Colchester United vs Morecambe

7 October 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Purkiss

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Cameron McGeehan 73’

John Joshua Mckiernan 21’, 53’, 61’

Match summary

Morecambe beat Colchester United 3-1 on the road. Morecambe led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, John Joshua Mckiernan put Morecambe ahead with a header in the 21st minute. In the second half, Mckiernan made it 0-2 from a corner in the 53rd minute, Mckiernan made it 0-3 in the 61st minute, and Cameron McGeehan pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 73rd minute.

Shots finished 21-15 to Colchester United, with 5 on target for Colchester United and 7 for Morecambe. Noah Chilvers missed a penalty for Colchester United. Morecambe had a player sent off.

Match stats

21 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Colchester United Morecambe

Kick-off

21’

John Joshua Mckiernan

0-1

Half-time0-1

53’

John Joshua Mckiernan

0-2

61’

John Joshua Mckiernan

0-3

Cameron McGeehan

1-3

73’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Colchester United

Zach Mitchell
Bradley Ihionvien

Morecambe

James Connolly
Joel Senior
David Tutonda
Donald Love
Adam Mayor

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Morecambe attacking Colchester United attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players15 players


Owen Goodman	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mandela Egbo	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Zach Mitchell Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Hall	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jay Mingi Taken off	57′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Al-Amin Kazeem Taken off	82′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron McGeehan	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Noah Chilvers	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Jayden Fevrier	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Joe Taylor	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Samson Tovide Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bradley Ihionvien Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	4	–	–	–
Chay Cooper Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Tom Hopper Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mauro Bandeira Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Stuart Moore	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Senior	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Connolly Sent off	35′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Bedeau	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Tutonda	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Donald Love	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
John Joshua Mckiernan Taken off	87′	3	–	4	–	–	–	–
Tom Bloxham Taken off	45′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Mayor Taken off	87′	–	–	4	–	–	–
Jordan Slew Taken off	45′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Michael Mellon Taken off	72′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Farrend Rawson Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yann Songo'o Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ethan Walker Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Davenport Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Cammy Smith 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 48% Avg odds 1.96

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.63

Morecambe win 26% Avg odds 3.57

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

Form going into the game

Colchester United W D L W L

Morecambe W L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

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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.