Bristol Rovers vs Cambridge United. Sky Bet League One.
Memorial Stadium.
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Cambridge
Tuesday 16 April 2024 23:14, UK
Chris Martin scored his 16th League One goal of the season as Bristol Rovers claimed a late 1-0 victory over Cambridge at the Memorial Stadium.
The Rovers striker fired low into the goal after 87 minutes as he converted Luke Thomas' cross, with the Pirates scoring at home for the first time in five games.
That goal made up for Martin's earlier gilt-edged miss - the 35-year-old former Norwich and Derby forward was unable to convert a 33nd-minute penalty.
U's goalkeeper Will Mannion dived to his left to stop the striker's low, poorly-placed shot, after Paul Digby had been penalised for a foul on Scott Sinclair, as the Rovers winger attacked following Luke Thomas winning the ball just outside the Cambridge area.
The visitors threatened throughout via set-pieces, as Digby and Macauley Bonne both headed first-half corners over the crossbar.
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And Mamadou Jobe went even closer when his 60th-minute header crashed off the woodwork as the defender met a Danny Andrew free-kick.
Luca Hoole cleared Liam Bennett's shot off the line in the last minute of stoppage time to preserve Rovers' result, after another Cambridge corner.
