Cambridge United 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
League One · Saturday 3 May 2025
Result
Cambridge United 1-2 Birmingham City
League One · Saturday 3 May 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cambridge United 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Cambridge United were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 3 May 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Christoph Klarer opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cambridge United's goal came from Shayne Lavery (36'). Birmingham City scored through Christoph Klarer (25') and an own goal by Kell Watts (82').
Discipline: Cambridge United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cambridge United were 23rd on 38 points from 45 and Birmingham City 1st on 108 points from 45. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 23rd with 38 points, and Birmingham City 1st with 111.
Cambridge United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Leonard of Birmingham City (7.8), ahead of Christoph Klarer (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cambridge United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Christoph Klarer
- 34'Yellow card · Elias Kachunga
- 36'Goal · Shayne Lavery
- 68'Second yellow · Elias Kachunga
- 75'Yellow card · Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- 77'Yellow card · Kell Watts
- 82'Own goal · Kell Watts
- 88'Yellow card · Josh Stokes
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cambridge United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Bishop, Liam Bennett, Michael Morrison, Kell Watts, James Gibbons, Paul Digby, Ben Stevenson, Sullay Kaikai, Elias Kachunga, James Brophy, Shayne Lavery
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ryan Allsop, Ethan Laird, Christoph Klarer, Grant Hanley, Myung-jae Lee, M. Leonard, Seung-ho Paik, Willum Thór Willumsson, Luke Harris, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Jay Stansfield