Colchester United 2-1 Southampton: result and report
League One · Monday 28 December 2009
Result
Colchester United 2-1 Southampton
League One · Monday 28 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Colchester United 2-1 Southampton: match report
Colchester United won against Southampton 2-1 in the League One on Monday 28 December 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
A. Wordsworth opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Colchester United's goals came from A. Wordsworth (23') and Steven Gillespie (75'). Southampton scored through Rickie Lambert (90', penalty).
Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 4th on 42 points from 22 and Southampton 5th on 38 points from 23. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Southampton 6th with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Southampton.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Southampton's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · A. Wordsworth
- 43'Yellow card · Michail Antonio
- 45'Yellow card · Neal Trotman
- 50'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 51'Yellow card · Wayne Thomas
- 75'Goal · Steven Gillespie
- 90'Penalty goal · Rickie Lambert
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap