Colchester: Williams, Okuonghae, Reid, White, Tierney, Ifil, Wordsworth, O'Toole. Izzet (Fox 77), Gillespie (Thomas 79), Lisbie (Heath 90). Subs: Cousins, Hackney, Fox, Batth, Platt.
Saints: Bialkowski, Thomas, Trotman (Gobern 78), Jaidi, Harding, James, Schneiderlin (Connolly 46), Hammond, Antonio (Papa Waigo 61), Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Davis, Perry, Wotton, Holmes.
Referee: Mr. D. Deadman (Cambridgeshire)
Attendance: 8,514
Saints went down to a hard fought 2-1 defeat at promotion chasing Colchester in a game consisting of a variety of Essex weather conditions.
Rickie Lambert's penalty as play entered five minutes of stoppage time came too little too late for Saints who threw everything at Aidy Boothroyd's U's side in the closing stages, but the damage had already been done with a goal in either half from the hosts.
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Match Facts:
23: GOAL Colchester 1-0 Saints, Anthony Wordsworth (low shot 6 yds)
Half-Time: Colchester 1-0 Saints
74: GOAL Colchester 2-0 Saints, Steven Gillespie (low shot 12 yds)
90: GOAL Colchester 2-1 Saints, Rickie Lambert (penalty)
Full-Time: Colchester 2-1 Saints
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