COLCHESTER. Barrow overcomes Colchester United with a 2-0 win with an own goal from T. Dallison (54′) and a goal from J. Kay (90′).

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 Will Finnie with the collaboration of Scott Williams and Nicholas Cooper. The 4th official was Alan Young. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.7 degrees Celsius or 38.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Colchester United was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Barrow that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Colchester United was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyway, Barrow found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Colchester United shot 11 times, 0 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Barrow shot 17 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Colchester United received 1 yellow card (T. Dallison). On the opposite side, Barrow received 3 yellow cards (M. Platt, R. Hutton and J. Jones).

Standings

After playing this contest, Colchester United will stay with 22 points to hold in the 22nd place. Regarding the opposition, Barrow will have 26 points like Carlisle United to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Colchester United will play away against Salford City on the 22nd of January with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Colchester United (1 draw).

Barrow will host Mansfield Town on the 22nd of January with a 5-5 head to head.

Colchester United – Formation

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

The manager Hayden Mullins decided to play with the following team: S. McCoulsky, Jake Turner (7.3), Miles Welch-Hayes (6.5), Luke Chambers (6.8), Tom Dallison (7.0), Junior Tchamadeu (7.1), Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (6.8), Cole Skuse (6.4), Cameron Coxe (7.2), Alan Judge (7.3), Corie Andrews (6.2) and Freddie Sears (6.0).

The home team had on the bench: E. Huws, Luke Hannant (6.6), Frank Nouble (6.4), Noah Chilvers (6.4), D. Gerken, T. Smith and T. Eastman.

Substitutions

Colchester United made 3 changes: M. Welch-Hayes for L. Hannant (58′), B. Wiredu for N. Chilvers (64′) and C. Andrews for F. Nouble (82′).

Best player: Jake Turner​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colchester United was the goalkeeper: Jake Turner. His rating is 7.34. He performed 6 saves.

Barrow – Formation

Barrow started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Mark Cooper played with: Paul Farman (7.0), James Jones (7.2), Matthew Platt (7.6), Patrick Brough (6.7), Remeao Hutton (6.7), Ollie Banks (8.1), Tom White (7.5), Anthony Driscoll-Glennon (7.1), Luke James (7.0), Will Harris (6.6), Jacob Wakeling (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jamie Devitt (6.8), J. Stevens, J. Lillis, Josh Kay (7.3), M. Ellis and C. Brown.

Substitutions

Barrow made 2 changes: J. Wakeling for J. Kay (63′) and W. Harris for J. Devitt (76′).

Best player: Ollie Banks​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Barrow was Ollie Banks even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 56 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bradford City – Salford City – 2-1
• Bristol Rovers – Hartlepool United – 2-0
• Carlisle United – Crawley Town – 1-1
• Colchester United – Barrow – 0-2
• Exeter City – Scunthorpe United – 2-0
• Mansfield Town – Walsall – 2-0
• Newport County – Harrogate Town – 4-0
• Northampton Town – Forest Green Rovers – 1-1
• Port Vale – Swindon Town – 1-3
• Stevenage – Sutton United – 3-3
• Tranmere Rovers – Rochdale – 2-0