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Notts County Edges Colchester United in Thrilling Meadow Lane Encounter
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire – Notts County secured a 1-0 victory over Colchester United in a hard-fought match at Meadow Lane on February 18th, 2025, as part of League Two’s 19th round. Despite enjoying significantly more possession (71% to Colchester’s 29%), the game was a closely contested affair with plenty of goal-scoring opportunities.
C. Grant opened the scoring for Notts County in the 3rd minute, assisted by K. Gordon. An own goal by Z. Johnson in the 48th minute doubled the lead for the home side.
The match saw several yellow cards issued: J. McDonnell and M. Egbo for Colchester, and R. Cundy for Notts County.
Colchester, despite managing 10 shots with 5 on target, found the Notts County defense resolute, conceding only two shots off target. Notts County registered 10 shots, two on target. The corner count also favoured Notts County (8-3), reflecting their territorial dominance. The referee for the encounter was S. Jackson.
Substitutions colchester: at minute 69 L. Taylor came in and T. Simpson went out., at minute 69 K. Vincent-Young came in and O. Edwards went out., at minute 81 J. Gordon came in and H. Anderson went out., at minute 90 A. Read came in and T. Bishop went out.
Substitutions notts county: at minute 73 C. Whitaker came in and C. Edwards went out., at minute 73 W. Jarvis came in and N. Tsaroulla went out., at minute 73 M. Traore came in and C. Grant went out., at minute 74 R. Cundy came in and R. McDonald went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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