Lincoln City 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 April 2018

Result

Lincoln City 2-1 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Lincoln City 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Lincoln City defeated Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Elliott Whitehouse opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Elliott Whitehouse (55', penalty) and Luke Waterfall (90+4'). Colchester United scored through Courtney Senior (60').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 7th on 68 points from 42 and Colchester United 11th on 61 points from 43. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Colchester United 13th with 62.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Colchester United.

Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read D-L-W-W-D and Colchester United's L-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · N. EardleyLincoln City
  • 31'Yellow card · Olamide ShodipoColchester United
  • 55'Penalty goal · Elliott WhitehouseLincoln City · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Mikael MandronColchester United
  • 60'Goal · Courtney SeniorColchester United · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · M. RheadLincoln City
  • 90+4'Goal · Luke WaterfallLincoln City · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Luke WaterfallLincoln City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Lincoln City 0, draws 0, Colchester United 1.

Team news

Lincoln City line-up (4-3-3)

Ryan Allsop, Samuel Habergham, Scott Wharton, Neal Eardley, Elliott Whitehouse, Michael Bostwick, Lee Frecklington, Harry Anderson, Alex Woodyard, Matthew Rhead, Matt Green

Colchester United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Sam Walker, Luke Prosser, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Brandon Comley, Sean Murray, Ben Stevenson, Drey Wright, Olamide Shodipo, Mikael Mandron