Swindon Town 3-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Swindon Town 3-1 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium, Swindon · half-time 0-1

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Swindon Town 3-1 Colchester United: match report

Swindon Town beat Colchester United 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

Kylian Kouassi opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Aaron Drinan (49'), Aaron Drinan (77') and Aaron Drinan (79'). Colchester United scored through Kylian Kouassi (13').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 10th on 7 points from 4 and Colchester United 9th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Swindon Town are 13th on 19 points and Colchester United are 23rd on 12 points.

Swindon Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Drinan of Swindon Town (8.8), ahead of Stephan Negru (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Swindon Town win, 2 draws and 3 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Kylian KouassiColchester United · 0-1
  • 49'Missed penalty · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town
  • 49'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Dan ButlerSwindon Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Anthony MundaSwindon Town
  • 77'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 2-1
  • 79'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 3-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13Swindon Town145451517-219LDWDW
23Colchester United132651219-712LDDLL

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Swindon Town 1, draws 2, Colchester United 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ben PerryColchester United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Teddy BishopColchester United · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Jake LeakeColchester United · injury (Shoulder Injury)

Swindon Town line-up (4-3-3)

Connor Ripley, Mitch Clark, Stephan Negru, Billy Kirkman, Dan Butler, Anthony Munda, Jack Thomson, Ollie Clarke, Antwoine Hackford, Aaron Drinan, Joe Snowdon

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

Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Rob Hunt, Jack Tucker, Sean Raggett, Ellis Iandolo, Moses Sesay, Jay Williams, Oscar Thorn, Jack Payne, Harry Anderson, Kylian Kouassi

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