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Walsall defeats Colchester in a thrilling encounter
Walsall secured a 4-0 victory over Colchester in a thrilling match at the Poundland Bescot Stadium. The game was a clash of styles, with Walsall dominating possession and creating more scoring chances, while Colchester were more solid defensively.
Walsall opened the scoring in the 39th minute when J. Jellis scored a goal after an assist from T. Allen. The home team continued to press in the second half, and in the 79th minute, A. Adomah scored Walsall’s second goal. The visiting team didn’t give up and continued to look for opportunities to close the gap, but Walsall managed to extend their lead with two more goals in the final 10 minutes. First, J. Earing scored the third goal in the 89th minute, followed by a fourth goal in the 90th minute, also scored by Earing.
The match was marked by a yellow card for L. Taylor of Colchester in the 15th minute, followed by yellow cards for T. Flanagan and A. Woodyard of Colchester in the 21st and 32nd minutes, respectively. Walsall also saw a yellow card in the 45th minute, for C. Barrett.
Despite the loss, Colchester had more possession of the ball (54%) than Walsall (46%). However, Walsall managed more shots on target (6) than Colchester (0).
Overall, Walsall proved to be a more effective attacking team, allowing them to secure a resounding victory over Colchester.
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Substitutions colchester: at minute 51 A. Scully came in and O. Edwards went out., at minute 64 A. Read came in and T. Bishop went out., at minute 81 R. Hunt came in and S. Tovide went out., at minute 81 J. Gordon came in and L. Taylor went out., at minute 82 A. Donnelly came in and E. Iandolo went out.
Substitutions walsall: at minute 71 J. Earing came in and C. Lakin went out., at minute 71 A. Adomah came in and J. Matt went out., at minute 90 D. Johnson came in and N. Lowe went out., at minute 90 B. Comley came in and R. Stirk went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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