Cambridge United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Monday 26 December 2022

Result

Cambridge United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Monday 26 December 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cambridge United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Cambridge United beat Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League One on Monday 26 December 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Christian Saydee opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Cambridge United's goals came from Shilow Tracey (67') and Sam Smith (76'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Christian Saydee (64').

Discipline: Cambridge United received 3 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cambridge United were 20th on 21 points from 21 and Shrewsbury Town 11th on 29 points from 21. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 20th with 46 points, and Shrewsbury Town 12th with 59.

Cambridge United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Saydee of Shrewsbury Town (7.8), ahead of Jordan Shipley (7.7).

Going into the match Cambridge United's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Shrewsbury Town's W-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Jubril OkedinaCambridge United
  • 28'Yellow card · Matthew PenningtonShrewsbury Town
  • 64'Goal · Christian SaydeeShrewsbury Town · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Shilow TraceyCambridge United · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Robert StreetShrewsbury Town
  • 72'Yellow card · George WilliamsCambridge United
  • 76'Goal · Sam SmithCambridge United · 2-1
  • 90'Red card · Ryan BowmanShrewsbury Town
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Shilow TraceyCambridge United

Team news

Unavailable

  • Adam MayCambridge United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Will Mannion, G. Williams, Jubril Okedina, Lloyd Jones, Harrison Dunk, Paul Digby, Ben Worman, Harvey Knibbs, Jack Lankester, James Brophy, Sam Smith

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

Marko Marosi, Matthew Pennington, Chey Dunkley, Taylor Moore, Rekeil Pyke, Carl Winchester, Luke Leahy, Jordan Shipley, Tom Bayliss, Rob Street, Christian Saydee