Colchester United 3-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 September 2024
Result
Colchester United 3-0 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 21 September 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Colchester United 3-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Colchester United defeated Tranmere Rovers 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 21 September 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Lyle Taylor opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Lyle Taylor (7'), Lyle Taylor (38') and Samson Tovide (78'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 18th on 6 points from 6 and Tranmere Rovers 14th on 8 points from 5. Colchester United went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Tranmere Rovers 20th with 51.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Samson Tovide of Colchester United (8.6), ahead of Lyle Taylor (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 5 draws and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Lyle Taylor
- 14'Yellow card · Connor Jennings
- 21'Yellow card · Zak Bradshaw
- 38'Goal · Lyle Taylor
- 40'Yellow card
- 40'Yellow card · Saidou Khan
- 58'Yellow card · Alex Woodyard
- 64'Yellow card · Owura Edwards
- 78'Goal · Samson Tovide
- 81'Yellow card · Lee O'Connor
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Matt Macey, Mandela Egbo, Tom Flanagan, Ben Goodliffe, Ellis Iandolo, Jack Payne, Alex Woodyard, Teddy Bishop, Owura Edwards, Lyle Taylor, Samson Tovide
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke McGee, Cameron Norman, Zak Bradshaw, Jordan Turnbull, Connor Wood, Connor Jennings, Saidou Khan, Regan Hendry, Omari Patrick, Harvey Saunders, Luke Norris