Comeback Win
Cambridge United
Cambridge United went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–1
League One · Matchday 6Cambridge United
L. Bennett 52'
K. Watts 62'
2 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Reading
J. Marriott 38'
League One
Matchday 6Cambridge United2–1Reading
0.74
Expected goals
1.41
38′52′62′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: CU 0.74, REA 1.41.
Match report
Cambridge United 2-1 Reading
Cambridge United edged out Reading 2-1 at Abbey Stadium in League One. Marriott opened the scoring for Reading on 38', Bennett levelled for Cambridge United on 52' and Watts put Cambridge United back in front on 62'.
Expected goals finished Cambridge United 0.74, Reading 1.41. On the balance of chances Reading had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Cambridge United will take more happily than the performance deserved. Reading held 55.0% of the ball.
Cambridge United had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Cambridge United graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.74 expected goals. Cambridge United graded out for box occupation — 9 of 11 shots in the box and 0.07 xg per shot.
Kell Watts came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for Cambridge United from 1 goal, 1 shot and 1 tackle.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
11Shots19
0.74xG1.41
What the numbers say
3 readsClinical Edge
Cambridge United
Cambridge United finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.74 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.74
- Overperformance
- +1.26
Box Occupation
Cambridge United
Cambridge United kept getting bodies into the area — 82% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 11
- Share
- 82%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Timeline
⚽38'
J. Marriott
Half-time
P. Mpanzu ↑ O. Moxon ↓
🔄46'
S. Lavery ↑ R. Bangura-Williams ↓
🔄46'
L. Bennett — assist: C. Perry
⚽52'
K. Watts — assist: P. Mpanzu
⚽62'
Gassan Ahadme
Foul
🟨66'
🔄72'
R. Williams ↑ K. Lisbie ↓
🔄72'
J. Brown ↑ J. Marriott ↓
🔄78'
C. Savage ↑ A. Rinomhota ↓
🔄78'
J. Reid ↑ H. Roberts ↓
Callum Perry
Foul
🟨80'
S. Curtis ↑ G. Ahadme ↓
🔄85'
Z. Bradshaw ↑ C. Perry ↓
🔄85'
🟨90'
Randell Williams
Foul
L. Appere ↑ B. Knight ↓
🔄90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueAbbey Stadium, Cambridge
RefereeO. Yates
CompetitionLeague One
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished