Colchester United 5-1 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2017
Result
Colchester United 5-1 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Colchester United 5-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Colchester United beat Forest Green Rovers 5-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.
K. Reid opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Colchester United's goals came from K. Reid (4'), Frankie Kent (21'), S. Szmodics (65'), Kane Vincent-Young (74') and Courtney Senior (90+3'). Forest Green Rovers scored through L. Noble (23').
Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 23rd on 1 point from 3 and Forest Green Rovers 15th on 4 points from 3. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Forest Green Rovers 21st with 47.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-3-1-2.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-D-L and Forest Green Rovers's W-L-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · K. Reid
- 21'Goal · Frankie Kent
- 23'Goal · L. Noble
- 53'Yellow card · M. Roberts
- 65'Goal · S. Szmodics
- 74'Goal · Kane Vincent-Young
- 90+3'Goal · Courtney Senior
- 90+5'Yellow card · Charlie Cooper
Team news
Colchester United line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Walker, Lewis Kinsella, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Sean Murray, Kyel Romaine Reid, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Alex Iacovitti, Mark Roberts, Liam Noble, Reece Brown, Charlie Cooper, Christian Doidge, Luke James