Salford City 4-1 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 April 2025
Result
Salford City 4-1 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 26 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Salford City 4-1 Colchester United: match report
Salford City beat Colchester United 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 April 2025. The half-time score was 3-0.
Hakeeb Adelakun opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Salford City's goals came from Hakeeb Adelakun (2', penalty), Liam Shephard (21'), Cole Stockton (24') and Hakeeb Adelakun (56', penalty). Colchester United scored through Ellis Iandolo (66').
Discipline: Salford City received 4 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 9th on 65 points from 44 and Colchester United 7th on 68 points from 44. Salford City went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Colchester United 9th with 69.
Salford City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakeeb Adelakun of Salford City (8.4), ahead of Liam Shephard (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 1 draw and 1 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Fiacre Kelleher
- 2'Penalty goal · Hakeeb Adelakun
- 21'Goal · Liam Shephard
- 24'Goal · Cole Stockton
- 46'Yellow card · Ben Woodburn
- 56'Penalty goal · Hakeeb Adelakun
- 66'Goal · Ellis Iandolo
- 68'Yellow card · Ossama Ashley
- 75'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 89'Yellow card · Kelly N'Mai
- 90+2'Yellow card · Arthur Read
Head-to-head
Team news
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Salford City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Matty Young, Liam Shephard, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Haji Mnoga, Ossama Ashley, Tyrese Fornah, Hakeeb Adelakun, Ben Woodburn, Cole Stockton, Kelly N'Mai
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Mandela Egbo, Fiacre Kelleher, Tom Flanagan, Ellis Iandolo, Teddy Bishop, Arthur Read, Oscar Thorn, Jack Payne, John-Kymani Gordon, Samson Tovide