A home win is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Barrow club members are hopeful that the gulf between 5th and Colchester United's 24th position in the table will show on the playing field.
- Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in League Two
- Colchester United have the fewest points (1) away in League Two
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.
Barrow form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium as Barrow have scored 12 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Paul Farman not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.
Barrow's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Crewe Alexandra (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Whitfield got a match rating of 9.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Whitfield signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Barrow won a home game hosting Grimsby Town (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barrow handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Barrow as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Mansfield Town are visiting.
The Barrow fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Barrow are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Colchester United form and stats
There's been little loot from Colchester United's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the League Two. Colchester United only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Colchester United's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Colchester United played 1-1 against Stevenage in their previous match. Midfield player Marshall was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.22/10. Marshall scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Crawley Town.We have checked recent matches where Colchester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 1 victory, 6 draws and 9 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Colchester United manager Bloomfield as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Newport County.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Colchester have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Barrow victory, two draws and one Colchester United win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 9 goals | B. Waters 3 goals | B. Whitfield 3 goals |
Barrow missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Barrow | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 19% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 6% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 56% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.6 | 7.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 80% | 87% |
| 10.1 | 8.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.6 | 11.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- Barrow have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colchester United have scored away.
- Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in League Two
- Barrow have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Colchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Colchester United have the fewest points (1) away in League Two
- Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Colchester United have yet to win a game away.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Barrow | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
