Salford City 1-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 27 February 2024

Result

Salford City 1-1 Colchester United

League Two · Tuesday 27 February 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Salford City 1-1 Colchester United: match report

Salford City drew with Colchester United 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 February 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Salford City's goal came from Matt Smith (45'). Colchester United scored through Bradley Ihionvien (75').

Discipline: Salford City received 4 yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Salford City were 19th on 39 points from 34 and Colchester United 21st on 31 points from 33. Salford City went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.

Salford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Colchester United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Cairns of Salford City (8.1), ahead of Matt Jay (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 1-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Ellis IandoloColchester United
  • 46'Yellow card · Danny CowleyColchester United
  • 74'Yellow card · Callum MortonSalford City
  • 75'Goal · Bradley IhionvienColchester United · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Adrian MariappaSalford City
  • 88'Yellow card · Liam HumblesSalford City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ethan IngramSalford City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Connor HallColchester United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Salford City 0, draws 1, Colchester United 1.

Team news

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Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Cairns, Dan Chesters, Adrian Mariappa, Curtis Tilt, Declan John, Ryan Watson, Elliot Watt, Kyrell Malcolm, Callum Hendry, Callum Morton, Matt Smith

Colchester United line-up (5-3-2)

Owen Goodman, Jayden Richardson, Riley Harbottle, Tom Dallison, Connor Hall, Ellis Iandolo, Alistair Smith, Cameron McGeehan, Noah Chilvers, Tom Hopper, John Akinde