CLEETHORPES. Colchester United prevails over Grimsby Town 1-0 after T. Hopper scored just 1 goal (32′). Grimsby Town was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Blundell Park stadium in Cleethorpes on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Rock with the assistance of Ian Smedley and Christopher Ward. The 4th official was Stephen Wade. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 12 Total 7
- 1 On Target 1
- 10 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 148 Attack 106
- 49 Dangerous attack 40
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Grimsby Town had a strong ball possession 61% while Colchester United was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Grimsby Town was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Colchester United succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Grimsby Town shot 12 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Colchester United shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card (Luke Waterfall ). On the other side, Colchester United received 2 yellow cards (Connor Wood and Kieran O’Hara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Grimsby Town will stay with 33 points to go up in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Colchester United will have 34 points to drop in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Grimsby Town will host Barrow on the 18th of April with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Grimsby Town (4 draws).
Colchester United will play away agasint Crawley Town on the 18th of April with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Crawley Town (7 draws).
Grimsby Town – Formation
Grimsby Town
45'
75'
Grimsby Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Paul Hurst decided to play with the following team: Maxime Teremoana Crocombe, Luke Waterfall, Niall Maher, Josh Emmanuel, Michee Efete, Danny Amos, Bryn Morris, Harry Clifton, Alex Hunt, John McAtee and George Lloyd.
The home team had on the bench: Gavan Holohan, Andrew Smith, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Danilo Orsi-Dadamo, Mikey O’Neil, Thomas Dickson-Peters and Stephen Wearne.
Substitutions
Grimsby Town made 5 changes: Alex Hunt for Danilo Orsi-Dadamo (46′), John McAtee for Stephen Wearne (75′), George Lloyd for Thomas Dickson-Peters (75′), Bryn Morris for Mikey O’Neil (75′) and J. Emmanuel for Gavan Holohan (75′).
Colchester United – Formation
Colchester United
32'
Colchester United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Matt Bloomfield played with: Kieran O’Hara, Luke Chambers, Connor Hall, Fiacre Kelleher, Connor Wood, J. Tchamadeu, Cole Skuse, Ossama Ashley, John Akinde, Tom Hopper and Matt Jay.
These were the players on the bench: Alex Newby, Arthur Read, Noah Chilvers, Sam Hornby, Will Greenidge, Samson Tovide and Kwesi Appiah.
Colchester United could not rely on the presence of Arthur Read (injured).
Substitutions
Colchester United made 4 changes: Cole Skuse for Arthur Read (23′), John Akinde for Kwesi Appiah (65′), Matt Jay for Noah Chilvers (65′) and Tom Hopper for Samson Tovide (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Crawley Town – Crewe Alexandra – 2-2
- Swindon Town – Doncaster Rovers – 0-2
- Walsall – Leyton Orient – 1-1
- Stevenage – Bradford City – 2-3
- Grimsby Town – Colchester United – 0-1
- Barrow – Newport County – 0-1
- Tranmere Rovers – Salford City – 1-0
- Rochdale – Northampton Town – 1-1
- Mansfield Town – Gillingham – 2-0
- Hartlepool United – Sutton United – 2-2
- Harrogate Town – Stockport County – 1-3
- AFC Wimbledon – Carlisle United – 0-0
