Cambridge United 2 Fleetwood Town 1

Last month I saw the same fixture between Cambridge and Fleetwood in the FA Cup. In that game the Us won 4-0. Neil Harris who took over at the helm for Cambridge shortly after that game got off to a good start, but things have been a bit disappointing of late, so he really needed to get a result against the team who are bottom of the table. The stats show that Fleetwood had 18 shots and Cambridge 15, but it felt quite a cagey affair with very few chances created until late in the second half. Fleetwood defended with two banks of 4 and Cambridge had the energy but lacked the creativity at times. The only real chance of the first half fell to Jack Lankester of the Us who hit the bar. 

The second half started in pretty the same way as the first half, what really changed the game was the introduction of Lyle Taylor. Taylor, who signed for Cambridge on Thursday, was introduced on 71 minutes and proved the point he had to prove. After being released by Forest, a move to Wycombe didn't really work out for him. A lot of Cambridge fans however were keen on the signing, I was sceptical. I was wrong.

Unfortunately, Fleetwood also had an ace up their sleeve. Their reaction to the goal was to introduce Promise Omichere on 75 minutes. Two minutes later he was on the end of a Jayden Stockley cross and Fleetwood had an equaliser. It looked like the writing was on the wall when Jack Lankester missed when it would have been easier to score, but Cambridge and Taylor weren't finished. In stoppage time he found Suley Kaikai in space and Kaikai fired home to give the Us a victory.





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