Match Report
6 points and 5 places separated them: Colchester United 10th with 67, AFC Wimbledon 5th with 73. AFC Wimbledon's recent output lagged their position: 15th on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Colchester United were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.02, AFC Wimbledon 1.22 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Colchester United carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. AFC Wimbledon's unbeaten run stood at 11.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Colchester United win, 5 for AFC Wimbledon, 0 draws, at 4 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 67%.
JobServe Community Stadium in Colchester staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,105. Half-time and full-time told different stories: AFC Wimbledon led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Colchester United: Samson Tovide (89') · AFC Wimbledon: Marcus Browne (39')