Carlisle United 3-2 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2020

Result

Carlisle United 3-2 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Carlisle United 3-2 Colchester United: match report

Carlisle United defeated Colchester United 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

L. Alessandra opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Carlisle United's goals came from L. Alessandra (4'), Jon Mellish (29') and Aaron Hayden (81'). Colchester United scored through Luke Norris (44') and Luke Norris (52', penalty).

Discipline: Carlisle United received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Carlisle United were 8th on 9 points from 5 and Colchester United 11th on 7 points from 5. Carlisle United went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.

Carlisle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Alessandra of Carlisle United (9.2), ahead of Luke Norris (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Carlisle United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · L. AlessandraCarlisle United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Joe RileyCarlisle United
  • 29'Goal · Jon MellishCarlisle United · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Harry PellColchester United
  • 44'Goal · Luke NorrisColchester United · 2-1
  • 52'Penalty goal · Luke NorrisColchester United · 2-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Callum HarriottColchester United
  • 61'Yellow card · Jon MellishCarlisle United
  • 64'Yellow card · Callum GuyCarlisle United
  • 81'Goal · Aaron HaydenCarlisle United · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Carlisle United 0, draws 0, Colchester United 2.

Team news

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Carlisle United line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Farman, George Tanner, Aaron Hayden, Rod McDonald, Nick Anderton, Callum Anthony Guy, Jon Mellish, Joe Riley, Joshua Kayode, Lewis Alessandra, Gime Touré

Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dean Gerken, Miquel Scarlett, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Cohen Bramall, Noah Chilvers, H. Pell, Callum Harriott, Kwame Poku, Jevani Brown, Luke Norris