Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Monday 29 December 2025

Result

Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United

League Two · Monday 29 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United: match report

Gillingham drew with Colchester United 1-1 in the League Two on Monday 29 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Robbie McKenzie opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Gillingham's goal came from Robbie McKenzie (74'). Colchester United scored through Arthur Read (87', penalty).

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

Going into the game Gillingham were 12th on 31 points from 22 and Colchester United 10th on 32 points from 22. Gillingham went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Colchester United 12th with 66.

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 Tucker of Colchester United (8.0), ahead of Arthur Read (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 74'Goal · Robbie McKenzieGillingham · 1-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Kyreece LisbieColchester United
  • 77'Yellow cardColchester United
  • 86'Yellow card · Armani LittleGillingham
  • 87'Penalty goal · Arthur ReadColchester United · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gillingham 3, draws 3, Colchester United 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ben PerryColchester United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Tom FlanaganColchester United · injury (Knee Medial Ligament Tear)

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

Jake Turner, Andy Smith, Conor Masterson, Sam Gale, Remeao Hutton, Robbie McKenzie, Armani Little, Aaron Rowe, Bradley Dack, S. Palmer-Houlden, Sam Vokes

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

Matt Macey, Rob Hunt, Jack Tucker, Harvey Araujo, Ellis Iandolo, Arthur Read, Teddy Bishop, Kyreece Lisbie, Jack Payne, Harry Anderson, Micah Mbick