Colchester United 0-2 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 January 2023

Result

Colchester United 0-2 Gillingham

League Two · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Colchester United 0-2 Gillingham: match report

Colchester United lost to Gillingham 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 21 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

David Tutonda opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Colchester United did not score. Gillingham scored through David Tutonda (36') and Tom Nichols (45+3').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 19th on 26 points from 26 and Gillingham 24th on 17 points from 24. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Gillingham 17th with 55.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Gillingham in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Glenn Morris of Gillingham (8.9), ahead of David Tutonda (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Gillingham.

Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Gillingham's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Shaun WilliamsGillingham
  • 36'Goal · David TutondaGillingham · 0-1
  • 45+3'Goal · Tom NicholsGillingham · 0-2
  • 61'Yellow card · John AkindeColchester United
  • 68'Yellow card · David TutondaGillingham

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Colchester United 6, draws 2, Gillingham 2.

Team news

Colchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Kieran O'Hara, Luke Chambers, Connor Hall, Tom Dallison, Junior Tchamadeu, Cole Skuse, Ossama Ashley, Connor Wood, Noah Chilvers, John Akinde, Matt Jay

Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)

Glenn Morris, Robbie McKenzie, Max Ehmer, Will Wright, David Tutonda, A. MacDonald, Shaun Williams, Dom Jefferies, T. Dieng, Oli Hawkins, Tom Nichols