It's the EFL Trophy: Colchester United and Charlton Athletic face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 04.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

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

It's no vacation for neither Colchester United nor Charlton Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Colchester United form and stats

Colchester was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the EFL Trophy.

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Colchester United have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at JobServe Community Stadium.

The followers are hoping that Colchester United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against AFC Wimbledon. Appiah, who plays in attack, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Appiah scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the home League Two game against Rochdale that was lost 0-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Harrogate Town are coming to town in four days.

Colchester United have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Colchester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Charlton Athletic's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the quarter-finals.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charlton Athletic so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Charlton played 1-1 against Oxford United in their previous match. Midfielder Fraser was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Fraser hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).

Prior to that match, the Charlton Athletic manager Garner faced defeat when travelling to Barnsley and losing 1-3.

The schedule is very tough for Charlton Athletic now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Lincoln City is waiting in only four days.

As for defending, Charlton rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Colchester United won two games, one match ended with a tie and Charlton Athletic have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Colchester UnitedN. Chilvers
N. Chilvers
3 goals
Charlton AthleticS. Fraser
S. Fraser
3 goals
Charlton AthleticM. Leaburn
M. Leaburn
3 goals

Colchester United missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colchester United Charlton Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   15 25
7 3   Won W   5 9
6 4   Drew D   5 9
12 6   Lost L   5 7
29 15   Scored S   21 39
36 19   Conceded C   20 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
76% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 76%
44% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 40%
28% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 32%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 16%
52% 54%   BTTS BTTS   53% 60%
16% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 28%
32% 31%   Failed to Score F T   27% 16%
 
4.1 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.4
4.3 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.3
1.4 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.1 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 11.4
2.2 2.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
50% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 40%
 
12.3 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11
4.9 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Colchester United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Brighton U21 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
4 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Leyton Orient 11 9 1 1 19 6 6 5 0 1 11 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 13 28
2 Northampton Town 11 8 2 1 23 12 6 5 0 1 13 6 5 3 2 0 10 6 11 26
3 Stevenage 11 8 1 2 14 10 5 5 0 0 7 2 6 3 1 2 7 8 4 25
4 Bradford City 11 6 3 2 18 10 6 3 3 0 9 3 5 3 0 2 9 7 8 21
5 Salford City 11 6 3 2 16 9 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 21
6 Barrow 11 7 0 4 15 12 5 4 0 1 8 5 6 3 0 3 7 7 3 21
7 Mansfield Town 11 6 2 3 18 12 5 3 2 0 10 5 6 3 0 3 8 7 6 20
8 Doncaster Rovers 11 6 2 3 16 13 6 4 0 2 11 8 5 2 2 1 5 5 3 20
9 Carlisle United 11 4 6 1 13 10 6 3 3 0 8 5 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 18
10 Swindon Town 11 4 5 2 13 11 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 2 3 1 5 6 2 17
11 Tranmere Rovers 11 5 1 5 11 9 5 3 0 2 8 4 6 2 1 3 3 5 2 16
12 Crewe Alexandra 11 4 4 3 12 11 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 16
13 Grimsby Town 11 4 4 3 11 10 5 0 3 2 4 6 6 4 1 1 7 4 1 16
14 Sutton United 11 4 2 5 12 12 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 0 1 4 3 7 0 14
15 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 3 5 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3 12
16 Newport County 11 3 2 6 12 15 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 2 1 2 7 5 -3 11
17 Walsall 11 2 4 5 11 11 5 1 2 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 4 6 0 10
18 Gillingham 11 2 4 5 3 11 6 2 2 2 2 4 5 0 2 3 1 7 -8 10
19 Stockport County 11 2 3 6 12 16 6 2 3 1 6 5 5 0 0 5 6 11 -4 9
20 Harrogate Town 11 2 2 7 7 14 5 1 1 3 4 7 6 1 1 4 3 7 -7 8
21 Colchester United 11 1 3 7 8 16 6 1 2 3 4 7 5 0 1 4 4 9 -8 6
22 Crawley Town 11 1 3 7 10 19 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 0 3 3 4 9 -9 6
23 Hartlepool United 11 0 6 5 8 19 5 0 4 1 2 4 6 0 2 4 6 15 -11 6
24 Rochdale 11 1 2 8 7 18 5 0 1 4 3 7 6 1 1 4 4 11 -11 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 Plymouth Argyle 11 8 1 2 19 12 5 5 0 0 8 1 6 3 1 2 11 11 7 25
2 Ipswich Town 11 7 3 1 22 10 5 3 2 0 11 5 6 4 1 1 11 5 12 24
3 Sheffield Wednesday 11 7 2 2 21 10 6 3 2 1 14 8 5 4 0 1 7 2 11 23
4 Portsmouth 10 6 3 1 21 11 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 21
5 Barnsley 11 6 2 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 20
6 Bolton Wanderers 10 6 2 2 13 6 6 5 0 1 10 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 7 20
7 Peterborough United 11 6 0 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 12 1 6 2 0 4 8 11 8 18
8 Derby County 10 5 2 3 11 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 17
9 Accrington Stanley 11 4 4 3 14 13 6 2 3 1 10 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 16
10 Cambridge United 11 5 1 5 14 18 6 4 0 2 9 9 5 1 1 3 5 9 -4 16
11 Exeter City 11 4 3 4 18 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 15
12 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -2 15
13 Lincoln City 10 3 4 3 14 16 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 12 -2 13
14 Charlton Athletic 11 2 6 3 15 15 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 12
15 Fleetwood Town 10 2 6 2 9 9 6 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 12
16 Port Vale 11 3 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 12
17 Cheltenham Town 10 3 2 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 7 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -2 11
18 Oxford United 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 11
19 Wycombe Wanderers 11 3 2 6 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 1 1 4 7 12 -3 11
20 Milton Keynes Dons 10 3 1 6 11 14 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 6 6 -3 10
21 Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -7 9
22 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 2 7 10 25 6 1 0 5 4 14 5 1 2 2 6 11 -15 8
23 Burton Albion 11 2 1 8 14 26 5 1 0 4 3 11 6 1 1 4 11 15 -12 7
24 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 8 21 5 0 2 3 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 11 -13 7

Charlton Athletic:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Colchester United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Brighton U21 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
4 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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