Forest Green Rovers 3-0 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 27 February 2021
Result
Forest Green Rovers 3-0 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 27 February 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Forest Green Rovers 3-0 Colchester United: match report
Forest Green Rovers beat Colchester United 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 27 February 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Jamille Matt opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Jamille Matt (25'), Jamille Matt (31') and an own goal by Brendan Wiredu (67'). Colchester United did not score.
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Colchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 3rd on 51 points from 29 and Colchester United 21st on 33 points from 29. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamille Matt of Forest Green Rovers (8.9), ahead of Aaron Collins (7.7).
Key events
- 25'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 31'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 45+2'Red card · E. Adams
- 67'Own goal · Brendan Wiredu
- 90+4'Yellow card · A. Oteh
Head-to-head
Team news
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Forest Green Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Lewis Thomas, Kane Wilson, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Dominic Bernard, Baily Cargill, Nicky Cadden, Odin Bailey, Ebou Adams, Scott Wagstaff, Jamille Matt, Aaron Collins
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dean Gerken, Miles Welch-Hayes, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Josh Doherty, Noah Chilvers, Brendan Wiredu, Junior Tchamadeu, Kwame Poku, Callum Harriott, Frank Nouble