Match ends, Morecambe 3, Colchester United 0.
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Morecambe moved back into the League Two play-off spots with a fine victory over Colchester at the Mazuma Stadium.
Goals from Adam Phillips, Toumani Diagouraga and John O'Sullivan gave the Shrimps the points against a U's side who were reduced to 10 men just before the hour when skipper Harry Pell was sent off for an off-the-ball incident.
Morecambe's opener came in first-half injury time when Carlos Mendes Gomes produced a superb defence-splitting pass for Phillips to run on and round Dean Gerken before slotting the ball into the empty net.
They doubled their lead after 58 minutes when substitute Diagouraga provided the finishing touch to a fine move as he turned home an O'Sullivan cross from 12 yards.
A minute later Pell was sent off for lashing out at Ryan Coney and the home side took advantage of the extra player with O'Sullivan sliding home a Phillips cross from just inside the area.
Colchester had long spells on top in the first half and Callum Harriott was unlucky to see a 27th-minute shot hit the right hand post.
Tommy Smith was also unfortunate to hit the woodwork with a close-range header from a corner in the 39th minute.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Morecambe
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 25Andrésson
- 21Cooney
- 5Lavelle
- 4Knight-Percival
- 3HendrieBooked at 55mins
- 20Phillips
- 24Songo'o
- 16O'SullivanSubstituted forPriceat 90'minutes
- 11Mendes Gomes
- 7SlewSubstituted forDiagouragaat 45'minutes
- 9StocktonSubstituted forMcAlindenat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Diagouraga
- 13Da Silva Mendes
- 18Pringle
- 19McAlinden
- 22Gibson
- 23Price
Colchester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Gerken
- 18Eastman
- 6Sowunmi
- 5Smith
- 3Bramall
- 24Stevenson
- 8PellBooked at 60mins
- 23PokuSubstituted forWelch-Hayesat 66'minutes
- 14Chilvers
- 11HarriottSubstituted forOtehat 65'minutes
- 10BrownSubstituted forFoliviat 81'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Welch-Hayes
- 7Senior
- 9Oteh
- 29George
- 33Marshall
- 36Sayer
- 39Folivi
- Referee:
- Robert Lewis
Match Stats
Home TeamMorecambeAway TeamColchester
- Possession
- Home47%
- Away53%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away5
- Corners
- Home5
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away16
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Morecambe 3, Colchester United 0.
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Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Thomas Eastman.
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Attempt blocked. Liam McAlinden (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Phillips.
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Foul by Miles Welch-Hayes (Colchester United).
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Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Hand ball by Freddie Price (Morecambe).
Substitution
Substitution, Morecambe. Freddie Price replaces John O'Sullivan.
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Attempt saved. Liam McAlinden (Morecambe) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John O'Sullivan.
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Omar Sowunmi (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Liam McAlinden (Morecambe).
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Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Liam McAlinden (Morecambe).
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Attempt blocked. Thomas Eastman (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Stephen Hendrie.
Substitution
Substitution, Morecambe. Liam McAlinden replaces Cole Stockton.
Substitution
Substitution, Colchester United. Michael Folivi replaces Jevani Brown.
Goal!
Goal! Morecambe 3, Colchester United 0. John O'Sullivan (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Phillips with a cross.
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Offside, Morecambe. Ryan Cooney tries a through ball, but Cole Stockton is caught offside.
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Foul by Miles Welch-Hayes (Colchester United).
