Oldham Athletic 1-2 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Oldham Athletic 1-2 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Oldham Athletic 1-2 Colchester United: match report

Oldham Athletic lost to Colchester United 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Freddie Sears opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Oldham Athletic's goal came from Dylan Bahamboula (73'). Colchester United scored through Freddie Sears (9', penalty) and N. Chilvers (12').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Colchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 24th on 0 points from 3 and Colchester United 17th on 2 points from 3. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 38 points, and Colchester United 15th with 55.

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 Brendan Wiredu of Colchester United (7.8), ahead of Faysal Bettache (7.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Penalty goal · Freddie SearsColchester United · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · N. ChilversColchester United · 0-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Hallam HopeOldham Athletic
  • 68'Yellow card · Alan SheehanOldham Athletic
  • 73'Goal · Dylan BahamboulaOldham Athletic · 1-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Raphaël DiarraOldham Athletic
  • 90+5'Yellow card · R. DiarraOldham Athletic

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Laurie Walker, Jordan Clarke, Alan Sheehan, Carl Piergianni, Nicky Adams, Ousseynou Cissé, Faysal Bettache, Sam Hart, Dylan Bahamboula, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Hallam Hope

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

Shamal George, Miles Welch-Hayes, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Charlie Daniels, Brendan Wiredu, Alan Judge, Freddie Sears, Noah Chilvers, Sylvester Jasper, Frank Nouble