Match summary
Colchester United saw off Gillingham 2-0. Colchester United led 1-0 at half-time.
Lyle Taylor put Colchester United ahead in the 6th minute and John-Kymani Gordon made it 2-0 in the 85th minute.
Shots finished 12-10 to Colchester United, with 4 on target for Colchester United and 4 for Gillingham.
Before kick-off
Colchester United win
47%
Avg odds 2.00
Draw
29%
Avg odds 3.18
Gillingham win
24%
Avg odds 3.89
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.