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Colchester United vs Brentford. Sky Bet League One.

Weston Homes Community StadiumAttendance3,172.

Colchester United 0

    Brentford 2

    • G Alexander (26th minute)
    • C MacDonald (90th minute)

    Bees buzzing on the road

    Image: Alexander: Netted Brentford's opener

    Brentford secured their fourth successive league away win after sealing a battling 2-0 success at high-flying Colchester.

    Brentford enjoyed the better of the first half and Colchester keeper Ben Williams parried Gary Alexander's header in the opening 15 minutes. However, Williams could do little to prevent Alexander from giving the Bees a 27th-minute lead. The former Millwall man swept home his sixth goal of the season from close range after Marcus Bean had flicked on Sam Saunders' corner. Brentford keeper Richard Lee denied Kayode Odejayi and Ashley Vincent sliced over just before the break but the visitors deserved their half-time lead. Bean might have doubled the Bees' advantage eight minutes after the break when he glanced Saunders' cross wide from close range. But Charlie MacDonald converted substitute Michael Spillane's low cross in the closing stages to seal Brentford's win.

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