Colchester United 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 September 2019

Result

Colchester United 2-1 Leyton Orient

League Two · Saturday 21 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Colchester United 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report

Colchester United defeated Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 September 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

Kwame Poku opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Colchester United's goals came from Kwame Poku (3') and Ryan Jackson (28'). Leyton Orient scored through Conor Wilkinson (44').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 13th on 12 points from 9 and Leyton Orient 19th on 9 points from 9. Colchester United went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Leyton Orient 17th with 42.

Colchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kwame Poku of Colchester United (7.7), level with Conor Wilkinson (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Leyton Orient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Kwame PokuColchester United · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Ryan JacksonColchester United · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Conor WilkinsonLeyton Orient · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Conor WilkinsonLeyton Orient
  • 74'Yellow card · Tom LapslieColchester United
  • 90+6'Yellow card · George MarshLeyton Orient

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Colchester United 6, draws 1, Leyton Orient 3.

Team news

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

Dean Gerken, Ryan Jackson, Tom Eastman, Luke Prosser, Cohen Bramall, Brendan Wiredu, Brandon Comley, Courtney Senior, Frank Nouble, Kwame Poku, Theo Robinson

Leyton Orient line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dean Brill, Sam Ling, Marvin Ekpiteta, Josh Coulson, Joe Widdowson, George Marsh, Josh Wright, Jordan Maguire-Drew, L. Dennis, James Brophy, Conor Wilkinson