Mansfield Town 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 8 February 2022

Result

Mansfield Town 2-1 Colchester United

League Two · Tuesday 8 February 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Mansfield Town 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Mansfield Town defeated Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 8 February 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Rhys Oates opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Mansfield Town's goals came from Rhys Oates (19') and Jordan Bowery (90+2', penalty). Colchester United scored through Petr Badlo (90+6').

Discipline: Mansfield Town received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mansfield Town were 6th on 45 points from 27 and Colchester United 20th on 30 points from 28. Mansfield Town went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Colchester United 15th with 55.

Mansfield Town lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen McLaughlin of Mansfield Town (7.8), ahead of Jordan Bowery (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mansfield Town win, 6 draws and 3 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleMansfield Town
  • 19'Goal · Rhys OatesMansfield Town · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Brendan WireduColchester United
  • 69'Yellow card · G. KennedyColchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · L. AkinsMansfield Town
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Jordan BoweryMansfield Town · 2-0
  • 90+6'Goal · Petr BadloColchester United · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Elliott HewittMansfield Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mansfield Town 1, draws 6, Colchester United 3.

Team news

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Mansfield Town line-up (4-3-1-2)

Nathan Bishop, Elliott Hewitt, John-Joe O'Toole, Oli Hawkins, Stephen McLaughlin, George Maris, Ryan Stirk, S. Quinn, Jamie Murphy, Lucas Akins, Rhys Oates

Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Hornby, Junior Tchamadeu, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Myles Kenlock, Brendan Wiredu, Gene Kennedy, Luke Hannant, Alan Judge, Tyreik Wright, Freddie Sears