Luton Town 0-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Monday 26 December 2016

Result

Luton Town 0-1 Colchester United

League Two · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Luton Town 0-1 Colchester United: match report

Luton Town were beaten by Colchester United 0-1 in the League Two on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from C. Slater of Colchester United in the 83rd minute.

Discipline: Luton Town received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Luton Town were 5th on 35 points from 21 and Colchester United 13th on 27 points from 21. Luton Town went on to finish that season 4th with 78 points, and Colchester United 8th with 69.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · George ElokobiColchester United
  • 23'Yellow card · Danny HyltonLuton Town
  • 60'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 69'Yellow card · Owen GarvanColchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · James JustinLuton Town
  • 83'Goal · C. SlaterColchester United · 0-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Luton Town 0, draws 1, Colchester United 1.

Team news

Luton Town line-up

Christian Walton, Stephen O'Donnell, Johnny Mullins, Scott Cuthbert, James Justin, Cameron McGeehan, Alex Gilliead, Glen Rea, Oliver Lee, D. Hylton, Jack Marriott

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, Richard Brindley, Frankie Kent, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Tom Lapslie, Brennan Dickenson, Owen Garvan, Craig Slater, Denny Johnstone, Kurtis Guthrie