Colchester United 0-2 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 2 October 2021

Result

Colchester United 0-2 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 2 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Colchester United 0-2 Salford City: match report

Colchester United were beaten by Salford City 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 2 October 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Brandon Thomas-Asante opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Colchester United did not score. Salford City scored through Brandon Thomas-Asante (9') and Tom Elliott (25').

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

Going into the game Colchester United were 16th on 10 points from 8 and Salford City 19th on 9 points from 9. Colchester United went on to finish that season 15th with 55 points, and Salford City 10th with 70.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Shephard of Salford City (8.2), ahead of Tom Elliott (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Brandon Thomas-AsanteSalford City · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Tom ElliottSalford City · 0-2
  • 38'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullSalford City
  • 50'Yellow card · Matty LundSalford City
  • 59'Yellow card · Brandon Thomas-AsanteSalford City
  • 88'Second yellow · Brandon Thomas-AsanteSalford City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · S. JasperColchester United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 1, Salford City 0.

Team news

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

Shamal George, Cameron Coxe, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Charlie Daniels, Cole Skuse, Alan Judge, Freddie Sears, Armando Dobra, Noah Chilvers, Frank Nouble

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

Tom King, Liam Shephard, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Corrie Ndaba, Jason Lowe, Matthew Lund, Josh Morris, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ashley Hunter, Tom Elliott