FA Cup · ENG · Round 1

Cambridge United
3 - 0 Full time
Chester FC

Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Lineups

Cambridge United4-4-2
JE1Eastwood
LB2Bennett
MM5Morrison
KW6Watts
BP3Purrington
SK11Kaikai
DB4↓73'Ball
KS8↓73'Smith
JB7⚽↓85'Brophy
BK14↓73'Knight
KK20⚽×2↓73'Kouassi
GM13Murray-Jones
TL5↓88'Leak
FA27↓46'Arthur
HC19Carson
NW3Woodthorpe
IM10Murray
JB8Bainbridge
DW4Weeks
DM11↓19'Mottley-Henry
TP7↓88'Peers
PJ18↓63'Jones
Chester FC4-3-3

Cambridge United substitutes

38 George Hoddle ↑73'
27 Glenn McConnell ↑73'
17 Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu ↑73'
10 Elias Kachunga ↑73'
15 Adam Mayor ↑85'
25 Ben Hughes
26 James Gibbons
23 Mamadou Jobe
22 Zak Bradshaw

Coach: Neil Harris

Chester FC substitutes

2 Dion Kelly-Evans ↑19'
6 James Jones ↑46'
9 Offrande Zanzala ↑63'
17 Connor Woods ↑88'
25 Kevin Roberts ↑88'
21 George Barlow
22 Jack Shorrock
16 Lewis Leigh

Coach: Calum McIntyre

Match events

9'Nathan Woodthorpe
10'Kylian Kouassi assist: James Brophy 1 - 0⚽
19'↑ Dion Kelly-Evans ↓ Dylan Mottley-Henry⇄
30'Kelland Watts
35'Kylian Kouassi assist: James Brophy 2 - 0⚽
39'Jack Bainbridge
45+3'James Brophy assist: Kylian Kouassi 3 - 0⚽
Second half
46'↑ James Jones ↓ Festus Arthur⇄
48'Ben Purrington
63'↑ Offrande Zanzala ↓ Patrick Jones⇄
73'↑ Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu ↓ Dominic Ball⇄
73'↑ Elias Kachunga ↓ Kylian Kouassi⇄
73'↑ George Hoddle ↓ Korey Smith⇄
73'↑ Glenn McConnell ↓ Ben Knight⇄
85'↑ Adam Mayor ↓ James Brophy⇄
88'↑ Connor Woods ↓ Tom Peers⇄
88'↑ Kevin Roberts ↓ Tom Leak⇄

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 1 November 2025, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

0Cambridge United wins1Draws1Chester FC wins

2 past meetings on record. Biggest Chester FC win: Cambridge United 0–1 Chester FC (2014).

21 Apr 2014Cambridge United 0 - 1 Chester FCConference Premier
12 Oct 2013Chester FC 0 - 0 Cambridge UnitedConference Premier