Walsall 3-1 Colchester United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 27 March 2012
Result
Walsall 3-1 Colchester United
League One · Tuesday 27 March 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Walsall 3-1 Colchester United: match report
Walsall won against Colchester United 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 27 March 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
A. Wordsworth opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Walsall's goals came from E. Ledesma (38'), Matt Sadler (44') and George Bowerman (73'). Colchester United scored through A. Wordsworth (11').
Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 21st on 37 points from 38 and Colchester United 9th on 52 points from 38. Walsall went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Colchester United 10th with 59.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 5 for Colchester United.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-D-L-D-W and Colchester United's D-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · A. Wordsworth
- 38'Goal · E. Ledesma
- 44'Goal · Matt Sadler
- 54'Yellow card · Ian Henderson
- 59'Yellow card · Andy Bond
- 73'Goal · George Bowerman
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up
Dávid Gróf, Andy Butler, Manny Smith, Lee Beevers, Kevan Hurst, Florent Cuvelier, Sam Mantom, Emmanuel Andrien, Jon Macken, Matt Sadler, Alex Nicholls
Colchester United line-up
Ben Williams, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, John White, Andy Bond, Anthony Wordsworth, Ian Henderson, Gavin Massey, Steven Gillespie, Kayode Odejayi