Colchester and Swindon Town played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at the Weston Homes Community Stadium.
Both teams lacked a cutting edge in front of goal, with chances at a premium throughout.
Matty Taylor's deflected free-kick sailed straight into the arms of Colchester keeper Dillon Barnes early on and Scotty Twine ran towards goal but curled a shot well over the bar.
At the other end, Drey Wright's first time cross-come-shot flew wide of the far post midway through the first half and Mikael Mandron hooked a first-time shot off target, soon after.
Colchester finished the first half strongly, with Courtney Senior firing over from Sean Murray's lay-off and Swindon keeper Stuart Moore pushing away Wright's fine goalbound effort for a corner, just before the interval.
Wright drove a fierce cross-shot just wide for Colchester shortly before the hour mark and the hosts felt they should have had a penalty when substitute Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe went down under Ryan McGivern's challenge with 14 minutes remaining but the points were shared.
English League Two Standings
POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lincoln City | 31 | +24 | 61 |
2 | Mansfield Town | 33 | +22 | 58 |
3 | Bury | 32 | +23 | 57 |
4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 32 | +18 | 53 |
5 | Colchester United | 32 | +17 | 52 |
6 | Carlisle United | 32 | +12 | 52 |
7 | Forest Green Rovers | 32 | +15 | 51 |
8 | Exeter City | 31 | +12 | 51 |
9 | Stevenage | 32 | -4 | 47 |
10 | Swindon Town | 32 | -3 | 46 |
11 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | +11 | 45 |
12 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | +5 | 45 |
13 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | -3 | 45 |
14 | Grimsby Town | 32 | -3 | 43 |
15 | Newport County | 31 | -10 | 43 |
16 | Northampton Town | 32 | -4 | 38 |
17 | Crawley Town | 32 | -10 | 37 |
18 | Cheltenham Town | 31 | -12 | 35 |
19 | Cambridge United | 31 | -21 | 35 |
20 | Port Vale | 31 | -11 | 33 |
21 | Yeovil Town | 32 | -11 | 30 |
22 | Morecambe | 31 | -18 | 29 |
23 | Macclesfield Town | 32 | -21 | 28 |
24 | Notts County | 32 | -28 | 28 |
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