Bromley vs Cambridge United - prediction, team news, lineups

Bromley welcome Cambridge United to Hayes Lane connected Saturday day looking to physique connected their opening-day triumph successful what volition beryllium their first-ever location fixture successful the 3rd tier.

Andy Woodman's broadside began their maiden League One run with a surprise triumph implicit Barnsley, portion the U's besides made a winning commencement to the 2026-27 play with a narrow 3-2 triumph implicit Wigan Athletic.

Match preview

After securing promotion past play with 3 games to spare, Bromley rapidly turned their attraction to the caller run arsenic they looked to marque further history, and the Ravens person made an encouraging start.

The comparatively caller EFL outfit began the play successful the League Cup, wherever they were handed a location necktie against Reading, with the contention finishing 1-1 aft 90 minutes earlier Bromley were beaten connected penalties, having conceded each 5 of Reading's spot-kicks.

However, League One was ever going to instrumentality priority, and Woodman's men entered the opening time arsenic underdogs against a Barnsley broadside harbouring imaginable playoff ambitions.

Nevertheless, the Ravens secured their first-ever League One triumph arsenic Victor Adeboyejo struck against his erstwhile employers to seal a 1-0 triumph astatine Oakwell for past season's League Two champions.

Should Bromley proceed to impress, their aboriginal occurrence should not travel arsenic a large surprise.

Last play was lone their second-ever run successful the English Football League arsenic they topped the League Two table, having been competing successful National League South arsenic precocious arsenic 2015 and earning 3 promotions successful conscionable implicit a decade.

As for visiting Cambridge United, they besides secured promotion from League Two astatine the extremity of past play and volition beryllium good acquainted with Bromley aft finishing 2 places and 5 points down the Ravens.

The U's, led by Neil Harris, secured an contiguous instrumentality to League One aft being relegated from the 3rd tier successful May 2025.

A cardinal origin down their promotion-winning run was their antiaircraft strength, with Cambridge boasting the champion antiaircraft grounds successful the full EFL aft conceding conscionable 33 goals successful 46 matches.

Their 51 points from 24 league matches astatine Cledara Abbey besides gave them the strongest location grounds successful League Two, thing Harris's broadside volition beryllium keen to replicate present they are backmost successful the 3rd tier.

Although they conceded doubly connected the opening day, Cambridge secured their archetypal League One triumph since the commencement of 2025 by edging past Wigan Athletic 3-2, having astir surrendered a three-goal vantage aft the Latics struck doubly successful the abstraction of 4 minutes.

That opening-day triumph followed a League Cup first-round triumph implicit Barnet, wherever the U's came from down to unafraid a 2-1 win and publication their spot successful the adjacent round.

With some sides competing successful the aforesaid part past season, they met doubly successful the abstraction of a fewer months aft having antecedently faced each different conscionable erstwhile successful their past beforehand, Cambridge United won the archetypal brushwood 2-1 earlier the brace played retired a goalless gully astatine Hayes Lane past April.

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Team News

After scoring from the seat past clip out, Adeboyejo could beryllium rewarded with a starting place, with Michael Cheek perchance making mode for the Nigerian striker.

Ethon Archer provided the assistance for the Ravens' victor astatine Oakwell past play aft coming disconnected the bench, and helium could besides beryllium handed a spot successful the starting XI.

Richard Taylor was sent disconnected successful the League Cup decision 2 games agone and subsequently missed Bromley's archetypal League One fixture, but helium has present served his suspension and could instrumentality to the broadside connected Saturday afternoon.

As for Cambridge United, Harris could beryllium tempted to instrumentality with the aforesaid XI pursuing their winning instrumentality to League One, though Wigan's precocious fightback shows that determination is inactive country for improvement.

Harris is expected to clasp his backmost 3 of Mamadou Jobe, Kelland Watts and Callum Perry, with past season's apical scorer Ben Knight continuing successful attack.

Jake Eastwood kept 18 cleanable sheets successful 45 league appearances past play and played a cardinal relation successful Cambridge's awesome antiaircraft record, truthful helium is expected to stay betwixt the posts for their archetypal distant crippled of the campaign.

Bromley imaginable starting lineup:

George; Ifill, Sowunmi, Grant, Mendy; Archer, Conteh, Thompson, Hondermarck, Pinnock; Adeboyejo

Cambridge United imaginable starting lineup:

Eastwood; Jobe, Watts, Perry; Bennett, Ball, McLoughlin, Bradshaw; Knight, Appere, Heath

We say: Bromley 1-1 Cambridge United

Both sides caput into the 2nd matchweek of the League One play connected the backmost of opening-day victories and volition beryllium anxious to support their unbeaten starts. 

After 2 intimately fought meetings betwixt the sides past season, we spot different choky contention could beryllium successful store astatine Hayes Lane, with the points yet being shared successful a 1-1 draw.

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