Colchester vs Newport

League Two 20 Dec 2025, 15:00
Colchester
Colchester
4–1
HT 2–0
FULL TIME
Newport
Newport
🏟 Colchester Community Stadium Round 21

Match report

Colchester cruised past Newport 4-1 in the League Two on 20 December 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time, with 3 more goals in the second half.

Colchester dominated possession with 63% of the ball and had 16 shots to Newport's 7.

The match was played at Colchester Community Stadium.

Half-time 2-0 Possession 63% - 37% Shots 16 - 7 On target 7 - 2 Corners 2 - 2 Fouls 12 - 9 Yellow cards 3
9
Player of the match
Samson Tovide
Colchester · 1 goal, 1 assist
8 Kyreece Lisbie 1 goal
8 Micah Mbick 1 goal, 1 assist
8 Jack Payne 1 goal
8 Sammy Braybrooke 1 goal
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 9–4 7–3
Shots On Goal 4–1 3–1
Ball Possession 62–38 —
Corners 1–1 1–1
Attacks 76–37 61–43
Match statistics
2 Corners 2
5 Substitution 7
137 Attacks 80
54 Dangerous Attacks 26
8 On Target 2
9 Off Target 5
63% Ball Possession 37%
16 Shots Total 7
7 Shots On Goal 2
4 Shots Off Goal 4
5 Shots Blocked 1
13 Shots Inside Box 5
3 Shots Outside Box 2
12 Fouls 9
2 Corners 2
3 Offsides 2
51% Ball Possession 49%
1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Saves 3
509 Passes Total 484
419 Passes Accurate 394
Line-ups 4-2-3-1  vs  4-1-4-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Colchester · 4-2-3-1
1 M. Macey
30 K. Vincent-Young 5 J. Tucker 24 H. Araujo 3 E. Iandolo
8 T. Bishop 16 A. Read
14 K. Lisbie 33 M. Mbick 7 H. Anderson
9 S. Tovide
Newport · 4-1-4-1
28 J. Wright
2 C. Evans 15 L. Jenkins 5 J. Clarke 3 A. Driscoll-Glennon
8 M. Smith
11 C. Antwi 20 B. Lloyd 44 S. Braybrooke 7 B. Kamwa
9 C. Baker-Richardson
Colchester
Coach
Danny Cowley
Substitutes
  • 10 Jack Payne
  • 2 Rob Hunt
  • 21 Owura Edwards
  • 19 Will Goodwin
  • 40 Frankie Terry
  • 12 Tom Smith
  • 11 John-Kymani Gordon
Newport
Coach
David Robert Hughes
Substitutes
  • 4 Matthew Baker
  • 6 Ciaran Brennan
  • 27 Moses Alexander-Walker
  • 24 Nathaniel Opoku
  • 17 Thomas Davies
  • 1 Nik Tzanev
  • 12 Joe Thomas
Substitutions
  • 46' ↑ M. Baker ↓ J. Clarke Newport
  • 57' ↑ J. Payne ↓ S. Tovide Colchester
  • 68' ↑ C. Brennan ↓ M. Smith Newport
  • 68' ↑ N. Opoku ↓ C. Baker-Richardson Newport
  • 68' ↑ M. Alexander-Walker ↓ B. Lloyd Newport
  • 72' ↑ R. Hunt ↓ T. Bishop Colchester
  • 72' ↑ O. Edwards ↓ K. Lisbie Colchester
  • 80' ↑ W. Goodwin ↓ M. Mbick Colchester
  • 81' ↑ F. Terry ↓ E. Iandolo Colchester
  • 84' ↑ T. Davies ↓ C. Antwi Newport
Cards
  • 2' M. Smith Newport
  • 31' C. Evans Newport
  • 78' E. Iandolo Colchester
Head-to-head
Colchester 4 3 draws 3 Newport
2026-03-07 Newport vs Colchester 1 - 2
2025-12-20 Colchester vs Newport 4 - 1
2025-04-12 Newport County vs Colchester United 0 - 2
2024-12-14 Colchester United vs Newport County 0 - 0
2023-10-03 Newport County vs Colchester United 2 - 1
2022-04-22 Newport County vs Colchester United 1 - 2
Recent form
Colchester D D D W L
Newport D D L L W
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Colchester vs Newport?
Colchester won 4-1 against Newport on 20 December 2025.
Who won Colchester vs Newport?
Colchester won the match 4-1.
Where was Colchester vs Newport played?
The match was played at Colchester Community Stadium.
Who had more possession in Colchester vs Newport?
Colchester had 63% of possession, compared to 37% for the other side.