Colchester United 4-1 Newport County: Hosts ease to comfortable win over bottom side

Mauro Bandeira of Colchester United and Joe Taylor of Colchester United clap fans following the final whistle — Image caption,
Colchester United owner Robbie Cowling is looking for a buyer for the club

Colchester United comfortably saw off struggling Newport County to rise to within four points of the League Two play-off places.

The hosts eased into a 2-0 lead by the break with Kyreece Lisbie and Samson Tovide finding the target.

Micah Mbick added their third after the break, but the visitors left with the consolation of a spectacular 35-yard strike from Sammy Braybrooke to savour, but also saw Jack Payne complete the day's work for the hosts.

The U's finish the day 11th in the table, while Newport remain bottom as their winless league run extends to six games.

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Walsall	21	12	4	5	30	19	11	40	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
2 Swindon Town	21	12	4	5	35	25	10	40	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
3 Bromley	21	11	6	4	34	23	11	39	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
4 Notts County	21	11	5	5	35	22	13	38	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
5 Milton Keynes Dons	21	10	6	5	42	24	18	36	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
6 Salford City	21	11	3	7	32	30	2	36	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
7 Chesterfield	21	9	8	4	37	31	6	35	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
8 Cambridge United	21	9	7	5	24	18	6	34	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
9 Fleetwood Town	21	9	6	6	32	28	4	33	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
10 Crewe Alexandra	21	9	5	7	34	28	6	32	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
11 Colchester United	21	8	7	6	35	26	9	31	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
12 Gillingham	21	7	9	5	29	24	5	30	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
13 Barnet	21	7	7	7	28	25	3	28	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14 Oldham Athletic	21	6	9	6	21	17	4	27	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
15 Grimsby Town	21	7	6	8	33	30	3	27	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
16 Tranmere Rovers	21	6	8	7	35	34	1	26	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
17 Accrington Stanley	21	6	6	9	23	25	-2	24	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
18 Cheltenham Town	21	7	3	11	18	34	-16	24	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
19 Barrow	21	5	6	10	21	30	-9	21	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
20 Shrewsbury Town	21	4	7	10	20	34	-14	19	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
21 Crawley Town	21	4	6	11	25	36	-11	18	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
22 Bristol Rovers	21	5	3	13	16	39	-23	18	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
23 Harrogate Town	21	4	5	12	18	35	-17	17	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
24 Newport County	21	3	4	14	21	41	-20	13	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

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

Last Updated 20th December 2025 at 16:59

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home team,Colchester United

Manager:Danny Cowley

Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1

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home team,Colchester United

away team,Newport County

Manager:Christian Fuchs

Formation:4 - 1 - 4 - 1

home team,Colchester United

Manager:Danny Cowley

Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1

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Referee:: Harry Wager
Assistant Referee 1:: Gregory Read
Assistant Referee 2:: Marc Wilson
Fourth Official:: Matthew Norton

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v Fleetwood Town

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2

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v West Ham United U21

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1

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2

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3

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Colchester United remained unbeaten against Newport County last season, keeping a clean sheet in both fixtures (W1 D1). They haven’t kept three clean sheets in succession against the Welsh side in the Football League before.
Newport County have won just one of their last 13 away Football League games against Colchester United (D5 L7), a 2-0 victory in March 2021.
Colchester have kept four clean sheets across their last seven league games, including each of their last two on home soil.
Newport remain as the only side in League Two yet to score from a corner this season, last netting from a corner situation against Bromley back in April.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 8
Match ends, Colchester United 4, Newport County 1.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 8
Second Half ends, Colchester United 4, Newport County 1.
Goal!at 90 minutes plus 6
Goal! Colchester United 4, Newport County 1. Jack Payne (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Owura Edwards.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt blocked. Will Goodwin (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arthur Read.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Jordan Wright.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Attempt saved. Owura Edwards (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Jordan Wright (Newport County). Assisted by Will Goodwin.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Foul by Ciarán Brennan (Newport County).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Jack Payne (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
Postat 89 minutes
Anthony Glennon (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 89 minutes
Foul by Harry Anderson (Colchester United).
Postat 85 minutes
Attempt blocked. Harry Anderson (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Will Goodwin.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Newport County. Tom Davies replaces Cameron Antwi.
Postat 82 minutes
Ciarán Brennan (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 82 minutes
Foul by Will Goodwin (Colchester United).
Substitutionat 81 minutes
Substitution, Colchester United. Frankie Terry replaces Ellis Iandolo.
Substitutionat 80 minutes
Substitution, Colchester United. Will Goodwin replaces Micah Mbick.
Postat 80 minutes
Offside, Newport County. Bobby Kamwa is caught offside.
Bookingat 78 minutes
Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 78 minutes
Foul by Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United).

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