Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 14 September 2019
Result
Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 14 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Colchester United: match report
Forest Green Rovers defeated Colchester United 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 14 September 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by Luke Prosser in the 31st minute, credited to Forest Green Rovers.
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 5th on 13 points from 7 and Colchester United 13th on 9 points from 7. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Colchester United 7th with 61.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Farrend Rawson of Forest Green Rovers (7.5), level with Dominic Bernard (7.5).
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Colchester United's D-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 31'Own goal · Luke Prosser
- 72'Yellow card · Brendan Wiredu
- 75'Yellow card · Tom Lapslie
- 79'Yellow card · J. Morton
- 82'Yellow card · Liam Kitching
- 82'Yellow card · Luke Prosser
- 89'Yellow card · Mathew Stevens
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Lewis Thomas, Dominic Bernard, Liam Kitching, Farrend Rawson, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Carl Winchester, James Morton, Joseph Mills, Kyle Taylor, Jack Aitchison, Matty Stevens
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dean Gerken, Ryan Jackson, Tom Eastman, Luke Prosser, Ryan Clampin, Ben Stevenson, Tom Lapslie, Courtney Senior, Luke Gambin, Frank Nouble, Luke Norris