Gillingham 0-3 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Gillingham 0-3 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Gillingham 0-3 Colchester United: match report
Gillingham lost to Colchester United 0-3 in the League Two on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
Fiacre Kelleher opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Gillingham did not score. Colchester United scored through Fiacre Kelleher (64'), Samson Tovide (77') and Bradley Ihionvien (82').
Discipline: Gillingham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Colchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gillingham were 1st on 12 points from 4 and Colchester United 24th on 0 points from 3. Gillingham went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.
Gillingham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Colchester United in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to William Greenidge of Colchester United (9.2), ahead of Samson Tovide (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Gillingham wins, 2 draws and 5 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Joe Taylor
- 33'Yellow card · Mandela Egbo
- 35'Yellow card · Scott Malone
- 40'Yellow card · Junior Tchamadeu
- 41'Yellow card · Jonathan Williams
- 64'Goal · Fiacre Kelleher
- 77'Goal · Samson Tovide
- 82'Goal · Bradley Ihionvien
- 83'Yellow card · Bradley Ihionvien
- 86'Red card · Ethan Coleman
Head-to-head
Team news
Gillingham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jake Turner, Cheye Alexander, Max Ehmer, Shadrach Ogie, Scott Malone, T. Dieng, Shaun Williams, Connor Mahoney, Jonathan Williams, Tom Nichols, Ashley Nadesan
Colchester United line-up (3-1-4-2)
Owen Goodman, William Greenidge, Connor Hall, Mandela Egbo, Nico Lawrence, Junior Tchamadeu, Noah Chilvers, Arthur Read, Jayden Fevrier, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide