Coventry City 3-1 Cambridge United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 30 January 2018

Result

Coventry City 3-1 Cambridge United

League Two · Tuesday 30 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Coventry City 3-1 Cambridge United: match report

Coventry City won against Cambridge United 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 30 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Marc McNulty opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Marc McNulty (10'), Jordan Shipley (30') and Michael Doyle (90+2'). Cambridge United scored through George Taft (84').

Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Cambridge United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 7th on 47 points from 28 and Cambridge United 15th on 38 points from 28. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Cambridge United 12th with 64.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cambridge United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Coventry City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cambridge United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Marc McNultyCoventry City · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Jordan ShipleyCoventry City · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Rod McDonaldCoventry City
  • 81'Yellow card · Marc McNultyCoventry City
  • 84'Goal · George TaftCambridge United · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · C. StokesCoventry City
  • 90+2'Goal · Michael DoyleCoventry City · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Coventry City 0, draws 0, Cambridge United 1.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Burge, Jack Grimmer, Chris Stokes, Rod McDonald, Tom Davies, Michael Doyle, Devon Kelly-Evans, Jordan Shipley, Maxime Biamou, Marc McNulty, Tom Bayliss

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

David Forde, Brad Halliday, Jake Carroll, George Taft, Harry Darling, Gary Deegan, Liam O'Neil, George Maris, Billy Waters, Uche Ikpeazu, Jevani Brown