Colchester United 2-1 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021
Result
Colchester United 2-1 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Colchester United 2-1 Walsall: match report
Colchester United beat Walsall 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 April 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.
J. Clarke opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Michael Folivi (37') and R. Clampin (45+4'). Walsall scored through J. Clarke (20').
Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Colchester United were 22nd on 41 points from 41 and Walsall 19th on 49 points from 41. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Walsall 19th with 53.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Walsall in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Folivi of Colchester United (8.1), ahead of Noah Chilvers (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 5 draws and 3 for Walsall.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-D-D-L-D and Walsall's W-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · J. Clarke
- 27'Yellow card · Harry Pell
- 37'Goal · Michael Folivi
- 45+1'Yellow card · T. Wright
- 45+4'Goal · R. Clampin
- 50'Yellow card · Brendan Wiredu
- 62'Yellow card · Shamal George
Head-to-head
Team news
Colchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Shamal George, Miles Welch-Hayes, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Ryan Clampin, Noah Chilvers, H. Pell, Brendan Wiredu, Callum Harriott, Frank Nouble, Michael Folivi
Walsall line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Rose, Hayden White, James Clarke, Matt Sadler, Max Melbourne, L. Kinsella, Sam Perry, Emmanuel Osadebe, Tyreik Wright, Caolan Lavery, Josh Gordon