Luton Town 3-0 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 August 2017

Result

Luton Town 3-0 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Luton Town 3-0 Colchester United: match report

Luton Town beat Colchester United 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 19 August 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Olly Lee opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Luton Town's goals came from Olly Lee (45+3'), James Collins (52') and Dan Potts (83'). Colchester United did not score.

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

Going into the game Luton Town were 8th on 3 points from 2 and Colchester United 20th on 1 point from 2. Luton Town went on to finish that season 2nd with 88 points, and Colchester United 13th with 62.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Luton Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · A. McCormackLuton Town
  • 40'Yellow card · Dan PottsLuton Town
  • 45+3'Goal · Olly LeeLuton Town · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · James CollinsLuton Town · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Lewis KinsellaColchester United
  • 73'Yellow card · Frankie KentColchester United
  • 83'Goal · Dan PottsLuton Town · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Luton Town 0, draws 1, Colchester United 3.

Team news

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

Marek Štech, Daniel Potts, Jack Stacey, Alan Sheehan, Alan McCormack, Oliver Lee, Andrew Shinnie, Glen Rea, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, D. Hylton, James Collins

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

Sam Walker, Lewis Kinsella, Frankie Kent, Cole Kpekawa, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Tom Lapslie, Doug Loft, Sammie Szmodics, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron