Colchester United 2-2 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 March 2022

Result

Colchester United 2-2 Leyton Orient

League Two · Tuesday 1 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Colchester United 2-2 Leyton Orient: match report

Colchester United drew with Leyton Orient 2-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 March 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ruel Sotiriou opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Myles Kenlock (75') and Owura Edwards (79'). Leyton Orient scored through Ruel Sotiriou (66') and Ethan Coleman (90+3').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 32 points from 33 and Leyton Orient 18th on 33 points from 31. Colchester United went on to finish that season 15th with 55 points, and Leyton Orient 13th with 58.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leyton Orient in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Coleman of Leyton Orient (8.1), ahead of Alan Judge (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Leyton Orient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient
  • 36'Yellow card · Petr BadloColchester United
  • 41'Yellow card · Matt YoungLeyton Orient
  • 66'Goal · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient · 0-1
  • 75'Goal · Myles KenlockColchester United · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Harry SmithLeyton Orient
  • 79'Goal · Owura EdwardsColchester United · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Paul SmythLeyton Orient
  • 90+3'Goal · Ethan ColemanLeyton Orient · 2-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Freddie SearsColchester United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 1, Leyton Orient 0.

Team news

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

Shamal George, Cameron Coxe, Luke Chambers, Tom Dallison, Myles Kenlock, Cole Skuse, Alan Judge, Owura Edwards, Noah Chilvers, Luke Hannant, Freddie Sears

Leyton Orient line-up (4-3-3)

Lawrence Vigouroux, Adam Thompson, George Ray, Omar Beckles, Connor Wood, Ethan Coleman, Darren Pratley, Matt Young, Otis Khan, Harry Smith, Ruel Sotiriou