Colchester United 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 September 2023

Result

Colchester United 2-0 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 9 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Colchester United beat Tranmere Rovers 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joe Taylor opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Joe Taylor (11') and Bradley Ihionvien (87'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 22nd on 3 points from 5 and Tranmere Rovers 21st on 3 points from 6. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Tranmere Rovers 16th with 57.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Arthur Read of Colchester United (8.7), ahead of Jayden Fevrier (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Joe TaylorColchester United · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Connor HallColchester United
  • 27'Yellow card · Regan HendryTranmere Rovers
  • 39'Yellow card · Tom DaviesTranmere Rovers
  • 45'Yellow card · Connor JenningsTranmere Rovers
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Samson TovideColchester United
  • 47'Yellow card · Dan PikeTranmere Rovers
  • 87'Goal · Bradley IhionvienColchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 1, Tranmere Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Cameron McGeehan, Jayden Fevrier, Arthur Read, Noah Chilvers, Al-Amin Kazeem, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Luke McGee, Josef Yarney, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Kieron Morris, Dan Pike, Chris Merrie, Connor Jennings, Regan Hendry, Sam Taylor, Kristian Dennis