Colchester 1-0 Peterborough

Macauley Bonne scored on his 18th birthday to give Colchester United their first league win in 12 matches at the expense of Peterborough.

Posh went close a number of times in the first half, before U's midfielder Craig Eastmond struck the bar.

Lee Tomlin was then sent off after tangling with Eastmond, before youngster Bonne headed in on what was also his home debut.

Britt Assombalonga twice went close for Posh, who slip to third in the table.

The defeat was Peterborough's first away from home this season, and saw them slip behind Wolves in the promotion hunt.

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Colchester United manager Joe Dunne told BBC Essex:

"They played without any fear. I was confident in the substitutions, it was a big call to take Clinton [Morrison] off, I just felt we needed that energy when they went down to ten men.

"Both guys [Macauley Bonne and Sammy Szmodics] went on and did exceptionally well. In the end we should have scored another two or three to kill the game off.

"I won't begrudge them that because I think we deserved everything we got today.

"It's a wonderful header, you don't see many goals like that anymore. I want to pay special credit to the rest of the team."

Line-ups
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Line-ups

Colchester

Formation 4-4-1-1

44Walker
20WilsonBooked at 87mins
27GarbuttBooked at 83mins
6Eastmond
4Okuonghae
39BolgerBooked at 19mins
22Gilbey
15Bean
38LeeSubstituted forSzmodicsat 68'minutes
9MorrisonSubstituted forBonneat 62'minutes
16MonakanaSubstituted forDicksonat 80'minutes

Substitutes

1Cousins
3Dickson
14Bond
19Ladapo
26Spence
40Szmodics
41Bonne

Peterborough

Formation 4-3-3

1Olejnik
31LittleSubstituted forBrisleyat 90+8'minutes
3Ntlhe
14RoweBooked at 62mins
5ZakuaniSubstituted forBarnettat 78'minutes
6Bostwick
11McCannBooked at 65minsSubstituted forSwansonat 78'minutes
8PayneBooked at 55mins
12Taylor
10TomlinBooked at 54mins
9Assombalonga

Substitutes

2Alcock
4Brisley
7Swanson
13Day
17Newell
19Mendez-Laing
23Barnett

Referee:: Stuart Attwell
Attendance:: 4,149

Match Stats

Home TeamColchesterAway TeamPeterborough

Possession: Home47%; Away53%

Shots: Home12; Away12

Shots on Target: Home7; Away5

Corners: Home8; Away7

Fouls: Home14; Away9

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Match ends, Colchester United 1, Peterborough United 0.
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Second Half ends, Colchester United 1, Peterborough United 0.

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Substitution
Substitution, Peterborough United. Sean Brisley replaces Mark Little because of an injury.
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Mark Little (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Luke Garbutt (Colchester United).
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Foul by Danny Swanson (Peterborough United).
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Marcus Bean (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Craig Eastmond (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Kgosi Ntlhe (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Craig Eastmond (Colchester United).
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Attempt saved. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Luke Garbutt.
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Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Craig Eastmond (Colchester United).
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Booking
Brian Wilson (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
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Britt Assombalonga (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Brian Wilson (Colchester United).
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Kgosi Ntlhe (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Macauley Bonne (Colchester United).
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Foul by Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United).

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