Cambridge United 4-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 December 2024

Result

Cambridge United 4-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 7 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cambridge United 4-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Cambridge United defeated Shrewsbury Town 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 December 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.

Shayne Lavery opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Cambridge United's goals came from Shayne Lavery (1'), Shayne Lavery (30'), Dan Nlundulu (46') and Elias Kachunga (53'). Shrewsbury Town scored through John Marquis (69').

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

Going into the game Cambridge United were 22nd on 13 points from 17 and Shrewsbury Town 24th on 11 points from 17. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 23rd with 38 points, and Shrewsbury Town 24th with 33.

Cambridge United lined up in a 3-4-3 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dan Nlundulu of Cambridge United (8.4), ahead of Shayne Lavery (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cambridge United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Shayne LaveryCambridge United · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Shayne LaveryCambridge United · 2-0
  • 46'Goal · Dan NlunduluCambridge United · 3-0
  • 53'Goal · Elias KachungaCambridge United · 4-0
  • 69'Goal · John MarquisShrewsbury Town · 4-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jordan ShipleyShrewsbury Town
  • 70'Yellow card · Vicente ReyesCambridge United
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan LoftCambridge United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Cambridge United 2, draws 1, Shrewsbury Town 1.

Team news

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

Vicente Reyes, Zeno Ibsen Rossi, Michael Morrison, Kell Watts, Liam Bennett, Jordan Cousins, Korey Smith, James Brophy, Elias Kachunga, Dan Nlundulu, Shayne Lavery

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

Toby Savin, Luca Hoole, M. Feeney, F. Ojo, George Nurse, Alex Gilliead, Carl Winchester, Jordan Shipley, Tommi O'Reilly, Tom Bloxham, John Marquis