Colchester United 2-3 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 September 2016

Result

Colchester United 2-3 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 3 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Colchester United 2-3 Exeter City: match report

Colchester United were beaten by Exeter City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 3 September 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Robbie Simpson opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Colchester United's goals came from S. Szmodics (13') and Kurtis Guthrie (38'). Exeter City scored through Robbie Simpson (8'), O. Watkins (51') and Joel Grant (67').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 4th on 10 points from 5 and Exeter City 23rd on 3 points from 5. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Exeter City 5th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Exeter City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Luke ProsserColchester United
  • 8'Goal · Robbie SimpsonExeter City · 0-1
  • 13'Goal · S. SzmodicsColchester United · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Lewis KinsellaColchester United
  • 38'Goal · Kurtis GuthrieColchester United · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Jack StaceyExeter City
  • 51'Goal · O. WatkinsExeter City · 2-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Ethan AmpaduExeter City
  • 67'Goal · Joel GrantExeter City · 2-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 3, Exeter City 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, Richard Brindley, Luke Prosser, Tom Eastman, Lewis Kinsella, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brennan Dickenson, Drey Wright, Chris Porter, Kurtis Guthrie

Exeter City line-up

Robert Olejnik, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Ethan Ampadu, Jack Stacey, Luke Croll, Pierce Sweeney, Lloyd James, Ryan Harley, Jake Taylor, Robbie Simpson, Ollie Watkins