Colchester United 1-2 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 March 2021

Result

Colchester United 1-2 Bradford City

League Two · Saturday 27 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Colchester United 1-2 Bradford City: match report

Colchester United were beaten by Bradford City 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 27 March 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

K. Scales opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Frank Nouble (42'). Bradford City scored through K. Scales (10') and Andy Cook (58').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 39 points from 37 and Bradford City 14th on 48 points from 35. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Bradford City 15th with 59.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bradford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton Donaldson of Bradford City (8.0), ahead of Courtney Senior (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · K. ScalesBradford City · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Frank NoubleColchester United · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · Andy CookBradford City · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · K. ScalesBradford City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Tommy SmithColchester United

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Dean Gerken, Junior Tchamadeu, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Ryan Clampin, H. Pell, Ben Stevenson, Courtney Senior, Brendan Wiredu, Frank Nouble, Jevani Brown

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

Richard O'Donnell, Finn Cousin-Dawson, Paudie O'Connor, Niall Canavan, Connor Wood, Levi Sutton, Anthony O'Connor, Kian Scales, Clayton Donaldson, Gareth Evans, Andy Cook