Colchester United 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 September 2025

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Colchester United drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 September 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Fabrizio Cavegn opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Micah Mbick (52'). Bristol Rovers scored through Fabrizio Cavegn (40').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 19th on 7 points from 8 and Bristol Rovers 10th on 13 points from 8. Colchester United went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Payne of Colchester United (7.6), ahead of Alfie Kilgour (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Tom SmithColchester United
  • 40'Goal · Fabrizio CavegnBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Luke ThomasBristol Rovers
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers
  • 52'Goal · Micah MbickColchester United · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Joel CotterillBristol Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · K. ŁopataBristol Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Arthur ReadColchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · Josh McEachranBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

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Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tom Smith, Kane Vincent-Young, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Josh Powell, Arthur Read, Teddy Bishop, Kyreece Lisbie, Jack Payne, Harry Anderson, Micah Mbick

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-1-3-2)

Luke Southwood, Macauley Southam-Hales, Kacper Łopata, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Josh McEachran, Kamil Conteh, Luke Thomas, Alfie Chang, Promise Omochere, Fabrizio Cavegn