Wrexham 2-1 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 December 2023
Result
Wrexham 2-1 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wrexham 2-1 Colchester United: match report
Wrexham beat Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Elliot Lee opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Wrexham's goals came from Elliot Lee (4') and an own goal by Zach Mitchell (69'). Colchester United scored through Jayden Fevrier (89').
Discipline: Wrexham received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wrexham were 2nd on 37 points from 20 and Colchester United 22nd on 20 points from 21. Wrexham went on to finish that season 2nd with 88 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.
Wrexham lined up in a 5-3-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Lee of Wrexham (8.1), level with Arthur Read (8.1).
Going into the match Wrexham's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Colchester United's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Elliot Lee
- 20'Yellow card · George Evans
- 26'Red card · George Evans
- 37'Yellow card · James McClean
- 43'Yellow card · Joe Taylor
- 56'Yellow card · Ben Tozer
- 69'Own goal · Zach Mitchell
- 74'Yellow card · Fiacre Kelleher
- 89'Goal · Jayden Fevrier
- 90+4'Yellow card · Jordan Davies
Team news
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Wrexham line-up (5-3-2)
Mark Howard, Jacob Mendy, Eoghan O'Connell, Ben Tozer, Thomas O'Connor, James McClean, Andy Cannon, George Evans, Elliot Lee, Sam Dalby, Paul Mullin
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Fiacre Kelleher, William Greenidge, Cameron McGeehan, Arthur Read, Jayden Fevrier, Matt Jay, Noah Chilvers, Joe Taylor