Grimsby Town 1-2 Cambridge United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 2 January 2021

Result

Grimsby Town 1-2 Cambridge United

League Two · Saturday 2 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Grimsby Town 1-2 Cambridge United: match report

Grimsby Town were beaten by Cambridge United 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 2 January 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Adam May opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from Elliott Hewitt (72'). Cambridge United scored through Adam May (4') and Paul Mullin (36').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received no yellow cards; Cambridge United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 22nd on 20 points from 21 and Cambridge United 8th on 31 points from 20. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Cambridge United 3rd with 80.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cambridge United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle Bennett of Grimsby Town (7.8), ahead of Elliott Hewitt (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Grimsby Town wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cambridge United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Adam MayCambridge United · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Paul MullinCambridge United · 0-2
  • 72'Goal · Elliott HewittGrimsby Town · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Luke HannantCambridge United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Grimsby Town 0, draws 1, Cambridge United 0.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

Sam Russell, Luke Hendrie, Luke Waterfall, Mattie Pollock, Danny Preston, Filipe Morais, Elliott Hewitt, Daniel Rose, Kyle Bennett, James Tilley, Matt Green

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

Dimitar Mitov, Kyle Knoyle, Harry Darling, Greg Taylor, Harrison Dunk, Luke Hannant, Adam May, Paul Digby, Wesley Hoolahan, Paul Mullin, Harvey Knibbs