Morecambe 3-3 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 14 September 2024
Result
Morecambe 3-3 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 14 September 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Morecambe 3-3 Colchester United: match report
Morecambe drew with Colchester United 3-3 in the League Two on Saturday 14 September 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ben Tollitt opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Ben Tollitt (17'), Callum Jones (83') and an own goal by Tom Flanagan (88'). Colchester United scored through Owura Edwards (43'), Samson Tovide (49') and Lyle Taylor (64').
Discipline: Morecambe received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Colchester United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 24th on 0 points from 5 and Colchester United 20th on 5 points from 5. Morecambe went on to finish that season 24th with 36 points, and Colchester United 9th with 69.
Morecambe 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 Samson Tovide of Colchester United (8.3), ahead of Owura Edwards (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Morecambe wins, 4 draws and 2 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Ben Tollitt
- 36'Yellow card · Lee Angol
- 38'Yellow card · Luke Hendrie
- 42'Second yellow · Luke Hendrie
- 42'Second yellow · Luke Hendrie
- 43'Goal · Owura Edwards
- 49'Goal · Samson Tovide
- 64'Goal · Lyle Taylor
- 81'Yellow card · Jordan Slew
- 81'Yellow card
- 83'Goal · Callum Jones
- 88'Own goal · Tom Flanagan
Head-to-head
Team news
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stuart Moore, Luke Hendrie, Rhys Williams, Jamie Stott, Adam Lewis, Yann Songo'o, Paul Lewis, Harvey Macadam, Callum Jones, Ben Tollitt, Lee Angol
Colchester United line-up (3-1-4-2)
Matt Macey, Ben Goodliffe, Tom Flanagan, Ellis Iandolo, Alex Woodyard, Mandela Egbo, Jack Payne, Teddy Bishop, Owura Edwards, Samson Tovide, Lyle Taylor