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1/128-finals• 6 Nov 2026

Bristol Rovers 2–0 Cambridge United

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Match Recap

Bristol Rovers needed just one second-half spell to see off Cambridge United in their FA Cup clash, breaking the deadlock through Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny in the 57th minute. Fifteen minutes later Fabrizio Cavegn doubled the lead, and from there Cambridge United never found a way back in. Neither side boasts the league's top scorer, M. Diarra on seven goals this season, but Bristol Rovers didn't need a marquee name, just two clinical finishes at the right moments to turn a tight cup tie into a comfortable 2-0 win. It's the kind of scoreline that looks routine on paper but was built on a stretch of real pressure after the break, with Rovers seizing control exactly when it mattered. For Cambridge United, there's little to take from a match where the game swung decisively in a quarter-hour window. Watch how Russell-Denny opens the scoring and see Cavegn's 72nd-minute strike put the tie to bed in the highlights below.

Match Statistics

Bristol Rovers
VS
Cambridge United
59% Ball Possession 41%
12 Total Shots 6
4 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 2
4 Blocked Shots 1
1 Shots inside box 2
11 Shots outside box 4
3 Corner Kicks 5
1 Offsides 1
14 Fouls 9
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Goalkeeper Saves 2
9 Free Kicks 14

Lineups

Bristol Rovers
S. Evans 4-1-2-1-2
VS
Cambridge United
N. Harris 4-2-3-1
1Young
14Purrington
5Kilgour
4Balmer
2James
22Gough
24Leigh
29Cavegn
9Quigley
9Appéré
11Kaikai
10Knight
44Bangura-Williams
17Mpanzu
8Moxon
22Bradshaw
5Bauer
6Watts
2Bennett
1Eastwood

Substitutes — Bristol Rovers

28A. Appiah 33R. De Havilland 7S. Forde 10B. Kamwa 17C. Kelly 23M. Southam-Hales 3J. Sparkes 27P. Sanyaolu 32Charlie Binns

Substitutes — Cambridge United

29S. Curtis 13G. Breeze 7Isaac Heath 38G. Hoddle 19S. Lavery 21S. McLoughlin 3Callum Perry 12Callum stead 15Cathal Séan Heffernan Andrews