Colchester United vs Morecambe

25 January 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee S Purkiss

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mandela Egbo 65’

Match summary

Colchester United saw off Morecambe 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Mandela Egbo put Colchester United ahead in the 65th minute.

Shots finished 14-10 to Colchester United, with 4 on target for Colchester United and 2 for Morecambe. Morecambe had a player sent off.

Match stats

Colchester United Morecambe
14 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 2
12 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Colchester United Morecambe
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Mandela Egbo1-0 (Colchester United)
65’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Colchester United
  • Teddy Bishop
  • Lyle Taylor
  • Oscar Thorn
Morecambe
  • Lee Angol
  • Luke Hendrie
  • David Tutonda

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Morecambe attacking Colchester United attacking 
6’ Lee Angol (Morecambe), open play, off target 8’ Jamie McDonnell (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 10’ Lee Angol (Morecambe), set piece, blocked 14’ Gwion Edwards (Morecambe), open play, off target 14’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 17’ Yann Songo'o (Morecambe), open play, blocked 25’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), direct free kick, blocked 26’ Harry Anderson (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 34’ Gwion Edwards (Morecambe), set piece, saved 40’ Jamie McDonnell (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 40’ Jamie McDonnell (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 46’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, blocked 53’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, blocked 58’ Tom Flanagan (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 60’ Callum Cooke (Morecambe), open play, off target 60’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 64’ Gwion Edwards (Morecambe), open play, off target 65’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, goal 69’ Adam Lewis (Morecambe), direct free kick, saved 70’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 80’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 84’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), open play, off target 85’ Marcus Dackers (Morecambe), open play, off target 90+1’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 90+4’ Jordan Slew (Morecambe), open play, off target 6’ Lee Angol (Morecambe), open play, off target 8’ Jamie McDonnell (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 10’ Lee Angol (Morecambe), set piece, blocked 14’ Gwion Edwards (Morecambe), open play, off target 14’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 17’ Yann Songo'o (Morecambe), open play, blocked 25’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), direct free kick, blocked 26’ Harry Anderson (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 34’ Gwion Edwards (Morecambe), set piece, saved 40’ Jamie McDonnell (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 40’ Jamie McDonnell (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 46’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, blocked 53’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, blocked 58’ Tom Flanagan (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 60’ Callum Cooke (Morecambe), open play, off target 60’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 64’ Gwion Edwards (Morecambe), open play, off target 65’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, goal 69’ Adam Lewis (Morecambe), direct free kick, saved 70’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 80’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 84’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), open play, off target 85’ Marcus Dackers (Morecambe), open play, off target 90+1’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 90+4’ Jordan Slew (Morecambe), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Mandela Egbo
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Fiacre Kelleher Taken off
55′ – – – – – – –
Tom Flanagan
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Teddy Bishop Taken off
87′ – – 2 – – –
Harry Anderson Taken off
56′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Owura Edwards Taken off
87′ – – 1 – – – –
Tyreece Simpson Taken off
74′ – – – – – – –
Lyle Taylor Came on as a substitute
35′ – – 2 – – –
Oscar Thorn Came on as a substitute
34′ – – – – – –
Jack Tucker Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Arthur Read Came on as a substitute
3′ – – – – – – –
John-Kymani Gordon Came on as a substitute
3′ – – – – – – –
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 55% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.56
Morecambe win 19% Avg odds 4.93

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

Form going into the game

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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.