Colchester United 3-3 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 February 2024

Result

Colchester United 3-3 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 3 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Colchester United 3-3 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Colchester United drew with Forest Green Rovers 3-3 in the League Two on Saturday 3 February 2024. The half-time score was 0-2.

Matty Stevens opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Alistair Smith (65'), Jayden Fevrier (67') and Harry Anderson (70'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Matty Stevens (11', penalty), Christian Doidge (27') and Dominic Thompson (74').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 28 points from 29 and Forest Green Rovers 24th on 19 points from 28. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 42.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alistair Smith of Colchester United (7.6), ahead of Harry Anderson (7.5).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Tom HopperColchester United
  • 11'Penalty goal · Matty StevensForest Green Rovers · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Christian DoidgeForest Green Rovers · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Alistair SmithColchester United · 1-2
  • 67'Goal · Jayden FevrierColchester United · 2-2
  • 70'Goal · Harry AndersonColchester United · 3-2
  • 74'Goal · Dominic ThompsonForest Green Rovers · 3-3
  • 83'Yellow card · Callum JonesForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Owen Goodman, Jayden Richardson, Riley Harbottle, Connor Hall, Ellis Iandolo, Alistair Smith, Arthur Read, Jayden Fevrier, Noah Chilvers, Harry Anderson, Tom Hopper

Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Luke Daniels, Harvey Bunker, Ryan Inniss, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Fankaty Dabo, Emmanuel Osadebe, Charlie McCann, Dominic Thompson, Kyle McAllister, Matty Stevens, Christian Doidge