League Two · ENG · Round 27

Bristol Rovers
0 - 1 Full time
Colchester United

Memorial Stadium · Bristol, Gloucestershire

Lineups

Bristol Rovers4-3-3
LS1Southwood
JS2↓59'Senior
RH26↓66'Harbottle
AK5Kilgour
JS3Sparkes
KT14↓59'Thompson-Sommers
KC22Conteh
RD15De Havilland
SF7Forde
FC29Cavegn
LT11↓78'Thomas
MM1Macey
KV30Vincent-Young
JT5Tucker
HA24Araujo
EI3↓7'Iandolo
RH2Hunt
AR16Read
ST9↓90'Tovide
JP10↓90'Payne
KL14↓73'Lisbie
MM33Mbick
Colchester United4-2-3-1

Bristol Rovers substitutes

17 Kofi Balmer 6.1 ↑59'
19 Ellis Harrison 6.3 ↑59'
12 Tom Lockyer 6.5 ↑66'
8 Isaac Hutchinson 6.4 ↑78'
13 Brad Young
6 Clinton Mola
25 Ryan Howley

Coach: Steve Evans

Colchester United substitutes

40 Frankie Terry 8.0 ↑7'
21 Owura Edwards 7.1 ⚽↑73'
15 Dominic Gape ↑90'
11 John-Kymani Gordon ↑90'
12 Tom Smith
17 Jaden Williams
19 Will Goodwin

Coach: Danny Cowley

Match events

7'↑ Frankie Terry ↓ Ellis Iandolo⇄
28'Joel Senior
Second half
59'↑ Kofi Balmer ↓ Joel Senior⇄
59'↑ Ellis Harrison ↓ Kane Thompson-Sommers⇄
61'Rob Hunt
66'↑ Tom Lockyer ↓ Riley Harbottle⇄
73'↑ Owura Edwards ↓ Kyreece Lisbie⇄
73'Alfie Kilgour
78'↑ Isaac Hutchinson ↓ Luke Thomas⇄
85'Owura Edwards assist: Frankie Terry 0 - 1⚽
89'Jack Sparkes
90+1'↑ Dominic Gape ↓ Samson Tovide⇄
90+1'↑ John-Kymani Gordon ↓ Jack Payne⇄
90+3'Tom Lockyer
90+8'Micah Mbick

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionLeague Two
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC — 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

2Bristol Rovers wins2Draws2Colchester United wins

6 past meetings on record. Biggest Bristol Rovers win: Bristol Rovers 1–0 Colchester United (2022). Biggest Colchester United win: Colchester United 1–2 Bristol Rovers (2022).

20 Sep 2025Colchester United 1 - 1 Bristol RoversLeague Two
23 Nov 2022Colchester United 1 - 2 Bristol RoversEFL Trophy Final Stage
15 Mar 2022Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Colchester UnitedLeague Two
19 Oct 2021Colchester United 1 - 1 Bristol RoversLeague Two
7 May 2011Colchester United 2 - 1 Bristol RoversLeague One
1 Mar 2011Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 Colchester UnitedLeague One