Colchester United vs Port Vale

11 March 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee A Bannister

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Samson Tovide 34’
  • Fiacre Kelleher 86’
  • Rico Richards 85’

Match summary

Colchester United beat Port Vale 2-1, with a late winner. Colchester United led 1-0 at half-time.

Samson Tovide put Colchester United ahead in the 34th minute, Rico Richards equalised in the 85th minute, and Fiacre Kelleher won it with a header in the 86th minute.

Shots finished 11-8 to Colchester United, with 6 on target for Colchester United and 3 for Port Vale.

Match stats

Colchester United Port Vale
11 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Port Vale
Kick-off
Samson Tovide1-0 (Colchester United)
34’
Half-time1-0
85’
Rico Richards1-1 (Port Vale)
Fiacre Kelleher2-1 (Colchester United)
86’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Colchester United
  • Rob Hunt
  • Ellis Iandolo
Port Vale
  • Kyle John
  • Mitchell Clark

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Port Vale attacking Colchester United attacking 
1’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, saved 5’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, off target 10’ Ronan Curtis (Port Vale), open play, saved 13’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), from a corner, saved 18’ Rhys Walters (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 28’ Kyle John (Port Vale), open play, saved 32’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, saved 34’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, goal 44’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), set piece, saved 45’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 47’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 61’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), set piece, blocked 64’ Jemiah Umolu (Port Vale), open play, blocked 65’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, off target 82’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), set piece, off target 85’ Rico Richards (Port Vale), open play, goal 86’ Fiacre Kelleher (Colchester United), set piece, goal 90+10’ Ronan Curtis (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 1’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, saved 5’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, off target 10’ Ronan Curtis (Port Vale), open play, saved 13’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), from a corner, saved 18’ Rhys Walters (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 28’ Kyle John (Port Vale), open play, saved 32’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, saved 34’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, goal 44’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), set piece, saved 45’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 47’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, off target 61’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), set piece, blocked 64’ Jemiah Umolu (Port Vale), open play, blocked 65’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, off target 82’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), set piece, off target 85’ Rico Richards (Port Vale), open play, goal 86’ Fiacre Kelleher (Colchester United), set piece, goal 90+10’ Ronan Curtis (Port Vale), set piece, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Mandela Egbo
90′ – – – – – – –
Fiacre Kelleher
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Tom Flanagan
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Jack Payne Taken off
75′ – – 2 – – – –
Owura Edwards Taken off
89′ – – 2 – – – –
Samson Tovide Taken off
46′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Lyle Taylor Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Jack Tucker Came on as a substitute
15′ – – – – – – –
Tyreece Simpson Came on as a substitute
1′ – – – – – – –
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 42% Avg odds 2.24
Draw 32% Avg odds 2.87
Port Vale win 26% Avg odds 3.62

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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.