Colchester United 1-2 Cambridge United: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 19 August 2025
Result
Colchester United 1-2 Cambridge United
League Two · Tuesday 19 August 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Colchester United 1-2 Cambridge United: match report
Colchester United lost to Cambridge United 1-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 19 August 2025. The half-time score was 1-2.
Arthur Read opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Arthur Read (13'). Cambridge United scored through James Brophy (45') and Mamadou Jobe (45+2').
Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 11th on 5 points from 3 and Cambridge United 14th on 4 points from 3. Colchester United went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Cambridge United 4th with 82.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cambridge United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Brophy of Cambridge United (7.7), ahead of Jack Tucker (7.5).
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-D-D and Cambridge United's D-L-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Arthur Read
- 39'Yellow card · Mamadou Jobe
- 44'Yellow card · Jack Payne
- 45'Goal · James Brophy
- 45+2'Goal · Mamadou Jobe
- 56'Yellow card · Dominic Ball
- 67'Yellow card · Samson Tovide
- 68'Yellow card · Kelland Watts
- 90+3'Yellow card · Liam Bennett
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Rob Hunt, Jack Tucker, Tom Flanagan, Kane Vincent-Young, Teddy Bishop, Arthur Read, Oscar Thorn, Jack Payne, Adrian Akande, Samson Tovide
Cambridge United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jake Eastwood, Liam Bennett, Mamadou Jobe, Kell Watts, Ben Purrington, Dominic Ball, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, James Brophy, Elias Kachunga, Sullay Kaikai, Louis Appéré