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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Ashton Gate
  • Attendance: 16484
  • Referee: Hegley, G

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Luke Guttridge goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90 mins

Phil Ifil is being taken off, Bela Balogh has come on in his place.

90 mins

Lee Trundle is being taken off, Jamie McCombe has come on in his place.

82 mins

Dean Gerken is replaced by Mark Cousins.

79 mins

Darren Byfield is being taken off, Enoch Showunmi has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by G Hegley

34 mins

The referee has booked Ivan Sproule.

33 mins

Goal!! Bristol City have scored with Ivan Sproule putting it in the back of the net.

6 mins

Goal!! Kevin Lisbie scores for Colchester.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, January 12th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Bristol City dropped two home points as they were held to a draw by struggling Colchester United, but they could easily have been three goals behind inside the first 15 minutes.

With Hungarian centre-back Tamas Vasko struggling to mark Colchester's main striker Kevin Lisbie, City's back-line was in disarray.

Each time Lisbie ran at him, City were in trouble. He scored after six minutes, side-footing home from 12 yards for Colchester's first goal in four visits to Ashton Gate.

It followed a break-out from a corner and Lisbie almost grabbed a second two minutes later with Vasko standing too far off him to the fury of the home bench.

City's Brazilian keeper Adriano Basso fended off his right-footed flick and then made a good save from Johnnie Jackson before the Robins pulled their game together.

They did so down the flank where Ivan Sproule and Michael McIndoe were given space and time to move forward on a packed defence.

Chris Coyne, signed from stricken Luton Town for £350,000, did a resolute job at the heart of Colchester's defence, but their other new signing, Spurs' Phil Ifil, had a much more difficult time against Sproule.

Running on to a throughball from Lee Johnson, the Irishman put City level on 33 minutes with a thumping cross-drive past keeper Dean Gerken.

Trouble built for Colchester from a string of corners. From one, Vasko thought he had made up for his earlier errors, but was ruled offside. From another, Ifil cleared off the line, while McIndoe kept the pressure on with a shot which crashed onto the bar.

This was City's best spell but, after they failed to take their chances, Colchester upped their game in the second half and Jackson had the chance of the game to restore their lead.

For the final ten minutes, they played with substitute goalkeeper Mark Cousins after Gerken was injured, but City never had the finishing power to worry their visitors.

Bristol City Team

Colchester United Team

Bristol City

Colchester United

Corners

10 3

Fouls

7 16

Goal attempts

14 11

Shots off target

10 7

Offsides

8 5

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