Match ends, Hartlepool United 0, Colchester United 2.
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Colchester heaped more end of season misery on Hartlepool with a comfortable 2-0 win.
Pools sacked boss Graeme Lee on Thursday and end their first campaign back in the EFL with just one win in their last 12 games and four home defeats in a row without scoring.
They almost went ahead after just 43 seconds but top scorer Luke Molyneux was denied by goalkeeper Sam Hornby from close range.
But the Us - who end the season with three wins from four games - went ahead in the 10th minute.
As the Pools' defence stopped looking for an offside flag, Freddie Sears pulled the ball back for John Akinde to crack home.
The second goal arrived in style eight minutes after half-time. Substitute Chay Cooper pushed forward and cracked in a fine 30-yard shot off a post.
Molyneux, Pools' top scorer this season, was twice denied by fine Hornby saves, while home centre-back Jake Hull went close to a first career goal when Luke Chambers headed his effort off the line.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Hartlepool
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Killip
- 15HullBooked at 90mins
- 4LiddleSubstituted forSmithat 73'minutes
- 5Odusina
- 2SterrySubstituted forOgleat 40'minutes
- 8Featherstone
- 22Crawford
- 3Ferguson
- 10Molyneux
- 7BogleSubstituted forCarverat 67'minutes
- 24Olomola
Substitutes
- 11Carver
- 18Smith
- 20Ogle
- 31Bilokapic
Colchester
Formation 4-1-3-2
- 23Hornby
- 27Coxe
- 4Chambers
- 5SmithBooked at 79mins
- 22Tchamadeu
- 10JudgeSubstituted forCooperat 45'minutes
- 6Sarpong-WireduSubstituted forBennetat 61'minutes
- 14Chilvers
- 7Hannant
- 24AkindeSubstituted forIhionvienat 71'minutes
- 11Sears
Substitutes
- 18Eastman
- 29George
- 30Kazeem
- 35Cracknell
- 37Cooper
- 48Ihionvien
- 49Bennet
- Referee:
- Ben Toner
- Attendance:
- 5,375
Match Stats
Home TeamHartlepoolAway TeamColchester
- Possession
- Home63%
- Away37%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away7
- Corners
- Home7
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 0, Colchester United 2.
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Attempt blocked. Luke Hannant (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Booking
Jake Hull (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Jake Hull (Hartlepool United).
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Kaan Bennet (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Ben Killip.
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Attempt saved. Kaan Bennet (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chay Cooper.
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Foul by Tom Crawford (Hartlepool United).
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Luke Hannant (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Timi Odusina (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Kaan Bennet (Colchester United).
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Foul by Luke Molyneux (Hartlepool United).
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Kaan Bennet (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Tom Crawford (Hartlepool United).
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Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
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Attempt blocked. Jake Hull (Hartlepool United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Carver.
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Attempt saved. Marcus Carver (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicky Featherstone.
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Foul by Reagan Ogle (Hartlepool United).
