Colchester United 1-1 Barrow: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 February 2023

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Barrow

League Two · Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Colchester United 1-1 Barrow: match report

Colchester United drew with Barrow 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 February 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ben Whitfield opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Kwesi Appiah (90+6'). Barrow scored through Ben Whitfield (56').

Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Barrow received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 18th on 30 points from 29 and Barrow 9th on 40 points from 28. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Barrow 9th with 62.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Barrow in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kwesi Appiah of Colchester United (7.3), level with Ben Whitfield (7.3).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Yellow card · Rory FeelyBarrow
  • 56'Goal · Ben WhitfieldBarrow · 0-1
  • 66'Missed penalty · John AkindeColchester United
  • 66'Yellow card · Paul FarmanBarrow
  • 73'Yellow card · Gerard GarnerBarrow
  • 74'Yellow card · Sam FoleyBarrow
  • 75'Yellow card · Ossama AshleyColchester United
  • 76'Yellow card · Tom HopperColchester United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · John AkindeColchester United
  • 90+6'Goal · Kwesi AppiahColchester United · 1-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 0, Barrow 1.

Team news

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

Kieran O'Hara, Luke Chambers, Fiacre Kelleher, Connor Hall, Junior Tchamadeu, Cole Skuse, Arthur Read, Connor Wood, Noah Chilvers, Tom Hopper, Samson Tovide

Barrow line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paul Farman, Rory Feely, Sam McClelland, Niall Canavan, Patrick Brough, Harrison Neal, Sam Foley, Ben Whitfield, Gerard Garner, Elliot Newby, Billy Waters