a makeshift defence lined-up at milton keynes dons on 29 november as elliott hewitt, cole kpekawa and debutant will packwood started alongside tom eastman, the only contracted colchester played in the back four. dele alli scored after four minutes before benik afobe doubled the home side's lead on 37-minutes, and then scored his second on the stroke of half-time. he completed his hat-trick on 58-minutes, before packwood was sent off on his debut after fouling afobe in the penalty area. ben reeves converted to make it 5–0 as humes brought on jamie harney for his professional debut. lee hodson then completed the scoring to make it 6–0.