Accrington Stanley 3-1 Colchester United

Kayden Jackson scored on his debut as Accrington started the season by beating Colchester.

Jackson opened the scoring on nine minutes when he raced onto a through ball from Liam Nolan and finished low into the bottom of the net past Sam Walker.

The Reds doubled their lead on 32 minutes after Colchester failed to clear their lines from a Sean McConville cross and the ball came out to Billy Kee, who rifled home.

Colchester had their chances with Ryan Jackson forcing an early save out of Aaron Chapman, Craig Slater scuffing a shot and Denny Johnstone's close-range strike blocked before half-time.

United boss John McGreal had used all three substitutions by the start of the second half and one of them, Sammie Szmodics, fired narrowly wide just after the restart.

However, it was three on 65 minutes when, from a McConville corner, Nolan headed on and defender Omar Beckles poked home at the far post.

Szmodics got a consolation for Colchester on 82 minutes, rifling the ball home at the far post from a deflected cross.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

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Line-ups

Accrington

• 1Chapman
• 12Beckles
• 3Hughes
• 5Richards-Everton
• 4DonacienSubstituted forHornby-Forbesat 74'minutes
• 7ClarkBooked at 42mins
• 6Nolan
• 28Conneely
• 11McConville
• 10JacksonSubstituted forEdwardsat 81'minutes
• 29Kee

Substitutes

• 2Hornby-Forbes
• 8Brown
• 9Edwards
• 14Leacock-McLeod
• 16Bloch Jorgensen
• 17Sousa
• 18Dallison-Lisbon

Colchester

• 1Walker
• 2JacksonBooked at 67mins
• 18EastmanSubstituted forKpekawaat 38'minutes
• 6Kent
• 35James
• 7Wright
• 4LapslieBooked at 45mins
• 16Murray
• 24SlaterSubstituted forKinsellaat 45'minutes
• 9JohnstoneSubstituted forSzmodicsat 45'minutes
• 19Mandron

Substitutes

• 3Kinsella
• 10Szmodics
• 12Kpekawa
• 22Vincent-Young
• 23O'Sullivan
• 29Gilmartin
• 31Issa

Referee:

Ross Joyce

Attendance:

1,625

Match Stats

Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamColchester

Possession

Home57%

Away43%

Shots

Home12

Away12

Shots on Target

Home5

Away2

Corners

Home6

Away6

Fouls

Home12

Away14

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Accrington Stanley 3, Colchester United 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+3'

Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 3, Colchester United 1.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Liam Nolan (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 90'

Cole Kpekawa (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Jonathan Edwards (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Ryan Jackson.

Posted at 86'

Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Tom Lapslie (Colchester United).

Posted at 84'

Attempt missed. Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Sean McConville.

Goal!

Posted at 81'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 3, Colchester United 1. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Mikael Mandron (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Jonathan Edwards replaces Kayden Jackson.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Ben Richards-Everton.

Posted at 79'

Attempt missed. Mikael Mandron (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 78'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mikael Mandron.

Posted at 77'

Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United).

Posted at 76'

Attempt missed. Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 75'

Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Tom Lapslie (Colchester United).

Posted at 74'

Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Seamus Conneely.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Tyler Hornby-Forbes replaces Janoi Donacien.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Janoi Donacien.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 68'

Ryan Jackson (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Booking

Posted at 67'

Ryan Jackson (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 67'

Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Ryan Jackson (Colchester United).

Goal!

Posted at 64'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 3, Colchester United 0. Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Nolan.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Ryan Jackson.

Posted at 63'

Attempt blocked. Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 62'

Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 61'

Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Mikael Mandron (Colchester United).

Posted at 57'

Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 57'

Foul by Mikael Mandron (Colchester United).

Posted at 55'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.

Posted at 55'

Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

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