Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 August 2022

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 27 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Tranmere Rovers · Colchester United · League Two predictions

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Colchester United: match report

Tranmere Rovers beat Colchester United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 27 August 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Josh Hawkes opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Josh Hawkes (4') and Jake Burton (83'). Colchester United did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 17th on 4 points from 5 and Colchester United 18th on 4 points from 5. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 12th with 58 points, and Colchester United 20th with 49.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-1-2-1-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Hawkes of Tranmere Rovers (7.8), ahead of Neill Byrne (7.7).

Going into the match Tranmere Rovers's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Colchester United's L-W-L-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Josh HawkesTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Neill ByrneTranmere Rovers
  • 73'Yellow card · Junior TchamadeuColchester United
  • 83'Goal · Jake BurtonTranmere Rovers · 2-0

Team news

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Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-1-2-1-2)

Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Neill Byrne, Jordan Turnbull, Ethan Bristow, Reece McAlear, Lee O'Connor, Josh Hawkes, Abdelhak Belaid, Elliott Nevitt, Kane Hemmings

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

Kieran O'Hara, Junior Tchamadeu, Luke Chambers, Tom Dallison, Ryan Clampin, Cole Skuse, Marley Marshall, Alex Newby, Noah Chilvers, Frank Nouble, Freddie Sears