Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gillingham & Colchester United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Gillingham and Colchester United.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.The story so far in the League Two for Gillingham at their home stadium (MEMS Priestfield Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Gillingham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Crewe Alexandra that ended 1-1. Midfielder Williams was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Williams hit three key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 59 total).
Ahead of that fixture, a home win hosting Brighton U21 in the EFL Trophy. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 7 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Stevenage in only four days. This game is also played here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium.
Gillingham have scored {2 goals} here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Gillingham are not conceding a lot of goals here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Colchester United form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Colchester United have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far.
Colchester had fun at their own home (MEMS Priestfield Stadium) last time out, beating Harrogate Town 2-1. Appiah and Nouble scored. Appiah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.25. Appiah scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Charlton Athletic in the EFL Trophy (2-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Colchester United in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Colchester United, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Colchester United manager Brown as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Swindon Town.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Colchester United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gillingham six wins, two draws and Colchester United two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Chilvers 3 goals |   S. Kashket 2 goals | K. Appiah 2 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Gillingham | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 50% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Colchester United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Brighton U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 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 | Stevenage | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Salford City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Barrow | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Walsall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Newport County | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 22 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Crawley Town | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 6 |
