COLCHESTER. Colchester United snatched a late win Port Vale 1-0 after T. Dallison scored just 1 goal (86′). Port Vale lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

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 Brett Huxtable assisted by Joseph Stokes and James Vallance. The 4th official was Paul Lister. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Port Vale had a strong ball possession 59% while Colchester United was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Port Vale was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Colchester United managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Colchester United shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Port Vale shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Colchester United didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Port Vale received 1 yellow card (D. Worrall).

Standings

After playing this match, Colchester United will have 36 points to hold in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Port Vale will stay with 50 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Colchester United will play away against Exeter City on the 15th of April with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Exeter City (6 draws).

Port Vale will host Crawley Town on the 12th of March with a 9-3 head to head statistic in favor of Port Vale (2 draws).

Colchester United – Formation

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

The manager Wayne Brown decided to play with the following team: Shamal George (7.4), Cameron Coxe (6.8), Luke Chambers (7.0), Tom Dallison (7.4), Myles Kenlock (7.1), Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (7.1), Emyr Huws (6.8), Luke Hannant (6.5), Noah Chilvers (7.2), Tyreik Wright (6.6) and Freddie Sears (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: M. Miranda, Junior Tchamadeu (6.8), T. Smith, John Akinde (6.8), C. Andrews, T. Eastman and S. Hornby.

Colchester United could not rely on the presence of J. Tchamadeu (injured) and J. Akinde (injured).

Substitutions

Colchester United made 3 changes: T. Wright for J. Tchamadeu (73′), E. Huws for J. Akinde (75′) and F. Sears for T. Smith (88′).

Best player: Tom Dallison​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colchester United was Tom Dallison.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 26 passes (61% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Port Vale – Formation

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

Andy Crosby played with: Tomáš Holý (6.2), Nathan Smith (6.6), Aaron Martin (6.7), Connor Hall (6.8), David Worrall (6.2), Ben Garrity (6.4), Harry Charsley (7.0), Chris Hussey (7.4), Joel Cooper (6.2), James Wilson (6.6) and Ryan Edmondson (6.6).

They had on the bench: T. Pett, A. Stone, B. Walker, Jamie Proctor (6.4), Malvind Benning (5.8), A. Hurst and Kian Harratt (6.8).

Substitutions

Port Vale made 3 changes: J. Cooper for J. Proctor (53′), J. Wilson for K. Harratt (63′) and C. Hussey for M. Benning (72′).

Best player: Chris Hussey​

The most impressive player for Port Vale was Chris Hussey.

His rating is (7.4) with 13 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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