Colchester United 2-1 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Colchester United 2-1 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Colchester United 2-1 Grimsby Town: match report

Colchester United defeated Grimsby Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tommy Smith opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Tommy Smith (9') and Callum Harriott (56'). Grimsby Town scored through Luke Hendrie (23').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 13th on 21 points from 14 and Grimsby Town 20th on 15 points from 13. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Grimsby Town 24th with 43.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Rose of Grimsby Town (8.0), ahead of Tommy Smith (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Mattie PollockGrimsby Town
  • 9'Goal · Tommy SmithColchester United · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Luke HendrieGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Callum HarriottColchester United · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Luke GambinColchester United
  • 87'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 3, Grimsby Town 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • H. PellColchester United · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Tom LapslieColchester United · injury (Hamstring Injury)

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

Dean Gerken, Junior Tchamadeu, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Cohen Bramall, Luke Gambin, Noah Chilvers, Callum Harriott, Jevani Brown, Courtney Senior, Luke Norris

Grimsby Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Luke Waterfall, Mattie Pollock, Danny Preston, Daniel Rose, Elliott Hewitt, Owura Edwards, Sean Scannell, Kyle Bennett, Owen Windsor