Colchester United vs Gillingham

26 December 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee Farai Hallam

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Lyle Taylor 6’
  • John-Kymani Gordon 85’

Match summary

Colchester United saw off Gillingham 2-0. Colchester United led 1-0 at half-time.

Lyle Taylor put Colchester United ahead in the 6th minute and John-Kymani Gordon made it 2-0 in the 85th minute.

Shots finished 12-10 to Colchester United, with 4 on target for Colchester United and 4 for Gillingham.

Match stats

Colchester United Gillingham
12 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Gillingham
Kick-off
Lyle Taylor1-0 (Colchester United)
6’
Half-time1-0
John-Kymani Gordon2-0 (Colchester United)
85’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Colchester United
  • Mandela Egbo
  • Jamie McDonnell
Gillingham
  • Jayden Clarke
  • Shadrach Ogie

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Gillingham attacking Colchester United attacking 
2’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 6’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 6’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 12’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, blocked 12’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, off target 13’ Aaron Rowe (Gillingham), from a corner, off target 13’ Elliott Nevitt (Gillingham), open play, blocked 19’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, saved 19’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, blocked 26’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 29’ Jack Nolan (Gillingham), open play, off target 38’ Oscar Thorn (Colchester United), open play, off target 39’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, hit the woodwork 40’ Remeao Hutton (Gillingham), open play, saved 40’ Jack Nolan (Gillingham), open play, saved 47’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 51’ Oscar Thorn (Colchester United), open play, off target 53’ Jayden Clarke (Gillingham), open play, off target 67’ Bradley Dack (Gillingham), direct free kick, saved 76’ Robbie McKenzie (Gillingham), open play, saved 77’ Max Ehmer (Gillingham), from a corner, blocked 85’ John-Kymani Gordon (Colchester United), open play, goal 90+4’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 90+7’ Remeao Hutton (Gillingham), open play, off target 2’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 6’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 6’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 12’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, blocked 12’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, off target 13’ Aaron Rowe (Gillingham), from a corner, off target 13’ Elliott Nevitt (Gillingham), open play, blocked 19’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, saved 19’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, blocked 26’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 29’ Jack Nolan (Gillingham), open play, off target 38’ Oscar Thorn (Colchester United), open play, off target 39’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, hit the woodwork 40’ Remeao Hutton (Gillingham), open play, saved 40’ Jack Nolan (Gillingham), open play, saved 47’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 51’ Oscar Thorn (Colchester United), open play, off target 53’ Jayden Clarke (Gillingham), open play, off target 67’ Bradley Dack (Gillingham), direct free kick, saved 76’ Robbie McKenzie (Gillingham), open play, saved 77’ Max Ehmer (Gillingham), from a corner, blocked 85’ John-Kymani Gordon (Colchester United), open play, goal 90+4’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 90+7’ Remeao Hutton (Gillingham), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Mandela Egbo
90′ – – 1 – – –
Tom Flanagan
90′ – – – – – – –
Aaron Donnelly
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Arthur Read Taken off
73′ – – 1 – – – –
Oscar Thorn Taken off
60′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 5 – – – –
Owura Edwards Taken off
73′ – – 2 – – – –
Lyle Taylor Taken off
73′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Harry Anderson Came on as a substitute
30′ – – – – – – –
John-Kymani Gordon Came on as a substitute
17′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Teddy Bishop Came on as a substitute
17′ – – – – – – –
Tom Hopper Came on as a substitute
17′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Colchester United win 47% Avg odds 2.00
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.18
Gillingham win 24% Avg odds 3.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.