Colchester United 2-0 Gillingham: result and report
League Two · Thursday 26 December 2024
Result
Colchester United 2-0 Gillingham
League Two · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Colchester United 2-0 Gillingham: match report
Colchester United won against Gillingham 2-0 in the League Two on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lyle Taylor opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Lyle Taylor (6') and John-Kymani Gordon (85'). Gillingham did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received 4 yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 17th on 23 points from 20 and Gillingham 10th on 30 points from 20. Colchester United went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Gillingham 17th with 58.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gillingham in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lyle Taylor of Colchester United (7.8), ahead of Matt Macey (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Gillingham.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Gillingham's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Lyle Taylor
- 75'Yellow card · Mandela Egbo
- 75'Yellow card
- 77'Yellow card · Jamie Carson McDonnell
- 77'Yellow card
- 85'Goal · John-Kymani Gordon
- 86'Yellow card · Shadrach Ogie
- 90'Yellow card
- 90'Yellow card · Jayden Clarke
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Mandela Egbo, Tom Flanagan, Aaron Donnelly, Ellis Iandolo, Jamie McDonnell, Arthur Read, Oscar Thorn, Jack Payne, Owura Edwards, Lyle Taylor
Gillingham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Glenn Morris, Remeao Hutton, Max Ehmer, Conor Masterson, Max Clark, Robbie McKenzie, Ethan Coleman, Jayden Clarke, Jack Nolan, Aaron Rowe, Elliott Nevitt