It's the Carabao Cup: Manchester United and Colchester United face off

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Competition: England Carabao Cup
Date: Wed 18.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Manchester United or Colchester United that keep their silverware dream alive.

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 Manchester United and Colchester United.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.

Manchester United have played 9 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The points were shared in Manchester United's previous game, also at home. Visiting Everton travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Manchester United won a home game hosting AZ Alkmaar (4-0).

Everyone expects Manchester United to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found ten games: 5 home wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Manchester United have won with at least two goals margin 2 times in similar situations.

Manchester United are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Watford awaits in four days.

Manchester United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Manchester United have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Colchester United form and stats

Colchester United's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 1st round.

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Colchester United have produced an overall stat of 3-5-3 so far. When we have look at the Carabao Cup statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away. Colchester United has drawn their two previous away games.

Colchester United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Scunthorpe United. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Salford City.

A comeback secured a point in the match against Scunthorpe United. Colchester United were trailing 0-2 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with L. Prosser scoring the equalizer.

Colchester United are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found six matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

A new game in only three days for Colchester United, the League Two home match versus Carlisle United. Busy days.

Colchester United have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
10 goals
Colchester UnitedL. Norris
L. Norris
6 goals
Manchester UnitedA. Martial
A. Martial
4 goals

Manchester United missing players

Colchester United missing players

Manchester United Colchester United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
11 7   Won W   5 11
9 5   Drew D   6 9
5 1   Lost L   2 5
39 25   Scored S   20 33
24 10   Conceded C   14 23
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 84%
76% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 60%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 44%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 28%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 52%
28% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 36%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   23% 28%
 
5.6 6.2   Corners For (avg) C F   4.9 4.9
4.8 3.7   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.1 5
1.8 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
0 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
 
368 225   Total Shots T S   143 300
130 80   Shots on Target S O   51 98
30% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 17 16 1 0 42 14 9 9 0 0 26 9 8 7 1 0 16 5 28 49
2 Leicester City 17 12 3 2 40 11 9 7 2 0 19 5 8 5 1 2 21 6 29 39
3 Manchester City 17 11 2 4 47 19 8 5 1 2 22 8 9 6 1 2 25 11 28 35
4 Chelsea 17 9 2 6 31 25 9 4 2 3 11 8 8 5 0 3 20 17 6 29
5 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 5 5 32 24 8 5 2 1 19 7 9 2 3 4 13 17 8 26
6 Manchester United 17 6 7 4 26 20 9 4 4 1 16 9 8 2 3 3 10 11 6 25
7 Sheffield United 17 6 7 4 21 16 9 4 1 4 11 9 8 2 6 0 10 7 5 25
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 5 9 3 24 21 9 3 4 2 13 12 8 2 5 1 11 9 3 24
9 Arsenal 17 5 7 5 24 27 9 3 4 2 14 15 8 2 3 3 10 12 -3 22
10 Crystal Palace 16 6 4 6 14 18 8 3 2 3 6 7 8 3 2 3 8 11 -4 22
11 Newcastle United 17 6 4 7 17 24 8 3 4 1 9 7 9 3 0 6 8 17 -7 22
12 Burnley 17 6 3 8 22 29 9 5 0 4 13 13 8 1 3 4 9 16 -7 21
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 5 4 7 20 24 8 3 3 2 12 10 8 2 1 5 8 14 -4 19
14 AFC Bournemouth 17 5 4 8 19 24 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 3 1 5 10 12 -5 19
15 West Ham United 17 5 4 8 19 28 8 2 1 5 11 17 9 3 3 3 8 11 -9 19
16 Everton 17 5 3 9 20 29 8 4 1 3 11 11 9 1 2 6 9 18 -9 18
17 Aston Villa 17 4 3 10 23 30 8 3 2 3 11 11 9 1 1 7 12 19 -7 15
18 Southampton 17 4 3 10 18 36 9 2 1 6 9 24 8 2 2 4 9 12 -18 15
19 Norwich City 17 3 3 11 18 35 8 2 1 5 13 20 9 1 2 6 5 15 -17 12
20 Watford 17 1 6 10 9 32 8 0 4 4 4 13 9 1 2 6 5 19 -23 9
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 21 13 3 5 37 22 11 7 1 3 16 11 10 6 2 2 21 11 15 42
2 Exeter City 21 11 6 4 28 22 10 6 3 1 16 8 11 5 3 3 12 14 6 39
3 Cheltenham Town 20 9 8 3 32 16 10 5 4 1 22 12 10 4 4 2 10 4 16 35
4 Crewe Alexandra 20 10 5 5 33 23 11 5 3 3 19 12 9 5 2 2 14 11 10 35
5 Bradford City 20 10 5 5 27 18 10 7 1 2 16 7 10 3 4 3 11 11 9 35
6 Forest Green Rovers 21 10 5 6 24 16 10 4 3 3 8 8 11 6 2 3 16 8 8 35
7 Northampton Town 21 10 4 7 31 22 11 7 1 3 19 8 10 3 3 4 12 14 9 34
8 Plymouth Argyle 20 9 5 6 30 22 10 6 3 1 21 9 10 3 2 5 9 13 8 32
9 Colchester United 20 8 7 5 26 19 9 5 2 2 12 7 11 3 5 3 14 12 7 31
10 Port Vale 21 7 8 6 25 26 10 5 4 1 13 8 11 2 4 5 12 18 -1 29
11 Cambridge United 21 7 7 7 25 20 10 4 3 3 13 9 11 3 4 4 12 11 5 28
12 Newport County 19 7 7 5 18 16 11 5 4 2 12 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 2 28
13 Scunthorpe United 21 6 7 8 29 28 11 4 5 2 18 12 10 2 2 6 11 16 1 25
14 Salford City 21 6 7 8 23 30 11 3 4 4 9 13 10 3 3 4 14 17 -7 25
15 Macclesfield Town 20 5 9 6 19 22 9 3 5 1 10 6 11 2 4 5 9 16 -3 24
16 Crawley Town 21 5 8 8 25 31 11 4 3 4 12 14 10 1 5 4 13 17 -6 23
17 Walsall 21 6 5 10 16 27 11 2 4 5 8 14 10 4 1 5 8 13 -11 23
18 Mansfield Town 21 5 7 9 27 30 10 2 2 6 15 19 11 3 5 3 12 11 -3 22
19 Leyton Orient 21 5 7 9 27 35 11 2 4 5 14 19 10 3 3 4 13 16 -8 22
20 Grimsby Town 19 5 6 8 20 25 9 2 3 4 9 15 10 3 3 4 11 10 -5 21
21 Carlisle United 21 5 6 10 20 32 11 3 4 4 10 15 10 2 2 6 10 17 -12 21
22 Oldham Athletic 20 4 8 8 20 29 10 2 5 3 12 11 10 2 3 5 8 18 -9 20
23 Stevenage 20 2 10 8 13 22 9 2 3 4 8 10 11 0 7 4 5 12 -9 16
24 Morecambe 21 3 6 12 17 39 10 1 4 5 9 15 11 2 2 7 8 24 -22 15

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