Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Monday 2 April 2018

Result

Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Colchester United

League Two · Monday 2 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Colchester United: match report

Forest Green Rovers were beaten by Colchester United 1-2 in the League Two on Monday 2 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Drey Wright opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from R. Reid (37', penalty). Colchester United scored through Drey Wright (1') and Ben Stevenson (47').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 21st on 40 points from 39 and Colchester United 11th on 58 points from 40. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Colchester United 13th with 62.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Colchester United in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Drey WrightColchester United · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Luke ProsserColchester United
  • 34'Yellow card · Gavin GunningForest Green Rovers
  • 37'Penalty goal · R. ReidForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 47'Goal · Ben StevensonColchester United · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Kane Vincent-YoungColchester United
  • 74'Yellow card · I. OsbourneForest Green Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 0, draws 0, Colchester United 1.

Team news

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Lee Collins, Gavin Gunning, Haydn Hollis, Dayle Grubb, Alex Bray, Isaiah Osbourne, Dan Wishart, Tahvon Campbell, Reuben Reid

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

Sam Walker, Luke Prosser, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Sammie Szmodics, Brandon Comley, Ben Stevenson, Courtney Senior, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron