League Two Β· ENG Β· Round 3

Shrewsbury Town
0 - 2 Full time
Colchester United

The Croud Meadow Β· Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Lineups

Shrewsbury Town3-5-2
EH1Harrison
SS26Stubbs
TA4Anderson
WB5↓84'Boyle
LH2Hoole
TP14Perry
TM7McDermott
HB8↓68'Biggins
SC6↓84'Clucas
JM27Marquis
GL9Lloyd
MM1Macey
RH2Hunt
JT5Tucker
TF6Flanagan
JP26Powell
BP4↓12'Perry
TB8↓82'Bishop
JG11↓71'Gordon
JP10↓71'Payne
OE21Edwards
ST9βš½β†“71'Tovide
Colchester United4-2-3-1

Shrewsbury Town substitutes

17 Alex Gilliead 6.6 ↑68'
23 George Nurse ↑84'
11 Anthony Scully ↑84'
13 Toby Savin
22 Aristote Nsiala
38 Isaac England
24 Callum Stewart

Coach: Michael Appleton

Colchester United substitutes

16 Arthur Read 7.3 ↑12'
23 Adrian Akande 6.1 ↑71'
14 Kyreece Lisbie 7.2 βš½β†‘71'
18 Oscar Thorn 6.7 ↑71'
30 Kane Vincent-Young ↑82'
12 Tom Smith
17 Jaden Williams

Coach: Danny Cowley

Match events

12'↑ Arthur Read ↓ Ben Perry⇄
22'William Boyle
Second half
57'Samson Tovide assist: Jack Payne 0 - 1⚽
65'Tommy McDermott
68'↑ Alex Gilliead ↓ Harrison Biggins⇄
70'Jack Payne
71'↑ Kyreece Lisbie ↓ John-Kymani Gordon⇄
71'↑ Oscar Thorn ↓ Jack Payne⇄
71'↑ Adrian Akande ↓ Samson Tovide⇄
79'Taylor Perry
82'↑ Kane Vincent-Young ↓ Teddy Bishop⇄
83'Kyreece Lisbie 0 - 2⚽
84'↑ Anthony Scully ↓ William Boyle⇄
84'↑ George Nurse ↓ Sam Clucas⇄

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionLeague Two
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

2Shrewsbury Town wins4Draws1Colchester United wins

7 past meetings on record. Biggest Shrewsbury Town win: Shrewsbury Town 4–2 Colchester United (2015).

4 Nov 2023Shrewsbury Town 3 - 2 Colchester UnitedFA Cup
27 Feb 2016Colchester United 0 - 0 Shrewsbury TownLeague One
10 Oct 2015Shrewsbury Town 4 - 2 Colchester UnitedLeague One
18 Mar 2014Colchester United 1 - 0 Shrewsbury TownLeague One
22 Oct 2013Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Colchester UnitedLeague One
20 Apr 2013Colchester United 0 - 0 Shrewsbury TownLeague One
27 Oct 2012Shrewsbury Town 2 - 2 Colchester UnitedLeague One