on 18 april, colchester hosted scunthorpe united. scunthorpe took a 30th-minute lead, and they held on until the 81st-minute when tom eastman levelled with his first goal of the season. chris porter then made it 2–1 to the home side as they looked to close the gap on the sides above them in the table, but hakeeb adelakun scored with a deflected effort after two minutes of injury time to cost the u's two points. this meant the u's remained four points from safety with a possible nine available.