Colchester United vs Tranmere Rovers

9 September 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee D Bourne

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Joe Taylor 11’
  • Bradley Ihionvien 87’

Match summary

Colchester United saw off Tranmere Rovers 2-0. Colchester United led 1-0 at half-time.

Joe Taylor put Colchester United ahead in the 11th minute and Bradley Ihionvien made it 2-0 in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 27-10 to Colchester United, with 12 on target for Colchester United and 4 for Tranmere Rovers.

Match stats

Colchester United Tranmere Rovers
27 Shots 10
12 Shots on Target 4
11 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Tranmere Rovers
Kick-off
Joe Taylor1-0 (Colchester United)
11’
Half-time1-0
Bradley Ihionvien2-0 (Colchester United)
87’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Colchester United
  • Connor Hall
  • Samson Tovide
Tranmere Rovers
  • Luke McGee
  • Tom Davies
  • Dan Pike
  • Connor Jennings
  • Regan Hendry

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tranmere Rovers attacking Colchester United attacking 
1’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 1’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 5’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, blocked 7’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, blocked 11’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 16’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 27’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 28’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, off target 30’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, saved 31’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 32’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 36’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 37’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), from a corner, saved 38’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 40’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 40’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), set piece, saved 48’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 50’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 53’ Unknown (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 48’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), set piece, saved 48’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), set piece, off target 54’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, off target 54’ Connor Hall (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 58’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 61’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), set piece, saved 62’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 62’ Jay Mingi (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 62’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), from a corner, saved 63’ Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 64’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 65’ Jay Mingi (Colchester United), open play, off target 78’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, saved 86’ Connor Hall (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 87’ Bradley Ihionvien (Colchester United), open play, goal 87’ John Akinde (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 90+2’ Bradley Ihionvien (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90+9’ Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, saved 90+12’ Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 1’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 1’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 5’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, blocked 7’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, blocked 11’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 16’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 27’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 28’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, off target 30’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, saved 31’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 32’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 36’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 37’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), from a corner, saved 38’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 40’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 40’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), set piece, saved 48’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 50’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 53’ Unknown (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 48’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), set piece, saved 48’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), set piece, off target 54’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, off target 54’ Connor Hall (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 58’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 61’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), set piece, saved 62’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 62’ Jay Mingi (Colchester United), from a corner, off target 62’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), from a corner, saved 63’ Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 64’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 65’ Jay Mingi (Colchester United), open play, off target 78’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, saved 86’ Connor Hall (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 87’ Bradley Ihionvien (Colchester United), open play, goal 87’ John Akinde (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 90+2’ Bradley Ihionvien (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90+9’ Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, saved 90+12’ Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Mandela Egbo
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – –
Cameron McGeehan Taken off
57′ – – 5 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
Arthur Read Taken off
72′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
Al-Amin Kazeem Taken off
84′ – – – – – – –
Joe Taylor Taken off
84′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Samson Tovide Taken off
83′ – – 5 – – –
Jay Mingi Came on as a substitute
33′ – – 2 – – – –
Mauro Bandeira Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Bradley Ihionvien Came on as a substitute
7′ 1 – 2 – – – –
William Greenidge Came on as a substitute
6′ – – – – – – –
John Akinde Came on as a substitute
6′ – – 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 41% Avg odds 2.27
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.34
Tranmere Rovers win 31% Avg odds 3.08

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.