Welcome to The Utilita Energy Stadium and this match involving Bradford City and Colchester United in the League Two. Tipsway has everything you need to know!
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the League Two. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gillingham.
Bradford City form and stats
6-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bradford City so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Bradford City, as their goalkeeper Harry Lewis has completely shut out the opponents for 246 minutes in the League Two.
Happy days for Bradford City in their previous game, a fixture away at Gillingham (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Smallwood (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.31/10. Smallwood scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Doncaster Rovers with a 1-0 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bradford handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen two goals or less.
The manager Hughes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Walsall in only three days.
The Bradford City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. Bradford have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have only collected 16 points from their away games in the League Two, after 5-1-11 (17 played).
Colchester United aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 328 league minutes without a goal. Hopper was the last player to find the net.
Colchester United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Northampton Town (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Defender Hall was the best team player with a rating of 7.71. Hall won 5 of 6 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Carlisle United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Colchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
Betting on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this club have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colchester United as they have only managed to score 15 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Colchester United have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the squads met earlier this campaign; Colchester United - Bradford 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Bradford City wins - draws - Colchester United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 18 goals |   J. Tchamadeu 4 goals |  N. Chilvers 4 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Bradford City | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 40 |
| 84% | 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 62% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 53% | 59% |
| 41% | 38% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | 35% |
| 19% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 15% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 6% | 3% |
| 44% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 50% |
| 41% | 38% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 31% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 41% | 35% |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 12.4 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.9 | 8.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 58% | 61% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 94% | 78% |
| 10.8 | 11.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.7 | 11.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 71 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 60 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 58 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 56 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 54 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 54 |
| 7 | Salford City | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 52 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -2 | 50 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 48 |
| 11 | Barrow | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -4 | 48 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 46 |
| 14 | Walsall | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 42 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Newport County | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -5 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 33 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 31 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -26 | 28 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -25 | 22 |
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