National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Colchester United or Brentford that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Colchester United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Carabao Cup for Colchester United, as the manager Brown led his troops to eliminate Ipswich Town, and reach the 2nd Round. Colchester was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Carabao Cup.Colchester United have played 3 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Colchester United club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at JobServe Community Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Leyton Orient. Chilvers (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.22/10. Chilvers scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Bradford City in a game that was won 1-0.The manager Brown will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tranmere Rovers in only four days.
4 goals have been conceded.
Brentford form and stats
Brentford's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Brentford with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
There might be some fixture complaints from Brentford as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 2-3 against Fulham. It is a concern for Brentford that their goalie Raya pulled off six saves in the Fulham fixture, but still could not rescue them from a loss. The attacker Mbeumo got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Mbeumo hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Brentford secured a home win against Manchester United with the score 4-0.A new game in only four days for Brentford, the Premier League home match versus Everton. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Brentford has scored 4 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Colchester United-Brentford H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Colchester United two wins, Brentford five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  N. Chilvers 3 goals |   P. Dasilva 2 goals |  I. Toney 2 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Brentford missing players
| Colchester United | Brentford | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 29 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 12.7 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Salford City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Carlisle United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Newport County | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 21 | Stockport County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Fulham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Brentford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Liverpool | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | West Ham United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
