Sheffield United 2-3 Colchester United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 15 September 2015
Result
Sheffield United 2-3 Colchester United
League One · Tuesday 15 September 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Sheffield United 2-3 Colchester United: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Colchester United 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 15 September 2015. It was 0-2 at half-time.
George Moncur opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Billy Sharp (51', penalty) and Martyn Woolford (61'). Colchester United scored through George Moncur (6'), George Moncur (23') and Marvin Sordell (82').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 5th on 12 points from 6 and Colchester United 22nd on 4 points from 6. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 11th with 68 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield United wins, 5 draws and 0 for Colchester United.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Colchester United's D-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · George Moncur
- 10'Yellow card · George Elokobi
- 23'Goal · George Moncur
- 51'Yellow card · Owen Garvan
- 51'Penalty goal · Billy Sharp
- 61'Goal · Martyn Woolford
- 67'Yellow card · M. Briggs
- 78'Yellow card · David Edgar
- 82'Goal · Marvin Sordell
- 86'Red card · George Elokobi
- 88'Missed penalty · Billy Sharp
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United expected line-up
Mark Howard, Kieron Freeman, James McEveley, Chris Basham, David Edgar, Martyn Woolford, Conor Sammon
Colchester United expected line-up
Sam Walker, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Luke Garbutt, Alex Gilbey, Marcus Bean, Craig Eastmond, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Freddie Sears, Jabo Ibehre