Colchester United vs Milton Keynes Dons

19 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee C Brook

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Joe Taylor 10’, 13’

Mohamed Eisa 8’
Alex Gilbey 88’
Matthew Dennis 90+10’

Match summary

Milton Keynes Dons came from behind to win 3-2 away at Colchester United, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Colchester United led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Eisa put Milton Keynes Dons ahead with a header in the 8th minute, Joe Taylor equalised in the 10th minute, and Taylor put Colchester United in front in the 13th minute. In the second half, Alex Gilbey equalised in the 88th minute and Matthew Dennis won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 18-12 to Milton Keynes Dons, with 4 on target for Colchester United and 6 for Milton Keynes Dons.

Match stats

12 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 6

5 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Colchester United Milton Keynes Dons

Kick-off

8’

Mohamed Eisa

0-1

Joe Taylor

1-1

10’

Joe Taylor

2-1

13’

Half-time2-1

88’

Alex Gilbey

2-2

90+10’

Matthew Dennis

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Colchester United

Mandela Egbo
Junior Tchamadeu
Noah Chilvers
Jayden Fevrier
Bradley Ihionvien

Milton Keynes Dons

Alex Gilbey
Daniel Harvie
Mohamed Eisa
Conor Grant

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Milton Keynes Dons attacking Colchester United attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Owen Goodman	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mandela Egbo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Dallison Taken off	55′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Hall	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Nico Lawrence	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Junior Tchamadeu	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Arthur Read	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Noah Chilvers	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Jayden Fevrier	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Joe Taylor Taken off	89′	2	–	4	–	–	–	–
Bradley Ihionvien Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Al-Amin Kazeem Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Mauro Bandeira Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Donnell Thomas Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Craig McGillivray	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Warren O'Hora	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Tucker	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Tommy Smith Taken off	77′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Norman	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Alex Gilbey	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–
Ethan Robson Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dawson Devoy	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Daniel Harvie	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Mohamed Eisa Taken off	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–
Jonathan Leko Taken off	63′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ashley Hunter Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matthew Dennis Came on as a substitute	27′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Conor Grant Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 35% Avg odds 2.69

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.22

Milton Keynes Dons win 36% Avg odds 2.60

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

Form going into the game

Colchester United W L L L L

Milton Keynes Dons W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Colchester United, 26 Dec 23 All Colchester United vs Milton Keynes Dons meetings

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.