Milton Keynes Dons v Colchester United

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Tuesday 26th December

League Two Table

On Tuesday 26th December

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Stockport County	24	15	5	4	53	24	29	50	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
2 Wrexham	23	13	7	3	47	32	15	46	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Mansfield Town	22	12	9	1	41	18	23	45	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
4 Barrow	23	12	8	3	35	19	16	44	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
5 Notts County	24	12	3	9	48	43	5	39	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
6 Crewe Alexandra	23	10	7	6	45	38	7	37	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
7 Milton Keynes Dons	22	10	6	6	37	28	9	36	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
8 AFC Wimbledon	23	9	8	6	35	24	11	35	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
9 Accrington Stanley	24	10	4	10	36	35	1	34	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
10 Bradford City	23	9	6	8	31	30	1	33	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
11 Crawley Town	23	10	3	10	36	39	-3	33	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
12 Harrogate Town	23	10	3	10	27	30	-3	33	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
13 Morecambe	22	9	5	8	35	34	1	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
14 Gillingham	23	10	2	11	19	30	-11	32	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
15 Swindon Town	24	8	6	10	44	46	-2	30	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16 Walsall	23	8	6	9	30	34	-4	30	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
17 Newport County	24	8	5	11	36	43	-7	29	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
18 Tranmere Rovers	24	8	3	13	36	37	-1	27	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
19 Grimsby Town	24	5	9	10	31	38	-7	24	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
20 Doncaster Rovers	23	7	3	13	26	42	-16	24	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
21 Salford City	23	6	5	12	32	40	-8	23	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
22 Colchester United	24	7	2	15	32	46	-14	23	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
23 Sutton United	23	4	5	14	27	50	-23	17	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
24 Forest Green Rovers	22	4	4	14	22	41	-19	16	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

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Key

Position 1, 2, 3 : Promotion
Position 4, 5, 6, 7 : Promotion Play-off
Position 23, 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 26th December 2023 at 19:22

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home team, Milton Keynes Dons

Manager: Mike Williamson

Formation: 3 - 4 - 3

Number 1,
C. MacGillivray
Number 3,
D. Lewington , Captain
Number 5,
W. O'Hora
Number 6,
M. Williams , Yellow Card at 47 minutes
Number 14,
J. Tomlinson
Number 17,
E. Robson
Number 11,
J. Payne , Yellow Card at 55 minutes
Number 2,
C. Norman , substituted for E. Harrison at 78 minutes
Number 7,
J. Leko , substituted for Mohamed Eisa at 69 minutes
Number 18,
M. Dean , Yellow Card at 83 minutes
Number 8,
A. Gilbey

Substitutes

home team, Milton Keynes Dons

Number 28,
D. Devoy
Number 10,
Mohamed Eisa
Number 16,
C. Grant
Number 9,
E. Harrison
Number 32,
M. Kelly
Number 15,
T. Smith
Number 34,
C. Tripp

away team, Colchester United

Manager: Matthew Etherington

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 1,
O. Goodman
Number 3,
E. Iandolo , substituted for A. Kazeem at 69 minutes
Number 5,
C. Hall , Captain, substituted for W. Greenidge at 84 minutes
Number 15,
Z. Mitchell
Number 18,
M. Egbo , substituted for T. Dallison-Lisbon at 24 minutes
Number 16,
A. Read , Yellow Card at 66 minutes
Number 10,
N. Chilvers
Number 37,
C. Cooper , substituted for T. Hopper at 83 minutes
Number 13,
C. McGeehan
Number 42,
J. Fevrier
Number 25,
J. Taylor , substituted for J. Akinde at 69 minutes

away team, Colchester United

Number 24,
J. Akinde
Number 6,
T. Dallison-Lisbon
Number 2,
W. Greenidge
Number 14,
T. Hopper
Number 29,
S. Hornby
Number 7,
M. Jay
Number 30,
A. Kazeem

Milton Keynes Dons
Colchester United

home team, Milton Keynes Dons

Manager: Mike Williamson

Formation: 3 - 4 - 3

Number 1,
C. MacGillivray
Number 3,
D. Lewington , Captain
Number 5,
W. O'Hora
Number 6,
M. Williams , Yellow Card at 47 minutes
Number 14,
J. Tomlinson
Number 17,
E. Robson
Number 11,
J. Payne , Yellow Card at 55 minutes
Number 2,
C. Norman , substituted for E. Harrison at 78 minutes
Number 7,
J. Leko , substituted for Mohamed Eisa at 69 minutes
Number 18,
M. Dean , Yellow Card at 83 minutes
Number 8,
A. Gilbey

Substitutes

Number 28,
D. Devoy
Number 10,
Mohamed Eisa
Number 16,
C. Grant
Number 9,
E. Harrison
Number 32,
M. Kelly
Number 15,
T. Smith
Number 34,
C. Tripp

Referee:: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant Referee 1:: Marvyn Amphlett
Assistant Referee 2:: Joseph Stokes
Fourth Official:: James Oldham

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Match Facts

MK Dons are set to host Colchester United for a league match for the first time since December 2018, a 1-0 defeat under Paul Tisdale.
Colchester have won two of their last three league games against MK Dons, although they lost 3-2 against them earlier this season.
MK Dons have won their last three Boxing Day league games and are unbeaten in four (W3 D1) since losing to Cheltenham Town in 2018.
Having beaten Gillingham on Boxing Day last year, Colchester are looking for consecutive league wins on December 26th for the first time since 2017.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Match ends, MK Dons 1, Colchester United 0.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 5
Second Half ends, MK Dons 1, Colchester United 0.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Offside, Colchester United. Tom Hopper is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt saved. John Akinde (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arthur Read.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Foul by Ethan Robson (MK Dons).
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Arthur Read (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Tom Hopper (Colchester United) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Arthur Read with a cross following a corner.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Joseph Tomlinson.
Goal!at 89 minutes
Goal! MK Dons 1, Colchester United 0. Ellis Harrison (MK Dons) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Payne with a cross following a set piece situation.
Postat 88 minutes
Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 88 minutes
Foul by Tom Hopper (Colchester United).
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt blocked. Jack Payne (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joseph Tomlinson.
Postat 88 minutes
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Owen Goodman.
Postat 86 minutes
Attempt missed. MJ Williams (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ethan Robson.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Colchester United. William Greenidge replaces Connor Hall.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Colchester United. Tom Hopper replaces Chay Cooper.
Bookingat 83 minutes
Max Dean (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 83 minutes
Foul by Max Dean (MK Dons).
Postat 83 minutes
Arthur Read (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 80 minutes
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Arthur Read.

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