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Colchester Edges Grimsby in Tight Contest at Blundell Park
Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – Colchester United secured a 1-0 victory over Grimsby Town in a hard-fought League Two encounter at Blundell Park. The match, played on November 23rd, 2024, at 12:30 PM, was a keenly contested affair. Grimsby enjoyed more possession (59%), registering 9 shots, with 2 on target. However, Colchester, despite having only 41% possession, proved more clinical, managing 10 shots, 4 of which tested the Grimsby goalkeeper.
The only goal of the game arrived in the 79th minute, courtesy of J. Gordon, assisted by J. Payne. The match was punctuated by a significant number of fouls, with Colchester committing 17 and Grimsby 10. Colchester received three yellow cards (O. Edwards, M. Egbo, and M. Macey), while Grimsby remained without any bookings. Despite their possession advantage, Grimsby couldn’t break down a resolute Colchester defense, as the visitors claimed all three points at Blundell Park. The referee for the game was M. Woods.
Substitutions colchester: at minute 75 J. Gordon came in and O. Edwards went out., at minute 75 J. Payne came in and L. Taylor went out., at minute 89 A. Woodyard came in and A. Read went out.
Substitutions grimsby: at minute 76 J. Davies came in and C. Thompson went out., at minute 76 J. Obikwu came in and D. Rose went out., at minute 82 J. Svanthorsson came in and L. Barrington went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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