Bradford City 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 August 2023

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bradford City 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Bradford City defeated Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 12 August 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Joe Taylor opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Clarke Oduor (45') and Alexander Pattison (58'). Colchester United scored through Joe Taylor (9').

Discipline: Bradford City received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Bradford City went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Colchester United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Clarke Oduor of Bradford City (8.4), ahead of Daniel Oyegoke (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bradford City win, 0 draws and 1 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerBradford City
  • 8'Yellow card · Mark HughesBradford City
  • 9'Goal · Joe TaylorColchester United · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Tom DallisonColchester United
  • 45'Goal · Clarke OduorBradford City · 1-1
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Matthew PlattBradford City
  • 57'Yellow card · Joe TaylorColchester United
  • 58'Goal · Alexander PattisonBradford City · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bradford City 1, draws 0, Colchester United 1.

Team news

Bradford City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Harry Lewis, Matty Platt, Sam Stubbs, Ciarán Kelly, Daniel Oyegoke, Alex Pattison, Richard Smallwood, Alex Gilliead, Clarke Oduor, Andy Cook, Jamie Walker

Colchester United line-up (4-4-2)

Owen Goodman, Nico Lawrence, Tom Dallison, Connor Hall, Junior Tchamadeu, Mauro Bandeira, Noah Chilvers, Arthur Read, Ellis Iandolo, Tom Hopper, Joe Taylor