Colchester United vs Grimsby Town

16 April 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee C Brook

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Tom Hopper 5’
  • John Akinde 79’

Match summary

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

Tom Hopper put Colchester United ahead in the 5th minute and John Akinde made it 2-0 in the 79th minute.

Shots finished 15-8 to Grimsby Town, with 3 on target for Colchester United and 4 for Grimsby Town. Colchester United had a player sent off.

Match stats

Colchester United Grimsby Town
8 Shots 15
3 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Grimsby Town
Kick-off
Tom Hopper1-0 (Colchester United)
5’
Half-time1-0
John Akinde2-0 (Colchester United)
79’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Colchester United
  • Tom Dallison
  • Sam Hornby
  • Arthur Read
  • Ellis Iandolo
Grimsby Town
  • Justin Obikwu

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Grimsby Town attacking Colchester United attacking 
5’ Tom Hopper (Colchester United), open play, goal 10’ John Akinde (Colchester United), open play, blocked 23’ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 28’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, off target 32’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 33’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 44’ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 47’ Justin Obikwu (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 47’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 49’ Liam Smith (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 51’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 53’ Justin Obikwu (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 53’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 59’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, hit the woodwork 73’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 74’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 76’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), set piece, off target 79’ John Akinde (Colchester United), open play, goal 82’ Harry Wood (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 90’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90+3’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 90+8’ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town), direct free kick, saved 5’ Tom Hopper (Colchester United), open play, goal 10’ John Akinde (Colchester United), open play, blocked 23’ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 28’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, off target 32’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 33’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 44’ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 47’ Justin Obikwu (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 47’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 49’ Liam Smith (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 51’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 53’ Justin Obikwu (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 53’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 59’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, hit the woodwork 73’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 74’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 76’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), set piece, off target 79’ John Akinde (Colchester United), open play, goal 82’ Harry Wood (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 90’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90+3’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 90+8’ Charles Vernam (Grimsby Town), direct free kick, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
Sam Hornby
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Dallison Sent off
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Jayden Fevrier Taken off
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Alistair Smith Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
John Akinde Taken off
83′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Tom Hopper
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Noah Chilvers Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 – – – –
Riley Harbottle Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
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 43% Avg odds 2.17
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.33
Grimsby Town win 29% Avg odds 3.29

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.