Colchester United 0-1 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Colchester United 0-1 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Colchester United 0-1 Salford City: match report
Colchester United lost to Salford City 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 28 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Cole Stockton of Salford City in the 78th minute.
Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 11th on 49 points from 32 and Salford City 9th on 52 points from 32. Colchester United went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Salford City 5th with 82.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Salford City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kelly N'Mai of Salford City (7.8), ahead of Arthur Read (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 1 draw and 3 for Salford City.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Salford City's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Rosaire Longelo
- 37'Yellow card · Will Goodwin
- 41'Yellow card · Arthur Read
- 43'Yellow card · Fin Back
- 78'Goal · Cole Stockton
- 87'Yellow card · Josh Austerfield
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Fin Back, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Rob Hunt, Arthur Read, Teddy Bishop, Kyreece Lisbie, Jack Payne, Romeo Akachukwu, Will Goodwin
Salford City line-up (5-4-1)
Matty Young, Rosaire Longelo, Alfie Dorrington, Brandon Cooper, Zach Awe, Luke Garbutt, Ben Woodburn, Josh Austerfield, Jorge Grant, Kelly N'Mai, Ryan Graydon