Salford City vs Colchester match stats & report

4–3 Full time

League Two · England · Regular Season - 20 · Peninsula Stadium, Salford · Ref Scott Oldham, England

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Salford City beat Colchester 4–3 in League Two on 13 December 2025. Expected goals finished 2.44–1.44. Salford City had 55% of the ball.

Salford City vs Colchester match statistics

Salford CityColchester

55% Ball possession 45%
2.44 Expected goals (xG) 1.44
16 Total shots 14
10 Shots on target 7
4 Shots off target 5
2 Blocked shots 2
10 Shots inside the box 10
5 Corners 3
13 Fouls 9
1 Offsides 1
3 Yellow cards 0
331 Passes 276
67% Pass accuracy 58%
4 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

8' Goal H. Anderson Colchester
9' Yellow card H. Mnoga Salford City
11' Goal K. Harris (assist C. Stockton) Salford City
51' Goal E. Iandolo Colchester
55' Goal A. Read (assist S. Tovide) Colchester
59' Goal A. Oluwo (assist L. Garbutt) Salford City
75' Penalty scored Fabio Borini Salford City
90' Goal L. Garbutt (assist Fabio Borini) Salford City
90+3' Yellow card L. Garbutt Salford City
90+7' Yellow card K. Cesay Salford City

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Salford City

Confirmed 3-1-4-2 Karl Robinson

1 M. Young

29 L. Garbutt 22 A. Oluwo 6 O. Turton

8 J. Grant

14 K. Harris 17 J. Austerfield 21 K. Cesay 19 H. Mnoga

23 D. Udoh 9 C. Stockton

Bench K. Berkoe , Fabio Borini , M. Butcher , B. Cooper , M. Howard , R. Longelo-Mbule , N. Siri

Colchester

Confirmed 4-4-2 Danny Cowley

1 M. Macey

3 E. Iandolo 24 Harvey Araujo 5 J. Tucker 2 R. Hunt

7 H. Anderson 16 A. Read 8 E. Bishop 30 K. Vincent-Young

33 M. Mbick 9 S. Tovide

Bench O. Edwards , D. Gape , Will Goodwin , Kyreece Lisbie , J. Payne , T. Smith , F. Terry

Form guide

Salford City at home

6–1–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.1 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 8.1 per game
Shots on target: 4.9 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Colchester away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 3.5 per game
Shots on target: 3.5 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Salford City vs Colchester head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
26 Apr 25	Salford City v Colchester	4–1
26 Oct 24	Colchester v Salford City	1–2
27 Feb 24	Salford City v Colchester	1–1
22 Dec 23	Colchester v Salford City	2–1

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Salford City vs Colchester head-to-head record