AFC Wimbledon know they will have a hard journey to Colchester United and their JobServe Community Stadium. This guide has all the information you require ahead of the game.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season.
Colchester United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gillingham's place. The match ended 1-0 with Tchamadeu scoring. Tchamadeu was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Tchamadeu scored one goal and won 2 of 5 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sutton United.This is expected to be a close game, with Colchester United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Colchester as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Colchester United has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Swindon Town in only three days. This game is also played here at JobServe Community Stadium.
The Colchester United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Colchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AFC Wimbledon form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Wimbledon's last game was the home draw against Newport County (1-1). Currie, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Currie hit one key pass and won 11 of 22 duels.
Before that, 3-3 away against Plymouth Argyle (after extra-time, 3-3 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AFC Wimbledon playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 AFC Wimbledon wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Low on goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
AFC Wimbledon have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a League Two game against Sutton United. A grim schedule for them!
Wimbledon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. AFC Wimbledon have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
AFC Wimbledon - Colchester 2-1 was the end result in these squads' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Davison with 2 goals scored against Colchester United in these 1 games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Chislett 6 goals |  J. Davison 6 goals |  A. Assal 5 goals |
Colchester United missing players
AFC Wimbledon missing players
| Colchester United | AFC Wimbledon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 29 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | 86% |
| 59% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 68% |
| 36% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 45% |
| 14% | 20% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 36% |
| 36% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 4.7 | 6.3 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 9.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.5 | 9.3 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 90% | 92% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 57% | 54% |
| 11.1 | 10.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 7 | Barrow | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Walsall | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Salford City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Stockport County | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 14 |
