Colchester United 0-4 Portsmouth: result and report

League Two · Saturday 11 March 2017

Result

Colchester United 0-4 Portsmouth

League Two · Saturday 11 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 0-4 Portsmouth: match report

Colchester United lost to Portsmouth 0-4 in the League Two on Saturday 11 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

E. Doyle opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Colchester United did not score. Portsmouth scored through E. Doyle (22'), K. Bennett (46'), D. Rose (61') and Michael Doyle (74').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 9th on 51 points from 35 and Portsmouth 3rd on 59 points from 35. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Portsmouth 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · E. DoylePortsmouth · 0-1
  • 46'Goal · K. BennettPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · D. RosePortsmouth · 0-3
  • 63'Yellow card · C. JamesColchester United
  • 74'Goal · Michael DoylePortsmouth · 0-4

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 1, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, George Elokobi, Cameron James, Matthew Briggs, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brennan Dickenson, Owen Garvan, Sean Murray, Drey Wright, Chris Porter

Portsmouth line-up

David Forde, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Eoin Doyle