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Colchester United
FT
1–3
31 Oct 2026
Walsall
Europa League Sat 31 Oct, 15:00London JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester 4,122 attendance

Timeline

  1. 3' Declan Skura
  2. 34' Elicha Ahui Yellow Card
  3. 45' Jaden Williams for Leon Chiwome
  4. 68' Lewis Simper Yellow Card
  5. 71' Andrew Dallas for Tai Sodje
  6. 71' Courtney Clarke for Lewis Simper
  7. 77' Paul Digby Yellow Card
  8. 78' Ben Perry for Jay Williams
  9. 78' Bradley Ihionvien for Oscar Thorn
  10. 79' Aaron Pressley
  11. 83' Mason Hancock Yellow Card
  12. 86' Kien Connolly for Kane Vincent-Young
  13. 90'+4' Sven Sprangler for Charlie Crew
  14. 90'+6' Courtney Clarke

Match stats

45.9% Possession 54.1%
21 Shots 17
6 On target 9
12 Fouls 16
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
4 Offsides 2
6 Saves 5
270 Accurate passes 350

Lineups

Colchester United 4-2-3-1
22 Lo-Tutala
3 Iandolo 20 Raggett 5 Tucker 30 Vincent-Young
6 Digby 26 Williams
12 Sesay 10 Payne 27 Thorn
11 Chiwome
Walsall 4-2-3-1
1 Ward
3 Hancock 4 Connolly 25 Skura 22 Ahui
15 Moore 8 Crew
11 Smith 7 Sodje 10 Simper
19 Pressley
Colchester United 4-2-3-1
  1. 22 Thimothee Lo-Tutala G
  2. 20 Sean Raggett 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. 6 Paul Digby LM
  8. 26 Jay Williams ▼ RM
  9. 11 Leon Chiwome ▼ F
  10. 12 Moses Sesay AM-L
  11. 27 Oscar Thorn ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 17 Jaden Williams ▲ SUB
  2. 9 Bradley Ihionvien ▲ SUB
  3. 39 Kien Connolly ▲ SUB
  4. 4 Ben Perry ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 1 Tom Smith SUB
  2. 2 Rob Hunt SUB
  3. 24 Frankie Terry SUB
Walsall 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Jed Ward G
  2. 4 James Connolly CD-L
  3. 25 Declan Skura CD-R
  4. 3 Mason Hancock LB
  5. 22 Elicha Ahui RB
  6. 7 Tai Sodje ▼ AM
  7. 15 Isaac Moore LM
  8. 8 Charlie Crew ▼ RM
  9. 19 Aaron Pressley F
  10. 11 Reece Smith AM-L
  11. 10 Lewis Simper ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 9 Andrew Dallas ▲ SUB
  2. 6 Sven Sprangler ▲ SUB
  3. 17 Courtney Clarke ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 26 Ryan Leak SUB
  2. 31 Tom Wooster SUB
  3. 37 Albert Adomah SUB
  4. 29 James Furlong SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+6' Courtney Clarke (Walsall) Goal at 90'+6'
  2. 90'+4' Sven Sprangler (Walsall) Substitution at 90'+4'
  3. 86' Kien Connolly (Colchester United) Substitution at 86'
  4. 83' Mason Hancock (Walsall) Yellow Card at 83'
  5. 79' Aaron Pressley (Walsall) Goal at 79'
  6. 78' Bradley Ihionvien (Colchester United) Substitution at 78'
  7. 78' Ben Perry (Colchester United) Substitution at 78'
  8. 77' Paul Digby (Colchester United) Yellow Card at 77'
  9. 71' Courtney Clarke (Walsall) Substitution at 71'
  10. 71' Andrew Dallas (Walsall) Substitution at 71'
  11. 68' Lewis Simper (Walsall) Yellow Card at 68'
  12. 45' Jaden Williams (Colchester United) Substitution at 45'
3 earlier entries
  1. 35' Jack Payne (Colchester United) Penalty - Scored at 35'
  2. 34' Elicha Ahui (Walsall) Yellow Card at 34'
  3. 3' Declan Skura (Walsall) Goal at 3'

Recent form

Colchester United L D D L L

  • L Luton Town 1-1 EFL Trophy
  • L at Newport County 1-0 EFL League Two
  • D Exeter City 0-0 EFL League Two
  • D at Chesterfield 1-1 EFL League Two
  • L at Northampton Town 2-0 EFL League Two

Walsall L W D W D

  • D at Fleetwood Town 1-1 EFL League Two
  • W Fulham U21 3-2 EFL Trophy
  • D at Swindon Town 1-1 EFL League Two
  • W Oldham Athletic 3-0 EFL League Two
  • L Salford City 4-2 EFL League Two

Head to head

COL leads series 2-1-2

  • 28 Mar 2026 Colchester United 1–1 Walsall 2025-26 English League Two
  • 15 Nov 2025 Walsall 0–2 Colchester United 2025-26 English League Two
  • 8 Feb 2025 Colchester United 2–1 Walsall 2024-25 English League Two
  • 28 Sep 2024 Walsall 4–0 Colchester United 2024-25 English League Two
  • 16 Mar 2024 Colchester United 1–1 Walsall 2023-24 English League Two