Colchester United 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 September 2023
Result
Colchester United 2-0 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 9 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Colchester United 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Colchester United beat Tranmere Rovers 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Joe Taylor opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Joe Taylor (11') and Bradley Ihionvien (87'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 22nd on 3 points from 5 and Tranmere Rovers 21st on 3 points from 6. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Tranmere Rovers 16th with 57.
Colchester United lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Arthur Read of Colchester United (8.7), ahead of Jayden Fevrier (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 4 draws and 5 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Joe Taylor
- 15'Yellow card · Connor Hall
- 27'Yellow card · Regan Hendry
- 39'Yellow card · Tom Davies
- 45'Yellow card · Connor Jennings
- 45+1'Yellow card · Samson Tovide
- 47'Yellow card · Dan Pike
- 87'Goal · Bradley Ihionvien
Head-to-head
Team news
Colchester United line-up (3-1-4-2)
Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Cameron McGeehan, Jayden Fevrier, Arthur Read, Noah Chilvers, Al-Amin Kazeem, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Luke McGee, Josef Yarney, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Kieron Morris, Dan Pike, Chris Merrie, Connor Jennings, Regan Hendry, Sam Taylor, Kristian Dennis