Walsall 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 March 2016

Result

Walsall 2-1 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 19 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Walsall beat Colchester United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 19 March 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alex Gilbey opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Walsall's goals came from Tom Bradshaw (89') and Matt Preston (90+4'). Colchester United scored through Alex Gilbey (45+1').

Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 3rd on 65 points from 36 and Colchester United 24th on 28 points from 36. Walsall went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Walsall wins, 3 draws and 4 for Colchester United.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Colchester United's D-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Alex GilbeyColchester United
  • 45+1'Goal · Alex GilbeyColchester United · 0-1
  • 74'Yellow card · R. SawyersWalsall
  • 86'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsColchester United
  • 89'Goal · Tom BradshawWalsall · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Tom BradshawWalsall
  • 90+4'Goal · Matt PrestonWalsall · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · N. EtheridgeWalsall

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Walsall 3, draws 3, Colchester United 4.

Team news

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Walsall line-up

Neil Etheridge, Andy Taylor, James O'Connor, Paul Michael Downing, Rico Henry, Jason Demetriou, Sam Mantom, R. Sawyers, L. Kinsella, Tom Bradshaw, Jordy Hiwula

Colchester United line-up

Elliot Parish, Frankie Kent, Nicky Shorey, Leo Chambers, Owen Garvan, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Elliot Lee, Chris Porter