Colchester United 2-1 Luton Town: result and report

League Two · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Colchester United 2-1 Luton Town

League Two · Friday 30 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Colchester United 2-1 Luton Town: match report

Colchester United beat Luton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom Eastman opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Tom Eastman (15') and Luke Prosser (27'). Luton Town scored through Danny Hylton (88', penalty).

Discipline: Colchester United received 4 yellow cards; Luton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 11th on 55 points from 39 and Luton Town 1st on 74 points from 39. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Luton Town 2nd with 88.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Luton Town in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Luton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Tom EastmanColchester United · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Luke ProsserColchester United · 2-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Dan PottsLuton Town
  • 53'Yellow card · Ryan JacksonColchester United
  • 53'Yellow card · Alan SheehanLuton Town
  • 60'Yellow card · Mikael MandronColchester United
  • 60'Yellow card · Sam WalkerColchester United
  • 88'Penalty goal · Danny HyltonLuton Town · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Scott CuthbertLuton Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Drey WrightColchester United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 1, Luton Town 1.

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Luke Prosser, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brennan Dickenson, Ben Stevenson, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron

Luton Town line-up (4-3-1-2)

James Shea, James Justin, Daniel Potts, Scott Cuthbert, Alan Sheehan, Oliver Lee, Andrew Shinnie, Glen Rea, Luke Berry, D. Hylton, James Collins