COLCHESTER. Stockport County conquers Colchester United 1-0 after K. Wootton scored just 1 goal (37′).

The match was played at the JobServe Community Stadium stadium in Colchester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Declan Bourne who had the assistance of Paul Lister and Joseph Stokes. The 4th official was Conor Farrell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.5 degrees Celsius or 41.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Colchester United was in firm control of the ball 55% while Stockport County was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Stockport County had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Stockport County won the match.​

Colchester United shot 10 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Stockport County shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Colchester United received 3 yellow cards (Fiacre Kelleher, Emyr Huws and Emyr Huws). On the opposite side, Stockport County received 2 yellow cards (Isaac Olaofe and Ryan Johnson).

Standings

After this encounter, Colchester United will stay with 35 points like Harrogate Town to hold in the 20th place. On the other side, Stockport County will have 59 points like Bradford City to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Colchester United will play away against Crawley Town on the 18th of April with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of Crawley Town (7 draws).

Stockport County will play away agasint Carlisle United on the 18th of April with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Stockport County (2 draws).

Colchester United – Formation

Colchester United started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Matt Bloomfield decided to play with the following team: Kieran O’Hara, Luke Chambers, Connor Hall, Fiacre Kelleher, Connor Wood, J. Tchamadeu, Alex Newby, Noah Chilvers, Tom Hopper, Matt Jay and Ossama Ashley (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Marley Marshall Miranda, Tom Smith, Will Greenidge, Freddie Sears, Jayden Fevrier, John Akinde and Emyr Huws (6.6).

Colchester United could not rely on the presence of Freddie Sears (injured).

Substitutions

Colchester United made 3 changes: Ossama Ashley for Emyr Huws (76′), Alex Newby for Freddie Sears (76′) and Matt Jay for John Akinde (82′).

Best player: Ossama Ashley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colchester United was Ossama Ashley.

His rating is (6.6) with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.

Stockport County – Formation

Stockport County started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Dave Challinor played with: Ben Hinchiffe, Chris Hussey, Neil Byrne, Kyle Knoyle, Fraser Horsfall, Antoni Sarcevic, Ryan Croasdale, William Guy Collar, Paddy Madden, Myles Hippolyte and Kyle Wootton.

They had on the bench: Akil Wright, Jack Stretton, Ryan Rydel, Isaac Olaofe, Vitezslav Jaros, Ryan Johnson and Callum Camps.

Stockport County could not rely on the presence of Ryan Johnson (injured).

Substitutions

Stockport County made 4 changes: Fraser Horsfall for Ryan Johnson (26′), Paddy Madden for Isaac Olaofe (68′), Antoni Sarcevic for Akil Wright (68′) and Will Collar for Callum Camps (84′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Swindon Town – Carlisle United – 1-2
• Doncaster Rovers – AFC Wimbledon – 2-1
• Crawley Town – Harrogate Town – 3-1
• Stevenage – Walsall – 3-1
• Newport County – Bradford City – 1-1
• Hartlepool United – Northampton Town – 1-1
• Gillingham – Tranmere Rovers – 2-0
• Grimsby Town – Rochdale – 1-0
• Barrow – Sutton United – 0-0
• Colchester United – Stockport County – 0-1