Northampton Town 2-0 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 24 October 2026
Result
Northampton Town 2-0 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 24 October 2026, 11:30 UTC · Sixfields Stadium, Northampton · half-time 1-0
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Northampton Town 2-0 Colchester United: match report
Northampton Town defeated Colchester United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Sixfields Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Matty Warhurst opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Matty Warhurst (9') and Sam Hoskins (50'). Colchester United did not score.
Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 10 points from 10 and Colchester United 19th on 12 points from 11. In the current table Northampton Town are 21st on 14 points and Colchester United are 23rd on 12 points.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Evans of Northampton Town (7.8), ahead of Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (7.4).
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Colchester United's D-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Matty Warhurst
- 15'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
- 30'Yellow card · Moses Sesay
- 32'Yellow card · Lee Evans
- 50'Goal · Sam Hoskins
Form and table
- Northampton TownLast five: L L D W L
- Colchester UnitedLast five: D D L D D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Northampton Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 14 | WLWDL |
| 23 | Colchester United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 12 | LDDLL |
Team news
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Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)
Zach Jeacock, Janoi Donacien, Elliott Moore, Jon Guthrie, James Maxwell, Joe Wormleighton, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Lee Evans, Sam Hoskins, Owen Dale, Matty Warhurst
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Rob Hunt, Jack Tucker, Frankie Terry, Ellis Iandolo, Jay Williams, Ben Perry, Oscar Thorn, Moses Sesay, Beryly Lubala, Bradley Ihionvien
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