Colchester United 1-2 Swindon Town

Swindon Town secured victory over Colchester to move into the League One play-off places.

U's keeper Sam Walker initially denied Massimo Luongo's superb long-range effort but the loose ball was crashed in by Nicky Ajose to put Swindon ahead.

Town doubled their lead straight after half-time when Dany N'Guessan got on the end of Ryan Harley's cross.

Magnus Okuonghae broke free to head home for Colchester with 12 minutes to go but Swindon survived a nervy finish.

Moments before the U's goal, Luongo's 35-yard strike crashed off the woodwork and Ajose's follow-up was ruled offside.

VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM

Swindon Town manager Mark Cooper told BBC Wiltshire:

"I thought we were outstanding. It's been a long week with a lot of work on the training pitch.

"It's very nice when it comes off. The pleasing thing is we've come away from home and won.

"We wanted to hit them on the break with two wide strikers [in a 4-6-0 formation] which is what we did and I thought the game should have been well and truly over before it was.

"It was totally different to what we've done before and it worked."

Line-ups
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Line-ups

Colchester

Formation 4-2-3-1

44Walker
20Wilson
3Dickson
15Bean
4Okuonghae
39Bolger
41Bonne
6EastmondBooked at 29minsSubstituted forMasseyat 56'minutes
38LeeSubstituted forIbehreat 55'minutes
9Morrison
22Gilbey

Substitutes

1Cousins
11Sears
14Bond
17Ibehre
18Eastman
21Massey
23Olufemi

Swindon

Formation 4-4-2

1FoderinghamBooked at 90mins
14McEveley
3Byrne
15KasimBooked at 70mins
22Ward
5Hall
7Harley
4Luongo
33Ajose
12N'Guessan
19ThompsonSubstituted forPritchardat 71'minutes

Substitutes

11Pritchard
20Storey
23Barthram
25Belford
29Rossi Branco
34El-Gabbas
36Jones

Referee:: Graham Horwood
Attendance:: 3,334

Match Stats

Home TeamColchesterAway TeamSwindon

Possession: Home43%; Away57%

Shots: Home10; Away10

Shots on Target: Home4; Away4

Corners: Home5; Away6

Fouls: Home6; Away11

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Match ends, Colchester United 1, Swindon Town 2.
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Second Half ends, Colchester United 1, Swindon Town 2.

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Attempt saved. Macauley Bonne (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Brian Wilson (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Nicholas Ajose (Swindon Town).
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Foul by Clinton Morrison (Colchester United).
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Nicholas Ajose (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Alex Gilbey.
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Booking
Wes Foderingham (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Jabo Ibehre (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Foul by Jabo Ibehre (Colchester United).
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James McEveley (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Hand ball by Cian Bolger (Colchester United).
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Ryan Dickson (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Dany N'Guessan (Swindon Town).
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Ryan Dickson (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Dany N'Guessan (Swindon Town).
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Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Goal!
Goal! Colchester United 1, Swindon Town 2. Magnus Okuonghae (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
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Attempt missed. Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

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