Colchester United 1-1 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 March 2024

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 16 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-1 Walsall: match report

Colchester United drew with Walsall 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 March 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Taylor Allen opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Cameron McGeehan (48'). Walsall scored through Taylor Allen (37').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 23rd on 32 points from 35 and Walsall 8th on 55 points from 37. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Walsall 11th with 65.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Walsall in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Taylor Allen of Walsall (8.5), ahead of Jackson Smith (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 6 draws and 3 for Walsall.

Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Walsall's D-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Taylor AllenWalsall · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Cameron McGeehanColchester United · 1-1
  • 53'Missed penalty · Noah ChilversColchester United
  • 86'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanColchester United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdegboyegaWalsall
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Brandon ComleyWalsall

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 6, Walsall 3.

Team news

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

Owen Goodman, Jay Mingi, Tom Dallison, Connor Hall, Harry Anderson, Noah Chilvers, Arthur Read, Cameron McGeehan, Jayden Fevrier, Bradley Ihionvien, John Akinde

Walsall line-up (3-5-2)

Jackson Smith, Emmanuel Adegboyega, David Okagbue, Taylor Allen, Joe Foulkes, Isaac Hutchinson, Brandon Comley, Jack Earing, Liam Gordon, Mo Faal, Josh Gordon