Colchester United look to JobServe Community Stadium supporters for inspiration before Morecambe match

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

Colchester United are putting faith in their home crowd to aid them to win this fixture with Morecambe. Who will win at JobServe Community Stadium?

Insights:
  • All of Colchester United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Colchester and Morecambe.

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Colchester United form and stats

2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Colchester United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Newport County (placed 14th). Fevrier (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Fevrier served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that game, the 5-4 home victory against Notts County.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Colchester United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Early season league goal statistics from Colchester United's 5 home games: {10 goals}, 10 conceded.

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Morecambe form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morecambe in their League Two matches away.

Morecambe played 1-1 against Accrington Stanley in their previous match. Defender Connolly was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Connolly scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Forest Green Rovers.

We have checked recent matches where Morecambe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

After this away game Morecambe return home for a EFL Trophy game against Barrow. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morecambe as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Morecambe have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when playing Colchester United.

Top Goalscorers

Colchester UnitedJ. Taylor
J. Taylor
5 goals
MorecambeM. Mellon
M. Mellon
5 goals
Colchester UnitedS. Tovide
S. Tovide
3 goals

Colchester United missing players

Morecambe missing players

Colchester United Morecambe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 4 10
3 2 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 3
16 10 2 Scored S 2 3 12
17 10 3 Conceded C 3 8 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 60%
20% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 30%
 
6.1 5.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 5.5
5.9 6.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.3
2.6 3.6 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
14.6 15.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.2 10.9
5.5 7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.8 4
29% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 20% 30%
 
15.1 15.6 17 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 16.8 13.6
5.7 5.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Colchester United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Morecambe's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Colchester United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Morecambe have scored away.
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Morecambe 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 Notts County 11 7 2 2 26 20 5 5 0 0 15 8 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 23
2 AFC Wimbledon 11 5 5 1 20 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 10 20
3 Crewe Alexandra 11 5 5 1 26 17 6 4 2 0 15 8 5 1 3 1 11 9 9 20
4 Stockport County 11 6 2 3 22 13 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 9 20
5 Crawley Town 11 6 2 3 20 19 6 5 0 1 13 5 5 1 2 2 7 14 1 20
6 Swindon Town 10 5 4 1 27 17 5 4 1 0 17 6 5 1 3 1 10 11 10 19
7 Mansfield Town 11 4 7 0 17 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 19
8 Gillingham 11 6 1 4 9 11 5 3 1 1 5 5 6 3 0 3 4 6 -2 19
9 Wrexham 11 4 5 2 23 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 5 1 3 1 3 7 0 17
10 Barrow 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 2 1 0 6 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 15
11 Milton Keynes Dons 11 4 3 4 16 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 15
12 Morecambe 10 4 3 3 12 12 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 15
13 Walsall 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 12 -2 15
14 Newport County 11 4 2 5 20 22 6 3 2 1 13 9 5 1 0 4 7 13 -2 14
15 Accrington Stanley 11 4 2 5 15 17 6 3 1 2 11 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 -2 14
16 Grimsby Town 11 3 4 4 14 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -1 13
17 Salford City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 3 0 3 10 9 -2 13
18 Bradford City 11 3 4 4 12 14 5 2 2 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 13
19 Harrogate Town 11 4 1 6 9 12 5 2 0 3 5 5 6 2 1 3 4 7 -3 13
20 Doncaster Rovers 11 3 2 6 13 19 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 11
21 Colchester United 10 3 1 6 16 17 5 2 1 2 10 10 5 1 0 4 6 7 -1 10
22 Tranmere Rovers 11 3 0 8 15 20 6 3 0 3 11 8 5 0 0 5 4 12 -5 9
23 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 1 8 10 22 6 0 0 6 4 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 -12 7
24 Sutton United 11 1 1 9 12 26 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 0 0 5 6 17 -14 4

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.