Forest Green Rovers vs Colchester United, 2023-24 English League Two, Regular Season

· English League Two
Forest Green Rovers
  • 41': Callum Morton
  • 65': Kyle McAllister
  • 77': Matt Taylor
  • 79': Mathew Stevens
  • 90'+3': Mathew Stevens
FT
5 - 0
Colchester United
  • Red Card 47': Jade Jay Mingi

About

Forest Green Rovers are hosting Colchester United at The Bolt New Lawn, Forest Green, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Two.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Foul by Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 5': Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Foul by Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United).
  • 8': Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Al-Amin Kazeem.
  • 10': Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Marcel Lavinier (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 10': Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Foul by Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United).
  • 10': Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 11': Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Troy Deeney is caught offside.
  • 11': Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Kyle McAllister.
  • 12': Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier following a corner.
  • 13': Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Dominic Bernard is caught offside.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kyle McAllister.
  • 15': Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Dominic Bernard is caught offside.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Bunker.
  • 17': Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Connor Hall.
  • 19': Foul by Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United).
  • 19': Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 19': Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 23': Foul by Marcel Lavinier (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 25': Foul by Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United).
  • 25': Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Foul by Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 28': Tom Hopper (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron McGeehan with a cross.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Noah Chilvers.
  • 32': (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Back pass by James Belshaw (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Chilvers.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier.
  • 35': Offside, Colchester United. Zach Mitchell is caught offside.
  • 36': Delay in match (Colchester United).
  • 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacob Maddox.
  • 41': Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1, Colchester United 0. Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
  • 43': Foul by Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 43': Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Hand ball by Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tyrese Omotoye with a through ball.
  • 45'+3': Fankaty Dabo (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United).
  • 45'+4': Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Colchester United 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Forest Green Rovers 1, Colchester United 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Colchester United. Samson Tovide replaces Joseph Taylor.
  • 45': Substitution, Colchester United. Tom Dallison-Lisbon replaces Al-Amin Kazeem.
  • 46': Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Reece Welch.
  • 46': Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Fankaty Dabo.
  • 47': Foul by Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United).
  • 47': Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Second yellow card to Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United) for a bad foul.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Hopper with a cross.
  • 51': Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Harvey Bunker is caught offside.
  • 52': Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 52': Foul by Tom Dallison-Lisbon (Colchester United).
  • 55': Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Tyrese Omotoye is caught offside.
  • 56': Foul by Tom Hopper (Colchester United).
  • 56': James Belshaw (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 57': Zach Mitchell (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 58': Foul by Tom Dallison-Lisbon (Colchester United).
  • 59': Attempt saved. Mandela Egbo (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Hopper with a headed pass.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum Morton.
  • 61': Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Tom Smith.
  • 63': Foul by Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 63': Samson Tovide (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Reece Welch is caught offside.
  • 65': Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2, Colchester United 0. Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tyrese Omotoye.
  • 67': Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Teddy Jenks replaces Jacob Maddox.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Fankaty Dabo (Forest Green Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle McAllister with a cross.
  • 69': Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Jamie Robson replaces Fankaty Dabo because of an injury.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a through ball.
  • 69': Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Tom Smith.
  • 74': Substitution, Colchester United. Bradley Ihionvien replaces Tom Hopper.
  • 75': Substitution, Colchester United. Mauro Bandeira replaces Noah Chilvers.
  • 75': Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Matty Taylor replaces Callum Morton.
  • 75': Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Matt Stevens replaces Troy Deeney.
  • 75': Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Sean Robertson replaces Kyle McAllister.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matty Taylor.
  • 77': Goal! Forest Green Rovers 3, Colchester United 0. Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reece Welch.
  • 79': Goal! Forest Green Rovers 4, Colchester United 0. Matt Stevens (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sean Robertson with a cross.
  • 81': Foul by Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United).
  • 81': Teddy Jenks (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Sean Robertson (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Stevens with a headed pass.
  • 85': Foul by Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United).
  • 85': Marcel Lavinier (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Jayden Fevrier.
  • 90': Foul by Matt Stevens (Forest Green Rovers).
  • 90': Tom Dallison-Lisbon (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Forest Green Rovers 5, Colchester United 0. Matt Stevens (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harvey Bunker with a through ball.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
  • 90'+4': Marcel Lavinier (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 5, Colchester United 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 5, Colchester United 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Two

Venue: The Bolt New Lawn
Location: Forest Green, England
Attendance: 2,137

EFL League Two Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Bromley 44 +25 84
2 Milton Keynes Dons 44 +38 82
3 Cambridge United 43 +31 78
4 Salford City 44 +8 77
Full Table

Line-Ups

FGR Forest Green Rovers (4-4-2)

No. Name
31 James Belshaw (GK)
3 Dominic Bernard
22 Reece Welch
25 Fankaty Dabo
2 Marcel Lavinier
27 Harvey Bunker
18 Jacob Maddox
23 Tyrese Omotoye
7 Kyle McAllister Yellow Card
14 Troy Deeney
39 Callum Morton
Forest Green Rovers Substitutes:
Jamie Robson, Mathew Stevens, Teddy Jenks, Alfie Bendle, Matt Taylor, Sean Robertson, Jamie Searle.

COL Colchester United (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
12 Tom Smith (GK)
15 Zach Mitchell
5 Connor Hall
18 Mandela Egbo
20 Jade Jay Mingi Yellow Card
10 Noah Chilvers
13 Cameron McGeehan Yellow Card
30 Al-Amin Kazeem
42 Jayden Fevrier
25 Joseph Taylor
14 Tom Hopper
Colchester United Substitutes:
Sam Hornby, Bradley Ihionvien, Samson Tovide, Mauro Bandeira, Thomas Dallison-Lisbon, William Greenidge, Chay Cooper.

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