Rochdale 3-1 Colchester United: result and report
League One · Saturday 19 December 2015
Result
Rochdale 3-1 Colchester United
League One · Saturday 19 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Rochdale 3-1 Colchester United: match report
Rochdale beat Colchester United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 19 December 2015. The half-time score was 2-1.
Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ian Henderson (30', penalty), Donald McDermott (34') and O. Lancashire (64'). Colchester United scored through Chris Porter (21').
Discipline: Rochdale received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rochdale were 13th on 27 points from 21 and Colchester United 22nd on 20 points from 21. Rochdale went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rochdale wins, 2 draws and 2 for Colchester United.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Colchester United's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Chris Porter
- 30'Penalty goal · Ian Henderson
- 34'Goal · Donald McDermott
- 56'Yellow card · Callum Harriott
- 64'Goal · O. Lancashire
- 67'Yellow card · M. Briggs
Head-to-head
Team news
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Rochdale line-up
Joel Pereira, Jimmy McNulty, Javier Klimowicz, Peter Vincenti, Matthew Lund, Donald McDermott, Michael Rose, Andy Cannon, Callum Camps, Calvin Andrew, Ian Henderson
Colchester United line-up
Jamie Jones, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Richard Brindley, Matthew Briggs, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Callum Harriott, Chris Porter