COLCHESTER. Colchester United defeated Salford City to win 2-1. A goal from C. McAleny was decisive in the 90min. It was Colchester United to strike first with a goal of Joe Taylor at the 42′. Then Chay Cooper scored again for Colchester United in the 89′ minute. Eventually, Conor McAleny reduced the distance for Salford City (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Salford City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the JobServe Community Stadium stadium in Colchester on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 3,560 spectators.​ The referee was Will Finnie with the support of David Harrison and Gareth Viccars. The 4th official was James Vallance. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.56 degrees Celsius or 51.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Colchester United

2 - 1

Salford City

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 11 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 5
  • 4 Shots blocked 2
  • 78 Attack 96
  • 32 Dangerous attack 51
  • 149 Ball safe 147
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 7
  • 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 10 Total 11
  • 5 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Salford City had a superior ball possession 58% while Colchester United was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salford City was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Colchester United managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Colchester United shot 11 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Salford City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Colchester United received 5 yellow cards (Arthur Read, Connor Hall, John Akinde, Zach Mitchell and Joe Taylor). On the opposite side, Salford City received 1 yellow card (Ethan Ingram).

Match Timeline

Arthur Read- Yellow
17'
Connor Hall- Yellow
29'
31'
38'
Ethan Ingram- Yellow
42'
Tom Dallison- sub ->Connor Hall
58'
Al-Amin Kazeem- sub ->Ellis Iandolo
58'
61'
Matty Lund- sub ->Liam Humbles
61'
Matt Smith- sub ->Kelly N\'Mai
Chay Cooper- sub ->Matt Jay
71'
John Akinde- sub ->Joe Taylor
71'
Zach Mitchell- Yellow
74'
Chay Cooper(goal)John Akinde
89'
90'
Conor McAleny(goal)
John Akinde- Yellow
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Stockport County
92
46
Wrexham
88
46
Mansfield Town
86
46
Milton Keynes Dons
78
46
Doncaster Rovers
71
46
Crewe Alexandra
71
46
Crawley Town
70
46
Barrow
69
46
Bradford City
69
46
AFC Wimbledon
65
46
Walsall
65
46
Gillingham
64
46
Harrogate Town
63
46
Notts County
61
46
Morecambe
58
46
Tranmere Rovers
57
46
Accrington Stanley
57
46
Newport County
55
46
Swindon Town
54
46
Salford City
51
46
Grimsby Town
49
46
Colchester United
45
46
Sutton United
42
46
Forest Green Rovers
42
46

After this encounter, Colchester United has 23 points like Salford City to hold in the 21st place. On the other side, Salford City will stays with 23 points like Colchester United to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Colchester United will play away against Milton Keynes Dons on the 26th of December with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Milton Keynes Dons (5 draws).

Salford City will host Tranmere Rovers on the 26th of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Tranmere Rovers (3 draws).

Colchester United – Formation

Colchester United
G
O. Goodman 1.England
7.0
D
Ellis Iandolo 3.England
7.0
58'
D
Connor Hall 5.England
7.3
58' 29'
D
Zach Mitchell 15.England
7.1
74'
D
Mandela Egbo 18.England
6.4
M
Matt Jay 7.England
7.0
71'
M
Noah Chilvers 10.England
7.7
M
Cameron McGeehan 13.Northern Ireland
7.7
M
Arthur Read 16.England
7.1
17'
M
Jayden Fevrier 42.England
7.7
90'
F
Joe Taylor 25.Wales
7.0
71' 31' 42'
Substitutes
G
S. Hornby 29.England
D
W. Greenidge 2.England
90'
D
Tom Dallison 6.England
6.8
58'
D
Al-Amin Kazeem 30.England
7.0
58'
M
Chay Cooper 37.England
7.3
71' 89'
F
Tom Hopper 14.England
F
John Akinde 24.England
7.1
71' 90'

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

The manager Matthew Etherington decided to play with the following team: Owen Goodman (7.0), Mandela Egbo (6.4), Zach Mitchell (7.1), Connor Hall (7.3), Ellis Iandolo (7.0), Cameron McGeehan (7.7), Arthur Read (7.1), Jayden Fevrier (7.7), Noah Chilvers (7.7), Matt Jay (7.0) and Joe Taylor (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: William Greenidge, Tom Dallison (6.8), Tom Hopper, John Akinde (7.1), Sam Hornby, Al-Amin Kazeem (7.0) and Chay Cooper (7.3).

Substitutions

Colchester United made 5 changes: Connor Hall for Tom Dallison (58′), Ellis Iandolo for Al-Amin Kazeem (58′), Joe Taylor for John Akinde (71′), Matt Jay for Chay Cooper (71′) and Jayden Fevrier for William Greenidge (90′).

Player of the match: Noah Chilvers​

The player that probably impressed the most for Colchester United was Noah Chilvers even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.7 with 23 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Salford City – Formation

Salford City
G
Alex Cairns 1.England
7.0
D
Ethan Ingram 2.England
6.6
38'
D
Declan John 3.Wales
7.1
D
Adrian Mariappa 5.Jamaica
6.4
D
Connor McLennan 11.Scotland
6.4
D
Curtis Tilt 16.Jamaica
7.3
M
Elliot Watt 6.Scotland
7.5
M
Ryan Watson 7.England
7.0
M
L. Humbles 47.England
6.6
61'
F
Conor McAleny 18.England
7.1
90'
F
Kelly N'Mai 30.Netherlands
6.7
61'
Substitutes
G
Joseph Wright 13.England
D
Kevin Berkoe 23.England
M
Matty Lund 8.Northern Ireland
7.0
61'
F
Matt Smith 17.England
7.0
61'
F
Junior Luamba 54.England

Salford City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Neil Wood played with: Alex Cairns (7.0), Ethan Ingram (6.6), Adrian Mariappa (6.4), Curtis Tilt (7.3), Declan John (7.1), Liam Humbles (6.6), Elliot Watt (7.5), Ryan Watson (7.0), Connor McLennan (6.4), Kelly N’Mai (6.7) and Conor McAleny (7.1).

They had on the bench: Matthew Lund (7.0), Joseph Wright, Matt Smith (7.0), Kevin Berkoe, Sandro Da Costa, Jacob Hamman and Junior Luamba.

Substitutions

Salford City made 2 changes: Liam Humbles for Matthew Lund (61′) and Kelly N’Mai for Matt Smith (61′).

Player of the match: Elliot Watt​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Salford City was Elliot Watt.

His rating is 7.5 with 88 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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