Forest Green Rovers vs Colchester United

14 October 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee O Yates

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Callum Morton 41’
  • Kyle McAllister 65’
  • Matty Taylor 77’
  • Mathew Stevens 79’, 90+3’

Match summary

Forest Green Rovers won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Colchester United. Forest Green Rovers led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Callum Morton put Forest Green Rovers ahead in the 41st minute. In the second half, Kyle McAllister made it 2-0 in the 65th minute, Matty Taylor made it 3-0 in the 77th minute, Mathew Stevens made it 4-0 in the 79th minute, and Stevens made it 5-0 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 14-6 to Forest Green Rovers, with 10 on target for Forest Green Rovers and 1 for Colchester United. Colchester United had a player sent off.

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers Colchester United
14 Shots 6
10 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Colchester United
Kick-off
Callum Morton1-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
41’
Half-time1-0
Kyle McAllister2-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
65’
Matty Taylor3-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
77’
Mathew Stevens4-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
79’
Mathew Stevens5-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
90+3’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Forest Green Rovers
  • Kyle McAllister
Colchester United
  • Jay Mingi
  • Cameron McGeehan

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Colchester United attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking 
12’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), from a corner, hit the woodwork 14’ Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 17’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 29’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 32’ Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United), open play, saved 34’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), set piece, blocked 35’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, blocked 41’ Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 41’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 46’ Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 50’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 59’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, saved 61’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 65’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 67’ Fankaty Dabo (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 69’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 76’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 77’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 79’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 84’ Sean Robertson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 90+3’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 12’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), from a corner, hit the woodwork 14’ Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 17’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 29’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 32’ Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United), open play, saved 34’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), set piece, blocked 35’ Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United), open play, blocked 41’ Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 41’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 46’ Callum Morton (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 50’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 59’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, saved 61’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 65’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 67’ Fankaty Dabo (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 69’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 76’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 77’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 79’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 84’ Sean Robertson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 90+3’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Marcel Lavinier
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Dominic Bernard
90′ – – – – – – –
Fankaty Dabo Taken off
69′ – – 1 – – – –
Kyle McAllister Taken off
75′ 1 – 1 – – –
Jacob Maddox Taken off
67′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Tyrese Omotoye
90′ – – 4 – – – –
Callum Morton Taken off
75′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Troy Deeney Taken off
75′ – – – – – – –
Teddy Jenks Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
Jamie Robson Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Sean Robertson Came on as a substitute
15′ – – 1 – – – –
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute
15′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Mathew Stevens Came on as a substitute
15′ 2 – 2 – – – –
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

Forest Green Rovers win 38% Avg odds 2.45
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.57
Colchester United win 36% Avg odds 2.62

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.