Colchester United 2-2 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 22 October 2016
Result
Colchester United 2-2 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Colchester United 2-2 Morecambe: match report
Colchester United drew with Morecambe 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 22 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.
Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Chris Porter (4') and Chris Porter (39', penalty). Morecambe scored through Tom Barkhuizen (27') and Lee Molyneaux (77').
Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Morecambe received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 13th on 16 points from 13 and Morecambe 10th on 19 points from 13. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Morecambe 18th with 52.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Morecambe's L-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Chris Porter
- 17'Missed penalty · Tom Barkhuizen
- 27'Goal · Tom Barkhuizen
- 38'Yellow card · Kevin Ellison
- 39'Penalty goal · Chris Porter
- 49'Yellow card · Drey Wright
- 56'Yellow card · Andrew Fleming
- 62'Yellow card · M. Rose
- 72'Yellow card · Ryan Edwards
- 77'Goal · Lee Molyneaux
Team news
Colchester United line-up
Sam Walker, Richard Brindley, Luke Prosser, Kane Vincent-Young, Alex Wynter, Tom Eastman, Sammie Szmodics, Craig Slater, Drey Wright, Chris Porter, Denny Johnstone
Morecambe line-up
Barry Roche, Aaron McGowan, Ryan Edwards, Peter Murphy, Alex Whitmore, James Jennings, Tom Barkhuizen, Kevin Ellison, Andrew Fleming, Michael Rose, Cole Stockton