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Commentary

1¹ ZINCKERNAGEL made space on the left and dragged the ball to ALFA SEMEDO who rasped the ball over. 4¹ SZMODICS shot wide. 13¹ BROWN drove a deadly shot wide from close range. 14¹ GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to McGUINNESS who mishit a shot goalward, luckily ELANGA was on hand to thump the ball into the net. (1-0 Cardiff City) 15¹ GOAL!! A great solo effort from SAYYADMANESH who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball into the net. (1-1) 30¹ A useful ball from ZINCKERNAGEL on the left found STEWART who scuffed his effort inches wide. 31¹ GOAL!! A wonderful run from JOHNSON gave THOMAS space on the left and SZMODICS flicked in his pin-point pass. (2-1 Colchester United) 33¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Colchester United 'keeper. 35¹ An exceptional effort from SZMODICS scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 35¹ BROWN beat two Colchester United players and drove a golden opportunity inches wide. 39¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide ELANGA was able to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-2) 44¹ SZMODICS headed inches over. 47¹ A tame strike from SZMODICS bounced agonisingly wide. 2² GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill PAAL dribbled past McGUINNESS and slammed the ball past the Cardiff City 'keeper. (3-2 Colchester United) 5² ELANGA rushed an easy chance. 19² A cross from ELANGA left UGBO in lots of space but he rushed his shot. 25² KAYEMBE rattled an easy chance past the righthand post. 31² ZINCKERNAGEL was put clear by BOCAT and he pulled away from BEADLE but rammed his shot just beyond the near post. 35² A corner fell to SZMODICS who forced an effort over. 38² UGBO floated the ball to COLWILL who fired it over the bar. 40² A accurate pass fell to ELANGA and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide. 44² DENHAM nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.

Colchester United   League position: 7 Home league form: WLWL Overall league form: LWWLWWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Wesley FODERINGHAM 6½ 1 6½ James BEADLE Ben JOHNSON 6½ 2 7  Perry NG Kenneth PAAL 7½ 3 7  Ciaron BROWN ALFA SEMEDO Esteves 5½ 4 6½ Edo KAYEMBE Naby SARR 7½ 5 7½ Mark McGUINNESS Mads ANDERSEN 6½ 6 6  Ollie DENHAM Philip ZINCKERNAGEL 6½ 7 7  Rubin COLWILL Sammie SZMODICS 7½ 8 7½ Anthony ELANGA(c) (p)Allahyar SAYYADMANESH 7  9 6  Ike UGBO(p) (f)Ross STEWART 5½ 10 5½ Mark HARRIS(f) Luke THOMAS 5½ 11 5½ Max WATTERS Manager Erhun ÖZTÜMER    12    Isaak DAVIES Kieran O'HARA    13    Joel BAGAN Éric BOCAT 7  14    Joe RALLS Luke NORRIS    15    Joe ALLEN Drey WRIGHT    16    Callum PATERSON

Cardiff City   League position: 14 Away league form: LXXW Overall league form: WLLXXWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Colchester United 3 Cardiff City 2 (Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 9,930, Stadium: Community Stadium, Referee: Paul Taylor 7½) Sayyadmanesh 15¹, Szmodics 31¹, Paal 2² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Elanga 14¹, Elanga 39¹ Alfa SemedoóBocat 1²           1 3 7 13 1 0 3 3 10 11 13 14 0 1 45% 55% ¶ Man of the match: Anthony Elanga ¶