Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Bristol Rovers 0–2 Cambridge United

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.4 – 1.0
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.0
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot made Bristol Rovers favourites at 46%.

Cambridge United won and made the better chances: 1.0 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Bryant Akono Bilongo, 56.9 in 45′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Bristol Rovers

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Cambridge United

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Bristol Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Bryant Akono Bilongo Defender4500–56.9–
Jack Sparkes Defender45000.0356.8–
Clinton Mola Defender9000–47.7–
Alfie Kilgour Defender4500–47.0–
Isaac Hutchinson Midfielder6100–45.0–
Ryan Howley Midfielder9000–42.9–
Ellis Harrison Forward61000.1941.8–
Fabrizio Cavegn Forward29000.1638.6–
Macauley Southam-Hales Midfielder6100–37.8–
Ruel Sotiriou Forward9000–36.6–
Luke Thomas Midfielder90000.0536.3–
Luke Southwood Goalkeeper9000–34.1–
Ollie Dewsbury Midfielder2900–33.0–
Kamil Conteh Midfielder90000.0331.6–
Joel Senior Defender2900–24.8–

Cambridge United

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ryan Loft Forward23100.3081.5–
James Brophy Midfielder23000.0161.4–
Ben Knight Forward1400–57.2–
Louis Appéré Forward67100.2655.7–
Dominic Ball Midfielder23000.2651.1–
Jake Eastwood Goalkeeper9000–50.6–
Kell Watts Defender9000–49.7–
Mamadou Jobe Defender9000–47.4–
Liam Bennett Defender90000.0246.7–
Shane McLoughlin Midfielder83000.0845.7–
Sullay Kaikai Forward67010.0340.5–
James Gibbons Defender90010.0139.3–
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu Midfielder67000.0437.1–
Zak Bradshaw Defender9000–37.1–
Elias Kachunga Forward7600–36.7–
George Hoddle Midfielder800–35.2–