Cambridge United vs Blackpool

24 August 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee J Miles

Full time 4 – 4

Half-time: 1–3

Shayne Lavery 28’, 75’
Danny Andrew 59’
Brandon Njoku 72’

James Husband 5’, 38’
Kyle Joseph 39’
Dominic Ballard 53’

Match summary

The points were shared as Cambridge United and Blackpool drew 4-4. Blackpool led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, James Husband put Blackpool ahead with a header in the 5th minute, Shayne Lavery equalised in the 28th minute, Husband put Blackpool back in front with a header in the 38th minute, and Kyle Joseph made it 1-3 in the 39th minute. In the second half, Dominic Ballard made it 1-4 in the 53rd minute, Danny Andrew pulled one back to make it 2-4 with a direct free kick in the 59th minute, Brandon Njoku made it 3-4 in the 72nd minute, and Lavery equalised in the 75th minute.

Shots finished 12-9 to Blackpool, with 6 on target for Cambridge United and 7 for Blackpool.

Match stats

9 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 10

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Cambridge United Blackpool

Kick-off

5’

James Husband

0-1

Shayne Lavery

1-1

28’

38’

James Husband

1-2

39’

Kyle Joseph

1-3

Half-time1-3

53’

Dominic Ballard

1-4

Danny Andrew

2-4

59’

Brandon Njoku

3-4

72’

Shayne Lavery

4-4

75’

Full-time4-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cambridge United

Liam Bennett
James Brophy

Blackpool

Oliver Casey
Elkan Baggott
Ollie Norburn
Hayden Coulson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Blackpool attacking Cambridge United attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Vicente Reyes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor O'Riordan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zeno Ibsen Rossi	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Danny Andrew	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Liam Bennett	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Korey Smith	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paul Digby	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Brophy Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sullay Kaikai Taken off	71′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Daniel Barton Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shayne Lavery	90′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Josh Stokes Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Emmanuel Longelo Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Brandon Njoku Came on as a substitute	19′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–


Richard O'Donnell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Casey	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elkan Baggott	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
James Husband	90′	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
CJ Hamilton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ollie Norburn Taken off	86′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Lee Evans	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Hayden Coulson Taken off	86′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Kyle Joseph Taken off	86′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ashley Fletcher Taken off	74′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Dominic Ballard Taken off	62′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jordan Rhodes Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Elliot Embleton Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sonny Carey Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Robert Apter Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cambridge United win 28% Avg odds 3.38

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.33

Blackpool win 44% Avg odds 2.12

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cambridge United L D D L L

Blackpool W W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Blackpool 1-0 Cambridge United, 06 Apr 24 Next meeting: Blackpool 2-1 Cambridge United, 11 Mar 25 All Cambridge United vs Blackpool meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.