Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 April 2025

Result

Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United

League Two · Tuesday 1 April 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Gillingham · Colchester United · League Two predictions

Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United: match report

Gillingham drew with Colchester United 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 April 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jack Payne opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Gillingham's goal came from Max Clark (77', penalty). Colchester United scored through Jack Payne (20').

Discipline: Gillingham received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 19th on 44 points from 38 and Colchester United 8th on 60 points from 39. Gillingham went on to finish that season 17th with 58 points, and Colchester United 9th with 69.

Gillingham lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Payne of Colchester United (7.5), level with Max Clark (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Gillingham wins, 1 draw and 5 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Jack PayneColchester United · 0-1
  • 45+7'Yellow card · Rob HuntColchester United
  • 48'Yellow card · Ellis IandoloColchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · Tyreece SimpsonColchester United
  • 75'Yellow card · Oscar ThornColchester United
  • 77'Penalty goal · Max ClarkGillingham · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Mandela EgboColchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gillingham 4, draws 1, Colchester United 5.

Team news

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

Glenn Morris, Sam Gale, Conor Masterson, Andy Smith, Remeao Hutton, Robbie McKenzie, Jonathan Williams, Max Clark, Jayden Clarke, Elliott Nevitt, Joe Gbodé

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

Matt Macey, Mandela Egbo, Fiacre Kelleher, Tom Flanagan, Ellis Iandolo, Jack Tucker, Arthur Read, Oscar Thorn, Jack Payne, Owura Edwards, Tyreece Simpson