Match preview: 17 points separate the squads so far this season, Northampton Town having done best. Will Colchester United take the guests by surprise?
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in League Two
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
4 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Colchester United have to build on here at JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two. Three draws in a row here at JobServe Community Stadium for Colchester, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
Colchester United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 238 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Hopper).
Colchester United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Carlisle United. The first loss after going unbeaten through five league matches. Hall was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.04 out of 10. The defender Hall won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that, Colchester United drew at home versus Walsall.Colchester have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
Playing away, Northampton Town have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.
The manager Brady was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Sixfields Stadium. Northampton Town suffered a 1-2 loss to Grimsby Town (placed 16th). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. Northampton were so close to getting something from the game against Grimsby Town, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Hoskins, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Hoskins scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs AFC Wimbledon.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Northampton Town manager Brady as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Harrogate Town.
Northampton are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 15 away games so far. 16 goals have been conceded by Northampton Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered scoreline featuring both these sides is the Northampton Town - Colchester United 3-2 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Colchester won four, Northampton Town were winners in six and we saw zero draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 17 goals |  J. Tchamadeu 4 goals |  N. Chilvers 4 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Colchester United | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | 44 |
| 39 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 61% | 69% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 74% |
| 36% | 31% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 15% | 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 10% |
| 52% | 56% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 58% |
| 18% | 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 29% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 10.3 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 91% | 89% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | 34% |
| 11.1 | 10.6 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11 | 10 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in League Two
| 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 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 70 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 57 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Stockport County | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 51 |
| 7 | Salford City | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 46 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Barrow | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 44 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 14 | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 36 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 36 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 35 |
| 19 | Newport County | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 34 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 30 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -25 | 27 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 21 |
