Bristol Rovers 0-1 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Colchester United: match report
Bristol Rovers were beaten by Colchester United 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Owura Edwards of Colchester United in the 85th minute.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 5 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 21 points from 24 and Colchester United 9th on 36 points from 24. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Colchester United 12th with 66.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arthur Read of Colchester United (7.5), ahead of Jack Tucker (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Colchester United.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-L-D-L and Colchester United's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Joel Senior
- 45+4'Yellow card · Steve Evans
- 61'Yellow card · Rob Hunt
- 73'Yellow card · A. Kilgour
- 85'Goal · Owura Edwards
- 89'Yellow card · Jack Sparkes
- 90+3'Yellow card · Tom Lockyer
- 90+8'Yellow card · Micah Mbick
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Luke Southwood, Joel Senior, Riley Harbottle, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Kamil Conteh, Ryan De Havilland, Shaq Forde, Fabrizio Cavegn, Luke Thomas
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Kane Vincent-Young, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Ellis Iandolo, Arthur Read, Rob Hunt, Samson Tovide, Jack Payne, Kyreece Lisbie, Micah Mbick