The guesting Mansfield Town side are probably the strongest party at Colchester United, as the away team hold a 7 point advantage from their seven league matches this season.
- All of Colchester United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mansfield Town have not yet lost a game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Colchester United form and stats
Three League Two home games done for Colchester United, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Colchester United's last game was hosting Tranmere Rovers (placed 22nd) and winning 2-0. Midfield player Read got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Read served one assist and hit five key passes.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Walsall.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Tottenham U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at JobServe Community Stadium.
Colchester United has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Mansfield have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Christy Pym. It's been 245 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Mansfield Town, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Accrington Stanley (placed 15th) last time out. Attacker Gale got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Gale served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Bradford City.Mansfield Town have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Mansfield Town have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when facing Colchester.Top Goalscorers
  D. Keillor-Dunn 6 goals |  G. Maris 3 goals |  L. Akins 2 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Colchester United | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 6.7 | 7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 6.6 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 16 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 17.5 | 19.4 |
| 5.2 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 26% | 19% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 32% |
| 15.5 | 16 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
- All of Colchester United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Mansfield Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mansfield Town have not yet lost a game.
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mansfield Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Mansfield Town 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 | Gillingham | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Notts County | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Barrow | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Walsall | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Newport County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Stockport County | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Salford City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Forest Green Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
