Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 1, Cambridge United 0.
WycombeWycombe Wanderers1CambridgeCambridge United0
Paul Hayes scored his 100th league goal to give Wycombe victory over Cambridge.
After a closely-fought first-half, Harrison Dunk came close to breaking the deadlock for the visitors after the break but his shot from a tight angle went just past the post.
Matt McClure went close for the hosts when his header from Sam Wood's cross came back off the upright.
Striker Hayes, 31, won it from close range after Chris Dunn had saved Paris Cowan-Hall's header.
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"Paul Hayes has popped up. It's great having him at Wycombe Wanderers. He comes up at vital times, he's a very experienced, clever player and leads the line well. But everyone worked hard today, it was a real team performance.
"It's a team thing; honesty, togetherness and hard work. We're building on that and, with a chairman like Andrew Howard behind us backing everything we do, it's great to have the freedom to do it.
"We're on the knife edge but at the moment I'm taking every point we can, adding it to our total and seeing where we end up. But I'm not talking about anything until we get our survival points."
Line-ups
Wycombe
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Ingram
- 6Pierre
- 2Jombati
- 26Mawson
- 3Jacobson
- 15Murphy
- 4Scowen
- 11Wood
- 7Cowan-HallSubstituted forBloomfieldat 89'minutes
- 19McClureSubstituted forCraigat 83'minutes
- 9HayesSubstituted forAmadi-Hollowayat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Lewis
- 10Bloomfield
- 12Craig
- 13Richardson
- 22Kretzschmar
- 23Walker
- 25Amadi-Holloway
Cambridge
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 1Dunn
- 18NelsonBooked at 45mins
- 4Coulson
- 2TaitBooked at 90mins
- 3Taylor
- 7DonaldsonSubstituted forTaylorat 74'minutes
- 20DialloSubstituted forBirdat 13'minutes
- 15Simpson
- 11DunkBooked at 33mins
- 21AppiahSubstituted forHurstat 62'minutes
- 10Elliott
Substitutes
- 12Lanzoni
- 13Norris
- 23Stockley
- 25Lennon
- 26Hurst
- 27Taylor
- 32Bird
- Referee:
- Darren Handley
- Attendance:
- 3,610
Match Stats
Home TeamWycombeAway TeamCambridge
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away1
- Corners
- Home5
- Away9
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 1, Cambridge United 0.
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Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Sido Jombati.
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Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Matt Ingram.
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Josh Scowen (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ryan Bird (Cambridge United).
Booking
Richard Tait (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card.
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Sam Wood (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Richard Tait (Cambridge United).
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Hand ball by Tom Elliott (Cambridge United).
Substitution
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Matt Bloomfield replaces Paris Cowan-Hall.
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Foul by Alfie Mawson (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Tom Elliott (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Steven Craig (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Greg Taylor (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Hand ball by Tom Elliott (Cambridge United).
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Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Aaron Pierre.
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Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Matt Ingram.
Substitution
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Steven Craig replaces Matt McClure.
Substitution
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Aaron Holloway replaces Paul Hayes.
