Colchester United 4-1 Barnet: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Colchester United 4-1 Barnet
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Colchester United 4-1 Barnet: match report
Colchester United defeated Barnet 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Arthur Read opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Arthur Read (39'), Jack Payne (75', penalty), Jack Payne (77') and Jack Payne (90+4'). Barnet scored through Nnamdi Ofoborh (45+1').
Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Barnet received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 12th on 46 points from 31 and Barnet 11th on 47 points from 32. Colchester United went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Barnet 8th with 76.
Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnet in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Payne of Colchester United (9.0), ahead of Arthur Read (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Barnet.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Samson Tovide
- 31'Yellow card · Joe Kizzi
- 39'Goal · Arthur Read
- 45+1'Goal · Nnamdi Ofoborh
- 64'Yellow card · Will Goodwin
- 75'Penalty goal · Jack Payne
- 77'Goal · Jack Payne
- 78'Yellow card · Oli Hawkins
- 90+4'Goal · Jack Payne
- 90+6'Yellow card · Phillip Chinedu
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Kane Vincent-Young, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Rob Hunt, Arthur Read, Teddy Bishop, Kyreece Lisbie, Jack Payne, Romeo Akachukwu, Samson Tovide
Barnet line-up (4-3-3)
Cieran Slicker, Kane Smith, Danny Collinge, Nikola Tavares, Adam Senior, Ben Winterburn, Anthony Hartigan, Nnamdi Ofoborh, Ryan Glover, Kabongo Tshimanga, Idris Kanu