Southend United 2-0 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 December 2020
Result
Southend United 2-0 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 26 December 2020, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Southend United 2-0 Colchester United: match report
Southend United won against Colchester United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.
Simeon Akinola opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Southend United's goals came from Simeon Akinola (10') and Timothée Dieng (22'). Colchester United did not score.
Discipline: Southend United received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southend United were 24th on 13 points from 18 and Colchester United 10th on 28 points from 19. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.
Southend United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to T. Dieng of Southend United (8.5), ahead of Ashley Nathaniel-George (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southend United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Simeon Akinola
- 17'Yellow card · Sam Hart
- 22'Goal · Timothée Dieng
- 43'Yellow card · Tom Eastman
- 59'Yellow card · Courtney Senior
- 90+6'Yellow card · N. Chilvers
- 90+6'Yellow card · Shaun Hobson
- 90+6'Yellow card · Tom Lapslie
Head-to-head
Team news
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Southend United line-up (4-5-1)
Mark Oxley, Elvis Bwomono, John White, Shaun Hobson, Sam Hart, Terrell Egbri, T. Dieng, Jason Demetriou, Kyle Taylor, Ashley Nathaniel-George, Simeon Akinola
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dean Gerken, Tom Eastman, Omar Sowunmi, Tommy Smith, Ryan Clampin, Noah Chilvers, Ben Stevenson, Kwame Poku, Michael Folivi, Courtney Senior, Jevani Brown