Northampton Town 2-1 Cambridge United: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 November 2023

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Cambridge United

League One · Saturday 25 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Northampton Town · Cambridge United · League One predictions

Northampton Town 2-1 Cambridge United: match report

Northampton Town beat Cambridge United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 November 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kieron Bowie opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Kieron Bowie (49') and Sam Hoskins (55'). Cambridge United scored through Gassan Ahadme (77').

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

Going into the game Northampton Town were 19th on 17 points from 16 and Cambridge United 16th on 20 points from 17. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Cambridge United 18th with 48.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cambridge United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.4), ahead of Kieron Bowie (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · James BrophyCambridge United
  • 42'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliamsNorthampton Town
  • 49'Goal · Kieron BowieNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 77'Goal · Gassan AhadmeCambridge United · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Paul DigbyCambridge United
  • 80'Second yellow · Paul DigbyCambridge United
  • 90'Yellow card · Danny AndrewCambridge United

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)

Max Thompson, Aaron McGowan, Sam Sherring, Jordan Willis, Patrick Brough, Shaun McWilliams, M. Leonard, Jack Sowerby, Mitch Pinnock, Kieron Bowie, Sam Hoskins

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

Jack Stevens, Liam Bennett, Ryan Bennett, Michael Morrison, Danny Andrew, Jordan Cousins, Jack Lankester, Paul Digby, Adam May, James Brophy, Fejiri Okenabirhie