Colchester United 1-3 Brentford: result and report

League One · Wednesday 26 December 2012

Result

Colchester United 1-3 Brentford

League One · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Colchester United 1-3 Brentford: match report

Colchester United lost to Brentford 1-3 in the League One on Wednesday 26 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-2.

M. Trotta opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Drey Wright (23'). Brentford scored through M. Trotta (4'), A. Forshaw (12') and Harlee Dean (85').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Brentford received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 19th on 23 points from 23 and Brentford 3rd on 41 points from 22. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Brentford 2nd with 84.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 2 draws and 4 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · M. TrottaBrentford · 0-1
  • 10'Red card · J. ThompsonColchester United
  • 12'Goal · A. ForshawBrentford · 0-2
  • 18'Yellow card · Jonathan DouglasBrentford
  • 23'Goal · Drey WrightColchester United · 1-2
  • 34'Yellow card · Tom AdeyemiBrentford
  • 45'Second yellow · Tom AdeyemiBrentford
  • 78'Yellow card · Richard LeeBrentford
  • 79'Yellow card · Dan PottsColchester United
  • 85'Goal · Harlee DeanBrentford · 1-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 2, Brentford 4.

Team news

Colchester United expected line-up

Tom Eastman, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Craig Eastmond, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Ian Henderson, Jabo Ibehre

Brentford expected line-up

Tony Craig, Shaleum Logan, Jake Bidwell, Harlee Dean, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Harry Forrester, Adam Forshaw, Clayton Donaldson