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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Layer Road Ground
  • Attendance: 5609
  • Referee: Taylor, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

84 mins

Dele Adebola is being taken off, Tamas Vasko has come on in his place.

80 mins

Bristol City are replacing Ivan Sproule with Cole Skuse.

79 mins

It's red. He's off. Bradley Orr has been sent off.

78 mins

Kemal Izzet is booked for unsporting behaviour.

67 mins

Kevin McLeod is being taken off, Kevin Lisbie has come on in his place.

58 mins

Goal!! Michael McIndoe scores for Bristol City.

55 mins

Nick Carle is being taken off, Darren Byfield has come on in his place.

52 mins

Goal!! Bristol City have scored with Dele Adebola putting it in the back of the net.

50 mins

Goal!! Colchester have scored with Clive Platt putting it in the back of the net.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

46 mins

Colchester are replacing Chris Coyne with Dean Hammond.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

39 mins

Colchester are replacing John White with Danny Granville.

32 mins

Bradley Orr goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Bristol City boosted their hopes of automatic promotion by coming from behind to beat relegation-haunted Colchester United in a topsy-turvy clash at Layer Road.

After a first half of few chances, the game really burst into life when the U's took the lead on 50 minutes thanks to Clive Platt's eighth goal of the season.

City keeper Adriano Basso could not hold on to a stinging drive from winger Kevin McLeod and there was striker Platt to sweep home the rebound for his first goal of 2008.

But Colchester's lead only lasted for 90 seconds, which is all it took for Dele Adebola to nod home the equaliser.

Adebola rose above the U's defence to head home a cross from Jamie McAllister, and the Robins never looked back.

They grabbed what proved to be the winner on 58 minutes when catching the home team out with a quickly-taken free-kick.

Michael McIndoe's long-range shot took a wicked deflection off a home player as the ball looped over stranded keeper Dean Gerken and into the roof of the net.

The visitors did suffer a setback when right-back Bradley Orr was sent off with 11 minutes remaining.

Orr had been booked in the first half for a foul on McLeod, and he was then shown a second yellow and ensuing red card for kicking the ball away after committing another foul.

However, Colchester could not make their numerical advantage count during the closing minutes as Bristol City held on to return to the top two and an automatic promotion slot.

Their manager Gary Johnson believes that promotion will be theirs if they can win seven of their last 12 fixtures, while Colchester face a very different task at the other end of the table.

The Essex club are second from bottom and four points adrift of safety. They played well for 50 minutes against City, but faded badly from then on.

Their cause was not helped by injuries to defenders John White (dislocated elbow) and Chris Coyne (concussion), who both took no part in the second half.

Colchester United Team

Bristol City Team

Colchester United

Bristol City

Corners

4 5

Fouls

8 15

Goal attempts

6 9

Shots off target

4 3

Offsides

1 10

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