Cambridge United and Crawley Town clash in a fiery affair with numerous cards
Cambridge United hosted Crawley Town at the Cledara Abbey Stadium for a League One encounter that ended with a 0-1 away victory. The match was fiercely contested, with both sides battling for possession and creating scoring opportunities. However, it was the yellow cards that set the pace of the encounter.
The first half saw referee D. Rock issue yellow cards to D. Andrew (minute 9) for Cambridge United and to J. Williams (minute 14) and M. Anderson (minute 45) for Crawley Town.
The second half started with even more intensity. S. Kaikai (minute 49) and S. Lavery (minute 53) were booked for Cambridge United, while T. Mullarkey (minute 50) and A. Quitirna (minute 60) picked up yellow cards for Crawley Town.
The game opened up a bit in the latter stages, with both sides making changes. A. Adeyemo scored the game’s only goal in the 86th minute, thanks to an assist from J. Flint. The goal came as a result of a great individual play by Adeyemo, who took advantage of a defensive error by Cambridge United to find the back of the net.
Cambridge United tried to equalize, but Crawley Town defended well and held onto their lead until the final whistle.
Despite the defeat, Cambridge United put in a good performance, with 12 shots on target and 38% possession. Crawley Town, on the other hand, had greater possession (62%) and also created scoring chances, with 3 shots on target.
In total, the referee showed 8 yellow cards, 4 to each team.
Substitutions crawley town: at minute 63 C. Bragg came in and S. Malone went out., at minute 63 P. Camara came in and M. Anderson went out., at minute 63 A. Adeyemo came in and A. Quitirna went out., at minute 75 J. Roles came in and R. Hepburn-Murphy went out.
Substitutions cambridge united: at minute 69 E. Kachunga came in and J. Brophy went out., at minute 76 L. Bennett came in and S. Kaikai went out., at minute 82 T. Richards came in and D. Barton went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Cambridge United
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