Colchester United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Colchester United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
League Two · Saturday 7 February 2026, 15:01 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Colchester United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Colchester United beat Shrewsbury Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Will Goodwin opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Will Goodwin (4') and Arthur Read (37'). Shrewsbury Town did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received 4 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 13th on 42 points from 28 and Shrewsbury Town 22nd on 23 points from 28. Colchester United went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Shrewsbury Town 19th with 49.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Arthur Read of Colchester United (7.6), ahead of Samson Tovide (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Shrewsbury Town.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Will Goodwin
- 10'Yellow card · N. Freeman
- 10'Yellow card
- 37'Goal · Arthur Read
- 53'Yellow card · Kyreece Lisbie
- 54'Yellow card · Josh Ruffels
- 78'Yellow card · Rob Hunt
- 84'Yellow card · Matt Macey
- 90'Yellow card · Kane Vincent-Young
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Kane Vincent-Young, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Rob Hunt, Arthur Read, Teddy Bishop, Kyreece Lisbie, Jack Payne, Samson Tovide, Will Goodwin
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Matthew Cox, Luca Hoole, Will Boyle, Josh Ruffels, Ismeal Kabia, Nick Freeman, Sam Clucas, Mal Benning, Anthony Scully, George Lloyd, John Marquis