Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Friday 8 October 2021

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Colchester United

League Two · Friday 8 October 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Tranmere Rovers · Colchester United · League Two predictions

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Colchester United: match report

Tranmere Rovers defeated Colchester United 2-0 in the League Two on Friday 8 October 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Josh Hawkes opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Josh Hawkes (54') and Peter Clarke (71'). Colchester United did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 9th on 15 points from 10 and Colchester United 18th on 10 points from 9. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Colchester United 15th with 55.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Clarke of Tranmere Rovers (8.8), ahead of Josh Hawkes (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tranmere Rovers wins, 4 draws and 1 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · R. ClampinColchester United
  • 31'Yellow card · Frank NoubleColchester United
  • 54'Goal · Josh HawkesTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 71'Goal · Peter ClarkeTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · S. JasperColchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 5, draws 4, Colchester United 1.

Team news

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Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Peter Clarke, C. MacDonald, Callum McManaman, Kieron Morris, Jay Spearing, Sam Foley, Josh Hawkes, Elliott Nevitt

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

Shamal George, Cameron Coxe, Luke Chambers, Tom Eastman, Ryan Clampin, Brendan Wiredu, Cole Skuse, Luke Hannant, Alan Judge, Freddie Sears, Frank Nouble