having reached the second round of the fa cup for the first time since 2011, colchester faced peterborough at home. kaspars gorkšs was placed straight into the first-team squad. sanchez watt fouled michael bostwick in the penalty area but sam walker saved the resulting penalty from aaron mclean two minutes from full-time. colchester countered from this and george moncur scored in the first minute of stoppage time to seal a 1–0 win for the u's.