Colchester United 0-2 Southampton: result and report

Carabao Cup · Saturday 8 August 2026

Result

Colchester United 0-2 Southampton

Carabao Cup · Saturday 8 August 2026, 16:30 UTC · JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester · half-time 0-0

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Colchester United 0-2 Southampton: match report

Colchester United lost to Southampton 0-2 in the Carabao Cup on Saturday 8 August 2026 at JobServe Community Stadium. The half-time score was 0-0.

Cyle Larin opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Colchester United did not score. Southampton scored through Cyle Larin (72') and Romeo Akachukwu (90+2').

Neither side received a card.

Colchester United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Southampton (8.7), ahead of Taylor Harwood-Bellis (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 4 draws and 1 for Southampton.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 72'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 0-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Romeo AkachukwuSouthampton · 0-2

Form and table

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Head-to-head

8 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 4, Southampton 1.

Team news

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Colchester United line-up (5-4-1)

Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Kane Vincent-Young, Jack Tucker, Sean Raggett, Frankie Terry, Ellis Iandolo, Oscar Thorn, Rob Hunt, Jack Payne, Harry Anderson, Bradley Ihionvien

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Flynn Downes, Kuryu Matsuki, Tom Fellows, Lewis Dobbin, Léo Scienza, Ben Brereton Díaz

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