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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 32 (setup 4, season 27)
Colchester United
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Freddie WOODMAN17Bram VERBIST
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Cuco MARTINA72Brice DJA DJEDJE
Ben MEE37Jelle VAN DAMME
Florin GARDOS74Andrew SURMAN
Gareth McAULEY65Kenneth OMERUO
Marco 'Davide' FARAONI66Alex BAPTISTE
Don COWIE67Thomas BUFFEL
Kris COMMONS68Oliver BURKE
Jay BOTHROYD9Jordan RHODES
Igor VETOKELE6106Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI
Joshua KING11Valeri BOJINOV
Manager
Pat BALDWIN12Leroy LITA
Jason STEELE13Christian PANDER
Steve SCHUMACHER14Kevin VANDENBERGH
Theo ROBINSON15WENDEL Raul Gonçalves Gomes
Joe MASON16Chris EAGLES

Colchester United 3 Port Vale 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 7,510, Stadium: Community Stadium, Referee: Mark HALSEY 6½)
19 King, 45+1p Bothroyd, 83 CommonsScorers28 Rhodes
Substitutions
Sendings off
33 Vetokele, 77 McAuleyBookings7 Omeruo
3Corners2
15Fouls10
3Offsides2
5Shots on7
5Shots off4
10Total shots11
2Shots saved5
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Andrew SURMAN
5The Colchester United 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from VAN DAMME.
7OMERUO booked.
9The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from BURKE.
12COWIE was put clear by COMMONS and he raced past the 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the near post.
12A shot from VETOKELE was smothered by the 'keeper.
14A shot from BURKE was nodded off the line by FARAONI.
16A deadly shot from BOJINOV was pushed over by the 'keeper.
17BOTHROYD fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
19GOAL!! A poor shot from KING seemed to hold no problem for the Port Vale 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (1-0 Colchester United)
21GARDOS floated the ball to BOTHROYD who turned it inches over.
23BURKE ran onto a great ball from BUFFEL but fired his effort wide of the righthand post.
28GOAL!! After some useful play on the right RHODES came inside and drilled the ball into the net. (1-1)
33VETOKELE booked for violent conduct.
34COWIE made space on the right and pulled the ball to KING who rasped the ball over.
40A mix up in the Port Vale defence enabled KING to blast the ball inches wide.
45+1GOAL!! BOTHROYD rifled a penalty past the Port Vale 'keeper after SURMAN had handled just inside the area.
 
50WOODMAN stopped a clever shot from BURKE.
52A fine ball from FARAONI on the left found GARDOS who mishit his effort inches wide.
57A cross from BUFFEL left RHODES in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
66RHODES beat MCAULEY and drove the ball to BURKE who toe-poked his effort wide.
77A clumsy tackle gets MCAULEY a yellow card.
77A lovely pass from BOJINOV, was shot goalbound by RHODES only for WOODMAN to claw away.
79A penalty box scramble resulted in VAN DAMME cracking the ball over.
83GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was cleverly blasted into the back of the net by COMMONS. (3-1 Colchester United)