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Colchester United
FT
1–0
1 Jan 2026
Milton Keynes Dons
Europa League Thu 1 Jan, 15:00London JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester Stephen Parkinson 6,404 attendance

Timeline

  1. 20' Rob Hunt for Teddy Bishop
  2. 60' Luke Offord Yellow Card
  3. 61' Scott Hogan for Callum Paterson
  4. 61' Connor Lemonheigh-Evans for Daniel Crowley
  5. 61' Kane Thompson-Sommers for Aaron Collins
  6. 64' Kyreece Lisbie for Samson Tovide
  7. 64' Micah Mbick for Will Goodwin
  8. 83' Aaron Nemane for Marvin Ekpiteta
  9. 87' Jonathan Leko for Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
  10. 90' Jonathan Leko Yellow Card
  11. 90'+5' Jack Payne Yellow Card
  12. 90'+5' Frankie Terry for Owura Edwards

Match stats

59.7% Possession 40.3%
10 Shots 9
2 On target 4
9 Fouls 14
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
4 Saves 1
0 Accurate passes 0

Lineups

Colchester United 4-2-3-1
1 Macey
3 Iandolo 24 Araujo 5 Tucker 30 Vincent-Young
8 Bishop 16 Read
21 Edwards 10 Payne 9 Tovide
19 Goodwin
Milton Keynes Dons 3-5-2
1 MacGillivray
15 Offord 21 Ekpiteta 32 Sanders
22 Mellish 10 Collins 6 Kelly 7 Crowley 2 Jones
13 Paterson 29 Hepburn-Murphy
Colchester United 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Matt Macey G
  2. 24 Harvey Araujo CD-L
  3. 5 Jack Tucker CD-R
  4. 3 Ellis Iandolo LB
  5. 30 Kane Vincent-Young RB
  6. 10 Jack Payne AM
  7. 8 Teddy Bishop ▼ LM
  8. 16 Arthur Read RM
  9. 19 Will Goodwin ▼ F
  10. 21 Owura Edwards ▼ AM-L
  11. 9 Samson Tovide ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 14 Kyreece Lisbie ▲ SUB
  2. 40 Frankie Terry ▲ SUB
  3. 2 Rob Hunt ▲ SUB
  4. 33 Micah Mbick ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 17 Jaden Williams SUB
  2. 15 Dominic Gape SUB
  3. 12 Tom Smith SUB
Milton Keynes Dons 3-5-2
  1. 1 Craig MacGillivray G
  2. 21 Marvin Ekpiteta ▼ CD
  3. 15 Luke Offord CD-L
  4. 32 Jack Sanders CD-R
  5. 10 Aaron Collins ▼ CM-L
  6. 7 Daniel Crowley ▼ CM-R
  7. 6 Liam Kelly AM
  8. 22 Jon Mellish LM
  9. 2 Gethin Jones RM
  10. 13 Callum Paterson ▼ CF-L
  11. 29 Rushian Hepburn-Murphy ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 9 Scott Hogan ▲ SUB
  2. 16 Aaron Nemane ▲ SUB
  3. 17 Jonathan Leko ▲ SUB
  4. 20 Kane Thompson-Sommers ▲ SUB
  5. 24 Connor Lemonheigh-Evans ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 34 Callum Tripp SUB
  2. 27 Connal Trueman SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+5' Frankie Terry (Colchester United) Substitution at 95'
  2. 90'+5' Jack Payne (Colchester United) Yellow Card at 95'
  3. 90'+4' Jack Payne (Colchester United) Penalty - Scored at 94'
  4. 90' Jonathan Leko (Milton Keynes Dons) Yellow Card at 90'
  5. 87' Jonathan Leko (Milton Keynes Dons) Substitution at 87'
  6. 83' Aaron Nemane (Milton Keynes Dons) Substitution at 83'
  7. 64' Micah Mbick (Colchester United) Substitution at 64'
  8. 64' Kyreece Lisbie (Colchester United) Substitution at 64'
  9. 61' Kane Thompson-Sommers (Milton Keynes Dons) Substitution at 61'
  10. 61' Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Milton Keynes Dons) Substitution at 61'
  11. 61' Scott Hogan (Milton Keynes Dons) Substitution at 61'
  12. 60' Luke Offord (Milton Keynes Dons) Yellow Card at 60'
1 earlier entry
  1. 20' Rob Hunt (Colchester United) Substitution at 20'

Recent form

Colchester United D D W L L

  • L West Ham U21 1-0 EFL Trophy
  • L at Salford City 4-3 EFL League Two
  • W Newport County 4-1 EFL League Two
  • D at Crawley Town 1-1 EFL League Two
  • D at Gillingham 1-1 EFL League Two

Milton Keynes Dons D W W D L

  • L at Notts County 3-2 EFL League Two
  • D Cambridge United 1-1 EFL League Two
  • W at Harrogate Town 4-0 EFL League Two
  • W Swindon Town 1-0 EFL League Two
  • D Notts County 1-1 EFL League Two

Head to head

COL leads series 3-2

  • 1 Nov 2025 Colchester United 2–3 Milton Keynes Dons 2025-26 English FA Cup
  • 1 Mar 2025 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Colchester United 2024-25 English League Two
  • 17 Sep 2024 Colchester United 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons 2024-25 EFL Trophy
  • 17 Aug 2024 Colchester United 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons 2024-25 English League Two
  • 26 Dec 2023 Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Colchester United 2023-24 English League Two