Colchester United 2-3 Sheffield United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 16 September 2014
Result
Colchester United 2-3 Sheffield United
League One · Tuesday 16 September 2014, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Colchester United 2-3 Sheffield United: match report
Colchester United were beaten by Sheffield United 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 16 September 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
George Moncur opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Colchester United's goals came from George Moncur (31') and Freddie Sears (77'). Sheffield United scored through Ben Davies (83'), Ryan Flynn (85') and Ben Davies (88', penalty).
Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 5 points from 7 and Sheffield United 9th on 10 points from 6. Colchester United went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Sheffield United 5th with 74.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 5 draws and 3 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-D-L-L-L and Sheffield United's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Alex Gilbey
- 31'Goal · George Moncur
- 41'Yellow card · James McEveley
- 77'Goal · Freddie Sears
- 77'Yellow card · Mark Howard
- 83'Goal · Ben Davies
- 85'Goal · Ryan Flynn
- 88'Penalty goal · Ben Davies
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Colchester United expected line-up
Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Luke Garbutt, Alex Gilbey, Craig Eastmond, Freddie Sears, Gavin Massey, Jabo Ibehre, Matthew Taylor
Sheffield United expected line-up
Mark Howard, Bob Harris, Harrison McGahey, Craig Alcock, Ryan Flynn, Jose Baxter, Marc McNulty, Michael Doyle, N. Collins, Ben Davies