Colchester United U21 have some lost ground to recover from their 9th spot, and they have a chance vs Burnley U21. Read more!
- Colchester United U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Colchester United U21 form and stats
3-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Colchester United U21 so far this season. Colchester United U21 are slowly digging their own grave here at JobServe Community Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
Colchester are returning here after visiting Hull City U21 and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after failing to win seven consecutive games.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Barnsley U21 that ended 1-1.Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 14 of the 16 latest league games with this club has contained three goals or more.
Colchester United U21 are traveling soon after this match as the Professional Development League match at Reading U21 awaits in three days.
The Colchester United U21 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 12 league matches. Colchester have conceded 20 from these games.
Burnley U21 form and stats
Playing away, Burnley U21 have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Professional Development League this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Farrell, the Burnley U21 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Burnley U21 delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Bristol City U21 (placed 2nd) in their previous fixture.
Prior to that match, the Burnley U21 manager Farrell faced defeat when travelling to Millwall U21 and losing 0-1.Take note that 13 of this club's 17 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Burnley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Burnley U21 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Colchester United U21 missing players
Burnley U21 missing players
| Colchester United U21 | Burnley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 42 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 38 |
| 52 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 20 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 72% |
| 58% | 42% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| 38% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 12.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 52% | 38% |
| 13 | 13.6 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
- Colchester United U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millwall U21 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 29 | 52 |
| 2 | Bristol City U21 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 50 |
| 3 | Swansea City U21 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 42 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Reading U21 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Cardiff City U21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 52 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 29 | -12 | 36 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town U21 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 58 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 34 | -1 | 35 |
| 9 | Colchester United U21 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 32 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Watford U21 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 34 | -31 | 21 |
