Swindon Town vs Colchester United

1 January 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee T Reeves

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Ollie Clarke 15’
  • Aaron Drinan 82’
  • George Cox 90+8’ (pen)
  • Jack Payne 44’ (pen), 61’ (pen)

Match summary

Swindon Town came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Colchester United, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Clarke put Swindon Town ahead in the 15th minute and Jack Payne equalised from the penalty spot in the 44th minute. In the second half, Payne put Colchester United in front from the penalty spot in the 61st minute, Aaron Drinan equalised in the 82nd minute, and George Cox won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

Shots finished 15-6 to Swindon Town, with 6 on target for Swindon Town and 4 for Colchester United. Colchester United had a player sent off.

Match stats

Swindon Town Colchester United
15 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Swindon Town Colchester United
Kick-off
Ollie Clarke1-0 (Swindon Town)
15’
44’
Jack Payne
Penalty
1-1 (Colchester United)
Half-time1-1
61’
Jack Payne
Penalty
1-2 (Colchester United)
Aaron Drinan2-2 (Swindon Town)
82’
George Cox
Penalty
3-2 (Swindon Town)
90+8’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Swindon Town
  • Daniel Barden
  • Tunmise Sobowale
  • George Cox
Colchester United
  • Ellis Iandolo
  • Jamie McDonnell
  • John-Kymani Gordon

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Colchester United attacking Swindon Town attacking 
7’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), open play, saved 15’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), set piece, goal 23’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), open play, saved 24’ Tunmise Sobowale (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 26’ Harry Smith (Swindon Town), open play, saved 27’ Joel Cotterill (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 32’ Will Wright (Swindon Town), direct free kick, saved 44’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), penalty, goal 55’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), set piece, saved 57’ Tom Flanagan (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 61’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), penalty, goal 65’ Ryan Delaney (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 67’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), open play, hit the woodwork 72’ John-Kymani Gordon (Colchester United), open play, off target 80’ George Cox (Swindon Town), direct free kick, off target 82’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, goal 86’ Nnamdi Ofoborh (Swindon Town), open play, off target 90+1’ George Cox (Swindon Town), set piece, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Nnamdi Ofoborh (Swindon Town), open play, off target 90+6’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, off target 90+8’ George Cox (Swindon Town), penalty, goal 7’ Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United), open play, saved 15’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), set piece, goal 23’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), open play, saved 24’ Tunmise Sobowale (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 26’ Harry Smith (Swindon Town), open play, saved 27’ Joel Cotterill (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 32’ Will Wright (Swindon Town), direct free kick, saved 44’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), penalty, goal 55’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), set piece, saved 57’ Tom Flanagan (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 61’ Jack Payne (Colchester United), penalty, goal 65’ Ryan Delaney (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 67’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), open play, hit the woodwork 72’ John-Kymani Gordon (Colchester United), open play, off target 80’ George Cox (Swindon Town), direct free kick, off target 82’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, goal 86’ Nnamdi Ofoborh (Swindon Town), open play, off target 90+1’ George Cox (Swindon Town), set piece, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Nnamdi Ofoborh (Swindon Town), open play, off target 90+6’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, off target 90+8’ George Cox (Swindon Town), penalty, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tunmise Sobowale Taken off
73′ – – 1 – – –
Ollie Clarke Taken off
68′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Joel Cotterill Taken off
72′ – – 1 – – – –
George Cox
90′ 1 – 3 – – –
Harry Smith Taken off
54′ – – 1 – – – –
Kabongo Tshimanga Taken off
73′ – – – – – – –
Aaron Drinan Came on as a substitute
36′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Gavin Kilkenny Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – – –
Daniel Butterworth Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Rosaire Longelo Came on as a substitute
17′ – – – – – – –
Paul Glatzel Came on as a substitute
17′ – – – – – – –
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

Swindon Town win 33% Avg odds 2.80
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Colchester United win 37% Avg odds 2.51

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

Form going into the game

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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.