Key Takeaways
- Bromley stay outside the automatic promotion places after a 0-0 draw at Hayes Lane.
- Cambridge United hit the woodwork and missed two clear first-half chances.
- Grant Smith kept the hosts level with two smart second-half saves.
Bromley’s climb into League One hit another snag on Saturday when Cambridge United left Hayes Lane with a 0-0 draw.
The visitors could have been two goals up inside the first quarter of an hour. Ben Knight raced onto a loose ball but dragged his shot wide, and Dominic Ball then steered Liam Bennett’s cut-back just past the far post.
The home side finally responded on 25 minutes. Omar Sownunmi rose highest to meet a corner, but his header sailed over Jack Walton’s bar.
Cambridge came even closer on the half-hour. Shayne Lavery met Adam Mayor’s cross with a firm header that crashed against the crossbar, leaving Grant Smith stranded.
The match drifted after the restart until Knight stung Smith’s palms with a fierce drive from a tight angle. That scare jolted Bromley into life. Ben Thompson forced Walton to block from close range, and Jude Arthurs saw the rebound deflected over the bar.
Ten minutes from time Smith flew to his right to tip Kelland Watts’ looping header over the bar, and a last-ditch scramble inside the Cambridge box came to nothing.
The point keeps Bromley in the play-off spots, but the automatic promotion places remain just out of reach.