A cursory glance at the League Two standings suggest an upper hand to Salford City when they come to Colchester United. But; let's await the match before we pick a winner!
- Colchester United have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League Two
- Salford City have the the best goal difference (+8) away in League Two
Colchester United have less rest than Salford City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only three days ago. This match was also played here at JobServe Community Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Salford City have had more rest.
Colchester United form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Colchester United have to build on here at JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two. When Colchester United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Leyton Orient, Bradford City, Carlisle United, Stevenage, Barrow, Northampton Town and Swindon Town), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
The Colchester United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Gillingham here at JobServe Community Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through three league games. Hall, defender, was given a rating of 7.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Hall won 9 of 14 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Rochdale and winning 2-1.Colchester United are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Hartlepool United awaits in four days.
The Colchester fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Salford City form and stats
7-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Salford City in their League Two matches away.
Salford City had fun at their own home (JobServe Community Stadium) last time out, beating Sutton United 2-0. McAleny (2) scored. Attacker McAleny got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" McAleny scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A loss, in the EFL Trophy away at Cheltenham Town, earlier.
Salford have another match that requires travelling in just four nights, a League Two match versus Crawley Town. A difficult itinerary for them!
The travelling fans enjoy Salford City's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Salford City as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - one - one (Colchester United wins - draws - Salford City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 6 goals |  M. Smith 5 goals |   J. Tchamadeu 4 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Salford City missing players
| Colchester United | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 35 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 63% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 58% | 64% |
| 41% | 38% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 40% |
| 19% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 20% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 25% | 16% |
| 52% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 42% | 40% |
| 15% | 23% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 42% | 40% |
| 33% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 28% |
| 4.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 93% | 93% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 42% | 37% |
| 10.9 | 10.5 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
- Colchester United have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League Two
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Salford City have the the best goal difference (+8) away 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 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 57 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Salford City | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Barrow | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 11 | Walsall | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 36 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 30 |
| 18 | Newport County | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -21 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 20 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 20 |
