Colchester United vs Salford City

22 December 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee W Finnie

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Joe Taylor 42’
  • Chay Cooper 89’
  • Conor McAleny 90+1’

Match summary

Colchester United beat Salford City 2-1. Colchester United led 1-0 at half-time.

Joe Taylor put Colchester United ahead in the 42nd minute, Chay Cooper made it 2-0 in the 89th minute, and Conor McAleny pulled one back to make it 2-1 in stoppage time.

Both sides had 11 shots, with 5 on target for Colchester United and 4 for Salford City.

Match stats

Colchester United Salford City
11 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 7
5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Salford City
Kick-off
Joe Taylor1-0 (Colchester United)
42’
Half-time1-0
Chay Cooper2-0 (Colchester United)
89’
90+1’
Conor McAleny2-1 (Salford City)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Colchester United
  • Zach Mitchell
  • Connor Hall
  • Arthur Read
  • Joe Taylor
  • John Akinde
Salford City
  • Ethan Ingram

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Salford City attacking Colchester United attacking 
3’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, off target 4’ Ethan Ingram (Salford City), from a corner, off target 15’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), from a corner, saved 20’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 25’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 29’ Matt Jay (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 35’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, saved 39’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 42’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 45’ Kelly N'Mai (Salford City), open play, blocked 46’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, blocked 50’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), from a corner, off target 59’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, saved 63’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 67’ Matthew Lund (Salford City), open play, off target 75’ Chay Cooper (Colchester United), open play, blocked 81’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, off target 84’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), set piece, off target 85’ Adrian Mariappa (Salford City), from a corner, off target 87’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, off target 89’ Chay Cooper (Colchester United), open play, goal 90+1’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, goal 90+5’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, saved 3’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, off target 4’ Ethan Ingram (Salford City), from a corner, off target 15’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), from a corner, saved 20’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 25’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 29’ Matt Jay (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 35’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, saved 39’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 42’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 45’ Kelly N'Mai (Salford City), open play, blocked 46’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, blocked 50’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), from a corner, off target 59’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, saved 63’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 67’ Matthew Lund (Salford City), open play, off target 75’ Chay Cooper (Colchester United), open play, blocked 81’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, off target 84’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), set piece, off target 85’ Adrian Mariappa (Salford City), from a corner, off target 87’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, off target 89’ Chay Cooper (Colchester United), open play, goal 90+1’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, goal 90+5’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Mandela Egbo
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Connor Hall Taken off
58′ – – – – – –
Ellis Iandolo Taken off
58′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
Jayden Fevrier Taken off
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Matt Jay Taken off
71′ – – 1 – – – –
Joe Taylor Taken off
71′ 1 – 1 – – –
Al-Amin Kazeem Came on as a substitute
32′ – – – – – – –
Tom Dallison Came on as a substitute
32′ – – – – – – –
Chay Cooper Came on as a substitute
19′ 1 – 2 – – – –
John Akinde Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – –
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 2.01
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.54
Salford City win 27% Avg odds 3.45

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.