Oldham Athletic 5-2 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Friday 9 April 2021

Result

Oldham Athletic 5-2 Colchester United

League Two · Friday 9 April 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Oldham Athletic 5-2 Colchester United: match report

Oldham Athletic defeated Colchester United 5-2 in the League Two on Friday 9 April 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Conor McAleny opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Conor McAleny (37', penalty), A. McCalmont (42'), Carl Piergianni (56'), Davis Keillor-Dunn (90') and Davis Keillor-Dunn (90+5'). Colchester United scored through Frank Nouble (64') and Tom Eastman (81').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 5 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 17th on 48 points from 40 and Colchester United 22nd on 41 points from 40. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.

Oldham Athletic 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 Davis Keillor-Dunn of Oldham Athletic (9.6), ahead of Carl Piergianni (8.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Penalty goal · Conor McAlenyOldham Athletic · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 42'Goal · A. McCalmontOldham Athletic · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Carl PiergianniOldham Athletic · 3-0
  • 64'Goal · Frank NoubleColchester United · 3-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Carl PiergianniOldham Athletic
  • 68'Yellow card · Dylan BahamboulaOldham Athletic
  • 79'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeOldham Athletic
  • 81'Goal · Tom EastmanColchester United · 3-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Nicky AdamsOldham Athletic
  • 82'Yellow card · Nicky AdamsOldham Athletic
  • 90'Goal · Davis Keillor-DunnOldham Athletic · 4-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Davis Keillor-DunnOldham Athletic · 5-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ben StevensonColchester United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Oldham Athletic 0, draws 1, Colchester United 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ian LawlorOldham Athletic · injury (Ankle Injury)

Oldham Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)

Laurie Walker, Harry Clarke, Carl Piergianni, Kyle Jameson, Dylan Fage, A. McCalmont, Callum Whelan, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Dylan Bahamboula, Conor McAleny, Davis Keillor-Dunn

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

Dean Gerken, Miles Welch-Hayes, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Ryan Clampin, H. Pell, Tom Lapslie, Callum Harriott, Brendan Wiredu, Courtney Senior, Frank Nouble