Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023
Result
Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe: match report
Colchester United were beaten by Morecambe 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 7 October 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
John Joshua Mckiernan opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Colchester United's goal came from Cameron McGeehan (73'). Morecambe scored through John Joshua Mckiernan (21'), John Joshua Mckiernan (53') and John Joshua Mckiernan (61').
Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Morecambe received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 10 points from 10 and Morecambe 12th on 15 points from 10. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Morecambe 15th with 61.
Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Morecambe in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to JJ McKiernan of Morecambe (9.5), ahead of Jayden Fevrier (8.1).
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Morecambe's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Adam Mayor
- 8'Yellow card · David Tutonda
- 16'Yellow card · Donald Love
- 21'Goal · John Joshua Mckiernan
- 24'Yellow card · Zach Mitchell
- 35'Red card · James Connolly
- 53'Goal · John Joshua Mckiernan
- 61'Goal · John Joshua Mckiernan
- 73'Goal · Cameron McGeehan
- 90+2'Missed penalty · Noah Chilvers
- 90+3'Yellow card · Joel Senior
- 90+5'Yellow card · Bradley Ihionvien
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Al-Amin Kazeem, Jay Mingi, Cameron McGeehan, Jayden Fevrier, Noah Chilvers, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stuart Moore, Joel Senior, James Connolly, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Donald Love, JJ McKiernan, Tom Bloxham, Adam Mayor, Jordan Slew, Michael Mellon