Colchester United 1-5 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 February 2013
Result
Colchester United 1-5 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Saturday 23 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Colchester United 1-5 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Colchester United were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 1-5 in the League One on Saturday 23 February 2013. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Max Power opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Magnus Okuonghae (29'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Max Power (11'), J. Akpa Akpro (41'), Ash Taylor (65'), Cole Stockton (85') and Michael O'Halloran (90', penalty).
Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 32 points from 32 and Tranmere Rovers 6th on 56 points from 33. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Tranmere Rovers 10th with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Tranmere Rovers's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Max Power
- 29'Goal · Magnus Okuonghae
- 41'Goal · J. Akpa Akpro
- 47'Yellow card · Paul Corry
- 65'Yellow card · J. Thompson
- 65'Goal · Ash Taylor
- 85'Goal · Cole Stockton
- 90'Penalty goal · Michael O'Halloran
Head-to-head
Team news
Colchester United expected line-up
Tom Eastman, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Craig Eastmond, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Ian Henderson, Jabo Ibehre
Tranmere Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Owain Fôn Williams, Zoumana Bakayogo, Ash Taylor, Danny Holmes, Liam Palmer, Ben Gibson, James Wallace, Andy Robinson, Adam McGurk, Jake Cassidy