Colchester United vs Milton Keynes Dons

17 August 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee J Miles

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Arthur Read 81’
  • Jack Payne 90+4’

Match summary

Colchester United won 2-0 at home to Milton Keynes Dons. It was goalless at half-time.

Arthur Read put Colchester United ahead in the 81st minute and Jack Payne made it 2-0 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 12-11 to Colchester United, with 8 on target for Colchester United and 3 for Milton Keynes Dons.

Match stats

Colchester United Milton Keynes Dons
12 Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Milton Keynes Dons
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Arthur Read1-0 (Colchester United)
81’
Jack Payne2-0 (Colchester United)
90+4’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Colchester United
  • Tom Flanagan
  • Samson Tovide
Milton Keynes Dons
  • Jack Tucker
  • Luke Offord
  • Alex Gilbey

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Milton Keynes Dons attacking Colchester United attacking 
3’ Tom Carroll (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, off target 16’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, saved 25’ Joseph Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), set piece, blocked 28’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), direct free kick, off target 30’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), direct free kick, blocked 31’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), set piece, saved 39’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), open play, blocked 47’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 50’ Callum Hendry (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, blocked 52’ Alex Gilbey (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, blocked 55’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 56’ John-Kymani Gordon (Colchester United), open play, saved 57’ Callum Hendry (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, saved 70’ Jack Tucker (Milton Keynes Dons), set piece, off target 77’ Joseph Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, blocked 77’ Alex Gilbey (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, hit the woodwork 77’ Stephen Wearne (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, saved 78’ Joseph Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), direct free kick, saved 81’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, goal 90’ Tom Hopper (Colchester United), set piece, saved 90+2’ Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, off target 90+4’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, goal 90+4’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 3’ Tom Carroll (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, off target 16’ Mandela Egbo (Colchester United), open play, saved 25’ Joseph Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), set piece, blocked 28’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), direct free kick, off target 30’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), direct free kick, blocked 31’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), set piece, saved 39’ Teddy Bishop (Colchester United), open play, blocked 47’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 50’ Callum Hendry (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, blocked 52’ Alex Gilbey (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, blocked 55’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved 56’ John-Kymani Gordon (Colchester United), open play, saved 57’ Callum Hendry (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, saved 70’ Jack Tucker (Milton Keynes Dons), set piece, off target 77’ Joseph Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, blocked 77’ Alex Gilbey (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, hit the woodwork 77’ Stephen Wearne (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, saved 78’ Joseph Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), direct free kick, saved 81’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, goal 90’ Tom Hopper (Colchester United), set piece, saved 90+2’ Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Milton Keynes Dons), open play, off target 90+4’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, goal 90+4’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Flanagan
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Alex Woodyard
90′ – – – – – – –
Mandela Egbo Taken off
70′ – – 1 – – – –
Teddy Bishop Taken off
62′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ 1 – 5 – – – –
John-Kymani Gordon Taken off
70′ – – 1 – – – –
Tom Hopper
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Samson Tovide Taken off
85′ – – 1 – – –
Arthur Read Came on as a substitute
28′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Owura Edwards Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
Harry Anderson Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
Milton Oni Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Colchester United win 32% Avg odds 2.93
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.55
Milton Keynes Dons win 42% Avg odds 2.25

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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.