Walsall were back in League Two action on Saturday afternoon as they made their way to Essex and the JobServe Community Stadium, where they took on Colchester United.
Walsall opened the scoring after sixty-five minutes as Charlie Lakin grabbed his third goal of the campaign with a composed finish from just inside the United box.
Sadly for the Saddlers, Colchester levelled the scores just a few minutes later as Teddy Bishop finished past Tommy Simkin following something of a scramble inside the area.
Owura Edwards put the hope side into the lead with just over fifteen minutes of normal time remaining after he was allowed to drift inside before unleashing an effort from outside the box.
Walsall's afternoon went from bad to worse as Taylor Allen, who was making his 100th club appearance, picked up his second booking of the afternoon and was sent for an early shower with twelve minutes left on the clock.
SKY BET LEAGUE TWO
| COLCHESTER | 2-1 | WALSALL |
| BISHOP (69') EDWARDS (74') |
GOALSCORERS |
LAKIN (65') |
| IANDOLO (74') | ASSISTS | HARRISON (65') |
| 65 | POSSESSION (%) | 35 |
| 9 | SHOTS (TOTAL) | 8 |
| 3 | SHOTS (ON TARGET) | 4 |
| 1 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 1 |
| 3 | GOALKEEPER SAVES | 1 |
| 5 | CORNERS | 2 |
| 14 | FOULS | 16 |
| 4 | YELLOW CARDS | 5 |
| 0 | RED CARDS | 1 |
| AT | JOBSERVE COMMUNITY STADIUM |
| ATTENDANCE | 4,734 (453) |
| REFEREE | LEE SWABEY (DEVON) |
COLCHESTER UNITED
Macey; Egbo, Kelleher 🟨, Flanagan 🟨, Iandolo; McDonnell, Bishop; Anderson, Payne 🟨, Edwards (Vincent-Young, 85'); Taylor (Simpson, 90+4'🟨)
Unused: Smith, Tucker, Read, Thorn, Aboh
WALSALL
Simkin; McEntee 🟨, Okagbue, Allen 🟨🟨🟥; Stirk (Amantchi, 86'); C. Barrett, Jellis, Lakin (Comley, 86'), L. Gordon; Harrison (Johnson, 86'), Matt 🟨 (Adomah, 66')
Unused: Hornby, Williams, Weir
🟨 Mat Sadler
