Colchester United 3-3 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 October 2020

Result

Colchester United 3-3 Oldham Athletic

League Two · Saturday 3 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Colchester United 3-3 Oldham Athletic: match report

Colchester United drew with Oldham Athletic 3-3 in the League Two on Saturday 3 October 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ben Stevenson opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Ben Stevenson (27'), Callum Harriott (37', penalty) and Miles Welch-Hayes (65'). Oldham Athletic scored through Conor McAleny (52', penalty), Carl Piergianni (53') and Conor McAleny (89').

Discipline: Colchester United received 4 yellow cards; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 8th on 5 points from 3 and Oldham Athletic 21st on 0 points from 3. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Oldham Athletic 18th with 54.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Stevenson of Colchester United (8.4), ahead of Callum Harriott (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Cohen BramallColchester United
  • 18'Yellow card · Courtney SeniorColchester United
  • 27'Goal · Ben StevensonColchester United · 1-0
  • 37'Penalty goal · Callum HarriottColchester United · 2-0
  • 52'Penalty goal · Conor McAlenyOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Carl PiergianniOldham Athletic · 2-2
  • 65'Goal · Miles Welch-HayesColchester United · 3-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Ben StevensonColchester United
  • 81'Yellow card · Jordan BarnettOldham Athletic
  • 81'Yellow card · J. BarnettOldham Athletic
  • 83'Yellow card · Miles Welch-HayesColchester United
  • 89'Goal · Conor McAlenyOldham Athletic · 3-3

Team news

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

Dean Gerken, Miles Welch-Hayes, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Cohen Bramall, Noah Chilvers, Ben Stevenson, Callum Harriott, Kwame Poku, Courtney Senior, Jevani Brown

Oldham Athletic line-up (4-5-1)

Ian Lawlor, Sido Jombati, Tom Hamer, Carl Piergianni, Andrea Badan, Dylan Fage, Callum Whelan, Ben Garrity, A. McCalmont, Conor McAleny, George Blackwood