Walsall 1-1 Colchester United
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Walsall and Colchester extended their unbeaten League Two starts with an entertaining draw.
Callum Harriott opened the scoring for the visitors but Elijah Adebayo's deflected strike in the second half left both sides with a third successive draw.
Jevani Brown was unfortunate not to give Colchester a second-minute lead as he robbed Dan Scarr and beat Saddlers keeper Liam Roberts with a classy chip that came back off a post.
Walsall twice went close as Josh Gordon volleyed over after chesting down a long throw and then crossed for Adebayo to head straight at Dean Gerken from close range.
But it was Colchester who went ahead with a fine goal after 24 minutes as Harriott latched on to Noah Chilvers' through ball and turned James Clarke inside out before drilling under Roberts.
Gerken made a good save to deny Scarr but Walsall levelled after 53 minutes as Adebayo cut in from the left and curled in off the far post with the aid of a deflection.
Walsall had the best chances to win it but the busy Gerken kept out Adebayo's close-range header and thwarted Rory Holden's 20-yarder late on.
Match report supplied by PA Media.