Brentford 1-0 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 September 2012

Result

Brentford 1-0 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 8 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Brentford 1-0 Colchester United: match report

Brentford won against Colchester United 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 8 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Farid El Alagui of Brentford in the 88th minute.

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 11th on 5 points from 4 and Colchester United 20th on 3 points from 4. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Brentford wins, 2 draws and 1 for Colchester United.

Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-W-L-D and Colchester United's L-D-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · S. SaundersBrentford
  • 88'Goal · Farid El AlaguiBrentford · 1-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Brentford 3, draws 2, Colchester United 1.

Team news

Brentford line-up

Simon Moore, Tony Craig, Harlee Dean, Shaleum Logan, Jake Bidwell, Adam Forshaw, Sam Saunders, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Clayton Donaldson, Farid El Alagui

Colchester United line-up

Mark Cousins, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, Kemal Izzet, Andy Bond, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Ben Coker, Freddie Sears, Ian Henderson