLoughlin (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Jack Joseph Barrett (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Richard Smallwood (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Kristian Dennis (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-