Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Colchester United: prevails over 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Stevens
COLCHESTER. Forest Green Rovers tops Colchester United 1-0 after M. Stevens scored just 1 goal (9').
COLCHESTER. Forest Green Rovers beats Colchester United 1-0 after M. Stevens scored just 1 goal (9′). Forest Green Rovers took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the JobServe Community Stadium stadium in Colchester on Monday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Andy Woolmer who was helped by Robert Hyde and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was Sam Purkiss. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7 degrees Celsius or 44.55 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.
Match Statistics
Forest Green Rovers was in firm control of the ball 59% while Colchester United was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Forest Green Rovers was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Forest Green Rovers won the match.
Colchester United shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Forest Green Rovers shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Colchester United received 1 yellow card (C. Coxe). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Forest Green Rovers.
After playing this match, Colchester United will stay with 39 points to stay in the 20th place. On the other side, Forest Green Rovers will have 69 points to stay in the 1st place.
Match Events
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9'9'
M. Stevens
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65'65'
C. Coxe
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71'71'
C. Andrews
J. Akinde
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80'80'
J. Tchamadeu
T. Wright
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85'85'
D. Thomas
B. Wiredu
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86'86'
J. March
M. Stevens
Next match
In the upcoming League Two match, Colchester United will host Tranmere Rovers on the 26th of March with a 8-4 head to head statistic in favor of Tranmere Rovers (7 draws).
Forest Green Rovers will host Scunthorpe United on the 2nd of April with a 3-3 head to head statistic.
Colchester United: Formation and Lineups
Colchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Wayne Brown chose to play with the following team: .
Substitutes
Colchester United made 3 changes: J. Akinde for C. Andrews (71′), T. Wright for J. Tchamadeu (80′) and B. Wiredu for D. Thomas (85′).
Forest Green Rovers: Formation and Lineups
Forest Green Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the other side, Rob Edwards played with: .
Substitutes
Forest Green Rovers made only 1 change substituting M. Stevens for J. March (86′).
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