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  • Kick-off: 14:00
  • Venue: Molineux Stadium
  • Attendance: 15340
  • Referee: Friend, K

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Wolverhampton are replacing Matt Jarvis with Rob Edwards.

90 mins

Mark Convery is being taken off, Leo Fortune-West has come on in his place.

90 mins

Stephen Reed is replaced by Lee Boylan.

88 mins

Goal!! Neill Collins scores for Wolverhampton.

84 mins

Jay Bothroyd is booked for unsporting behaviour.

80 mins

Paul Carden goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

78 mins

The referee has booked Dan Gleeson.

77 mins

Cambridge are replacing Danny Brown with Courtney Pitt.

69 mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Michael Kightly putting it in the back of the net.

65 mins

Freddy Eastwood is booked for unsporting behaviour.

60 mins

Stephen Ward is replaced by Michael Kightly.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

46 mins

Andy Keogh is being taken off, Freddy Eastwood has come on in his place.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by K Friend

42 mins

Scott Rendell takes a penalty for Cambridge and scores!.

0 mins

It's 2pm on Saturday, January 5th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Neill Collins went from zero to hero as his late winner spared the blushes of Wolves and denied battling Cambridge United the chance of a major FA Cup upset.

Out-of-form Wolves had been staring down the barrel of a shock defeat when central defender Collins conceded his third penalty of the season in the 41st minute.

Scott Rendell, whose penalty had earned Cambridge their second round win against Weymouth, stroked home his third FA Cup goal of the season to send shockwaves through Molineux and under-pressure manager Mick McCarthy.

Fortunately for McCarthy, he had key-man Michael Kightly on the bench and it was the introduction of the speedy winger in the 60th minute that turned the game in Wolves' favour.

Kightly, who had missed the previous nine games with an ankle injury, took just nine minutes to fire Wolves back on to level terms when he turned home a Matt Jarvis cross from six yards.

The England Under-21 international than floated over a left-wing cross that Collins rose high to head home two minutes from time and make amends for giving away the penalty.

The defeat was rough on Cambridge, who were well worth a draw and second shot at Wolves.

Wolves would have been out of sight by half-time if their finishing had been better.

But a determined Cambridge rearguard and in-form goalkeeper Danny Potter stood firm before Wolves finally broke their resistance in the last 20 minutes.

Predictably, Cambridge had to weather a storm before Rendell stunned Wolves and the fact they were still on level terms when he struck in the 42nd minute owed everything to Potter.

Michael Morrison set the tone for a determined Cambridge display when he bravely blocked a goalbound drive from Jay Bothroyd.

Potter then denied Bothroyd, Darron Gibson and Jarvis, before Wolves were given a warning they failed to heed in the 22nd minute.

Rendell released Mark Convery and he only had Wayne Hennessey to beat, but the Wales international did well to save at his near post.

Wolves continued to pepper the Cambridge goal but to no avail as Stephen Ward was twice frustrated by Potter - the second time with a stunning one-handed save.

Potter's heroics paid dividends four minutes before half-time when Cambridge were awarded a somewhat controversial penalty.

Collins lost control of the ball on the edge of the area and it was picked up by Convery.

When Convery tried to whip the ball back into the area it was blocked by Collins and referee Kevin Friend ruled that he had used his arm to stop the ball.

It led to a furious reaction by Wolves, but Rendell was not phased and he drilled his spot-kick over the outstretched left hand of Collins.

Cambridge's lead should have been short-lived but Andy Keogh saw his 44th minute header cleared off the line by Mark Albrighton after a cross from Kevin Foley.

Fortunately for Wolves they had Kightly to come riding to the rescue, but it was a perilously close shave for McCarthy.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Cambridge United

Corners

6 1

Fouls

14 14

Goal attempts

23 2

Shots off target

11 0

Offsides

3 3

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