Tranmere Rovers vs Colchester United

1 February 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee S Oldham

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Kristian Dennis 50’
  • Lyle Taylor 9’ (pen), 33’
  • Owura Edwards 63’

Match summary

Colchester United took a 3-1 win at Tranmere Rovers. Colchester United led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lyle Taylor put Colchester United ahead from the penalty spot in the 9th minute and Taylor made it 0-2 in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Kristian Dennis pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 50th minute and Owura Edwards made it 1-3 in the 63rd minute.

Shots finished 13-11 to Colchester United, with 2 on target for Tranmere Rovers and 4 for Colchester United.

Match stats

Tranmere Rovers Colchester United
11 Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Tranmere Rovers Colchester United
Kick-off
9’
Lyle Taylor
Penalty
0-1 (Colchester United)
33’
Lyle Taylor0-2 (Colchester United)
Half-time0-2
Kristian Dennis1-2 (Tranmere Rovers)
50’
63’
Owura Edwards1-3 (Colchester United)
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Tranmere Rovers
  • Jordan Turnbull
  • Jake Garrett
Colchester United
  • Ellis Iandolo
  • Jamie McDonnell
  • Lyle Taylor

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Colchester United attacking Tranmere Rovers attacking 
9’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), penalty, goal 12’ Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 13’ Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 15’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, blocked 16’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 18’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, blocked 23’ Saidou Khan (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, off target 25’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 33’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 36’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, off target 39’ Sol Solomon (Tranmere Rovers), direct free kick, blocked 42’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, blocked 49’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, blocked 50’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 51’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 54’ Sam Finley (Tranmere Rovers), direct free kick, blocked 61’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 61’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, blocked 63’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, goal 80’ Jake Garrett (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 84’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 85’ Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 90+2’ Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 90+3’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, saved 9’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), penalty, goal 12’ Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 13’ Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 15’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, blocked 16’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 18’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, blocked 23’ Saidou Khan (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, off target 25’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 33’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, goal 36’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, off target 39’ Sol Solomon (Tranmere Rovers), direct free kick, blocked 42’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, blocked 49’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, blocked 50’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 51’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, saved 54’ Sam Finley (Tranmere Rovers), direct free kick, blocked 61’ Lyle Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 61’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, blocked 63’ Owura Edwards (Colchester United), open play, goal 80’ Jake Garrett (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 84’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 85’ Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 90+2’ Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 90+3’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Davies
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
Connor Wood Taken off
75′ – – – – – – –
Sam Finley Taken off
75′ – – 1 – – – –
Saidou Khan
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Connor Jennings Taken off
82′ – – – – – – –
Sol Solomon Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
Josh Davison Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Kristian Dennis Came on as a substitute
44′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Harvey Saunders Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Zak Bradshaw Came on as a substitute
15′ – – – – – – –
Jake Garrett Came on as a substitute
15′ – – 1 – – –
Josh Hawkes Came on as a substitute
8′ – – – – – – –
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

Tranmere Rovers win 31% Avg odds 3.04
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.13
Colchester United win 39% Avg odds 2.38

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

Form going into the game

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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.