EFL Trophy Final Stage · ENG · Round 1/16

Bristol Rovers
2 - 2 Full time
Cambridge United

Memorial Stadium · Bristol, Gloucestershire

Lineups

Bristol Rovers3-4-2-1
LS1Southwood
SN28Negru
KL35↓69'Lopata
CM6Mola
JC14↓46'Cotterill
AC24Chang
JM20↓46'McEachran
JS3Sparkes
LT11Thomas
FI30↓56'Issaka
EH19⚽×2↓46'Harrison
BH25Hughes
JG26↓83'Gibbons
MJ23↓64'Jobe
ZI16Rossi
SK11⚽Kaikai
PM17Mpanzu
GH38Hoddle
ZB22Bradshaw
BK14↓83'Knight
GM27↓46'McConnell
EK10↓64'Kachunga
Cambridge United3-4-2-1

Bristol Rovers substitutes

25 Ryan Howley 6.2 ↑46'
22 Kamil Conteh 6.0 ↑46'
29 Fabrizio Cavegn 5.9 ↑46'
39 Callum Morton 6.5 ↑56'
4 Taylor Moore 6.3 ↑69'
13 Brad Young
7 Shaqai Forde

Cambridge United substitutes

7 James Brophy 6.7 ↑46'
6 Kelland Watts 7.4 ⚽↑64'
29 George Munday 7.1 ↑64'
2 Liam Bennett ↑83'
15 Adam Mayor ↑83'
1 Jake Eastwood
40 Jahrel McKoy

Match events

9'Ellis Harrison (penalty) 1 - 0⚽
18'Ellis Harrison 2 - 0⚽
Second half
46'↑ James Brophy ↓ Glenn McConnell⇄
46'↑ Fabrizio Cavegn ↓ Ellis Harrison⇄
46'↑ Ryan Howley ↓ Joel Cotterill⇄
46'↑ Kamil Conteh ↓ Joshua McEachran⇄
51'Alfie Chang
56'↑ Callum Morton ↓ Freddie Issaka⇄
64'↑ George Munday ↓ Elias Kachunga⇄
64'↑ Kelland Watts ↓ Mamadou Jobe⇄
66'George Hoddle
68'Kelland Watts 2 - 1⚽
69'↑ Taylor Moore ↓ Kacper Lopata⇄
77'Kamil Conteh
83'↑ Liam Bennett ↓ James Gibbons⇄
83'↑ Adam Mayor ↓ Ben Knight⇄
84'Ryan Howley
87'Clinton Mola
90+1'Luke Southwood
90+4'Sullay Kaikai (penalty) 2 - 2⚽

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionEFL Trophy Final Stage
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 19:00 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

9Bristol Rovers wins0Draws3Cambridge United wins

12 past meetings on record. Biggest Bristol Rovers win: Bristol Rovers 4–1 Cambridge United (2017). Biggest Cambridge United win: Bristol Rovers 0–2 Cambridge United (2025).

14 Feb 2026Cambridge United 3 - 1 Bristol RoversLeague Two
23 Aug 2025Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Cambridge UnitedLeague Two
12 Aug 2025Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Cambridge UnitedEFL Cup
4 Jan 2025Cambridge United 0 - 1 Bristol RoversLeague One
31 Aug 2024Bristol Rovers 2 - 0 Cambridge UnitedLeague One
16 Apr 2024Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Cambridge UnitedLeague One
19 Aug 2023Cambridge United 2 - 0 Bristol RoversLeague One
7 Jan 2023Cambridge United 1 - 2 Bristol RoversLeague One
8 Oct 2022Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Cambridge UnitedLeague One
8 Aug 2017Bristol Rovers 4 - 1 Cambridge UnitedEFL Cup
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25 Mar 2016Bristol Rovers 3 - 0 Cambridge UnitedLeague Two
30 Oct 2015Cambridge United 1 - 2 Bristol RoversLeague Two