English League Two

FT Saturday, August 26, 2017
Forest Green Rovers WDLLW 1
–
Colchester United WLLDL 5
1st2ndT
FGR101
COL235
JobServe Community Stadium · 3,047 att.

Match Report

Lineups

COL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Sam WalkerG
  2. 6Frankie KentCD-L
  3. 18Tom EastmanCD-R
  4. 3Lewis KinsellaLB
  5. 22Kane Vincent-YoungRB
  6. 4Tom LapslieCM
  7. 17Kyel ReidLM
  8. 16Sean MurrayRM
  9. 19Mikael MandronF
  10. 10Sammie SzmodicsLF
  11. 7Drey WrightRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Courtney SeniorSUB
  2. 23Tommy O'SullivanSUB
  3. 12Cole KpekawaSUB
  4. 29Rene GilmartinSUB
  5. 42Eoin MckeownSUB
  6. 35Cameron JamesSUB
  7. 31Tariq IssaSUB

FGR · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Bradley CollinsG
  2. 20Alex IacovittiCD-L
  3. 21Mark RobertsCD-R
  4. 5Lee CollinsDM
  5. 3Scott LairdLB
  6. 2Ben DaleRB
  7. 10Reece BrownAM
  8. 8Liam NobleLM
  9. 15Charlie CooperRM
  10. 33Luke JamesCF-L
  11. 9Christian DoidgeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Daniel WishartSUB
  2. 18Callum EvansSUB
  3. 4Drissa TraoréSUB
  4. 14Shamir MullingsSUB
  5. 23Sam RussellSUB
  6. 11Omar ChaabanSUB
  7. 6Emmanuel MontheSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Colchester United 1, Forest Green Rovers 0. Kyel Reid (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 21' Goal! Colchester United 2, Forest Green Rovers 0. Frankie Kent (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kyel Reid with a cross.
  3. 23' Goal! Colchester United 2, Forest Green Rovers 1. Liam Noble (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke James.
  4. 45' Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Drissa Traoré replaces Reece Brown.
  5. 53' Mark Roberts (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Omar Bugiel replaces Luke James.
  7. 63' Substitution, Colchester United. Tariq Issa replaces Kyel Reid.
  8. 65' Goal! Colchester United 3, Forest Green Rovers 1. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 74' Goal! Colchester United 4, Forest Green Rovers 1. Kane Vincent-Young (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 75' Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Shamir Mullings replaces Liam Noble.
  11. 83' Substitution, Colchester United. Tommy O'Sullivan replaces Sammie Szmodics.
  12. 85' Substitution, Colchester United. Courtney Senior replaces Drey Wright.
  13. 90'+3' Goal! Colchester United 5, Forest Green Rovers 1. Courtney Senior (Colchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  14. 90'+5' Charlie Cooper (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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