Southend United 1-2 Cambridge United: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 19 January 2021
Result
Southend United 1-2 Cambridge United
League Two · Tuesday 19 January 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Southend United 1-2 Cambridge United: match report
Southend United lost to Cambridge United 1-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 19 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Simeon Akinola opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Southend United's goal came from Simeon Akinola (27'). Cambridge United scored through Jack Iredale (46') and Joe Ironside (68').
Discipline: Southend United received 2 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Southend United were 24th on 20 points from 22 and Cambridge United 3rd on 38 points from 23. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Cambridge United 3rd with 80.
Southend United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cambridge United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Ironside of Cambridge United (7.8), ahead of Jack Iredale (7.7).
Going into the match Southend United's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Cambridge United's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Simeon Akinola
- 40'Yellow card · Paul Digby
- 40'Yellow card · Sam Hart
- 46'Goal · Jack Iredale
- 68'Goal · Joe Ironside
- 90+6'Yellow card · Mark Oxley
Team news
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Southend United line-up (3-5-2)
Mark Oxley, Greg Halford, John White, Shaun Hobson, Elvis Bwomono, Alan McCormack, T. Dieng, Jason Demetriou, Sam Hart, Simeon Akinola, Emile Acquah
Cambridge United line-up (4-4-2)
Dimitar Mitov, Kyle Knoyle, Harry Darling, Greg Taylor, Harrison Dunk, Leon Davies, Adam May, Paul Digby, Jack Iredale, Paul Mullin, Joe Ironside