Stevenage 2-4 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Stevenage 2-4 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Stevenage 2-4 Colchester United: match report
Stevenage lost to Colchester United 2-4 in the League Two on Saturday 31 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.
Brennan Dickenson opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Stevenage's goals came from B. Kennedy (40') and Matt Godden (51'). Colchester United scored through Brennan Dickenson (15'), Kurtis Guthrie (19', penalty), Chris Porter (81') and Tariqe Fosu (90+1').
Discipline: Stevenage received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stevenage were 11th on 30 points from 22 and Colchester United 10th on 30 points from 22. Stevenage went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Colchester United 8th with 69.
Going into the match Stevenage's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Colchester United's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Brennan Dickenson
- 19'Penalty goal · Kurtis Guthrie
- 40'Goal · B. Kennedy
- 45+2'Yellow card · Luke Wilkinson
- 51'Goal · Matt Godden
- 67'Yellow card · Jack King
- 81'Yellow card · Richard Brindley
- 81'Goal · Chris Porter
- 86'Yellow card · B. Kennedy
- 90+1'Goal · Tariqe Fosu
- 90+2'Yellow card · Tariqe Fosu
Team news
Stevenage line-up
Jamie Jones, Fraser Franks, Luke Wilkinson, Ronnie Henry, Kgosi Ntlhe, Jack King, S. Schumacher, Tom Pett, Ben Kennedy, Henry Cowans, Matty Godden
Colchester United line-up
Sam Walker, Richard Brindley, Frankie Kent, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Tom Lapslie, Brennan Dickenson, Owen Garvan, Drey Wright, Denny Johnstone, Kurtis Guthrie