Oldham Athletic 0-3 Cambridge United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026
Result
Oldham Athletic 0-3 Cambridge United
League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Oldham Athletic 0-3 Cambridge United: match report
Oldham Athletic lost to Cambridge United 0-3 in the League Two on Saturday 31 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ben Knight opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Oldham Athletic did not score. Cambridge United scored through Ben Knight (55', penalty), L. Appéré (60') and L. Appéré (67').
Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 16th on 35 points from 26 and Cambridge United 3rd on 50 points from 27. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 68 points, and Cambridge United 4th with 82.
Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cambridge United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Louis Appéré of Cambridge United (8.6), ahead of Ben Knight (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Oldham Athletic win, 0 draws and 0 for Cambridge United.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Dominic Ball
- 45'Yellow card
- 45+2'Yellow card · Joe Quigley
- 46'Yellow card
- 55'Penalty goal · Ben Knight
- 60'Goal · L. Appéré
- 67'Goal · L. Appéré
Head-to-head
Team news
Oldham Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Mathew Hudson, Jake Caprice, Donervon Daniels, Manny Monthe, Jamie Robson, Tom Pett, Ryan Woods, Kai Payne, Jack Stevens, Kane Drummond, Joe Garner
Cambridge United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jake Eastwood, James Gibbons, Mamadou Jobe, Kell Watts, Liam Bennett, Dominic Ball, Shane McLoughlin, James Brophy, Ben Knight, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Louis Appéré