Chesterfield 3-0 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 3 March 2026
Result
Chesterfield 3-0 Colchester United
League Two · Tuesday 3 March 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chesterfield 3-0 Colchester United: match report
Chesterfield defeated Colchester United 3-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 3 March 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Chesterfield's goals came from Will Grigg (26', penalty), Dilan Markanday (39') and Lee Bonis (72'). Colchester United did not score.
Discipline: Chesterfield received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chesterfield were 8th on 53 points from 34 and Colchester United 12th on 49 points from 33. Chesterfield went on to finish that season 7th with 80 points, and Colchester United 12th with 66.
Chesterfield lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Curtis of Chesterfield (7.7), ahead of Dilan Markanday (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Chesterfield wins, 1 draw and 2 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Teddy Bishop
- 26'Penalty goal · Will Grigg
- 30'Yellow card · Jack Tucker
- 39'Goal · Dilan Markanday
- 40'Yellow card
- 41'Yellow card
- 61'Yellow card
- 61'Yellow card
- 72'Goal · Lee Bonis
- 87'Yellow card
- 90+2'Yellow card
Head-to-head
Team news
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Chesterfield line-up (4-2-3-1)
Zach Hemming, Sam Curtis, Kyle McFadzean, Sil Swinkels, Malik Owolabi-Belewu, Tom Naylor, Ryan Stirk, Dilan Markanday, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, James Berry, Will Grigg
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Kane Vincent-Young, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Rob Hunt, Arthur Read, Teddy Bishop, Kyreece Lisbie, Jack Payne, Harry Anderson, Samson Tovide