Betting preview: Colchester United vs Bristol Rovers should be interesting

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 19.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

Colchester United - Bristol Rovers in League Two: Stats, teams, results, the latest developments and news. Read our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
  • Bristol Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Colchester United have scored 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.

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Colchester United form and stats

1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United, who have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in League Two, so far this season.

A nice win for Colchester United last time playing, versus Harrogate Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Sylvester Jasper scoring for the victors. The victory against Harrogate Town came after Sylvester Jasper's winning goal. The Colchester manager H. Mullins was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 63rd minute. Goalkeeper Shamal George got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.73 out of ten. George stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Colchester lost 0-2 at Tranmere Rovers's place.

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 Colchester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn two and lost three.

Colchester United are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Port Vale awaits in four days.

Colchester have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. Colchester have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol Rovers have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

Bristol has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bradford City for a League Two game that ended a draw (2-2). The draw against Bradford City came from a losing position. The Bristol manager J. Barton brought on Brett Pitman as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Antony Evans got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, top player of the team. Evans signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Chelsea U21 was the result prior to that, in a EFL Trophy home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Bristol in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Bristol Rovers, four draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newport County in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bristol Rovers have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Bristol have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Colchester victories, one draw and two Bristol Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

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Colchester United Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 12
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
4 3 2 Lost L 1 3 6
8 2 0 Scored S 3 7 14
11 5 3 Conceded C 3 11 19
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
18% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 58%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
36% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 58%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
55% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
4.5 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 4.2
5.9 5.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 4.2
1.5 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.1 9.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.7 9.7
2.9 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.2
25% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 37%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Colchester United have scored home.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Colchester United have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in League Two
  • Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 12 8 2 2 22 10 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 5 1 0 13 2 12 26
2 Harrogate Town 12 6 4 2 23 14 6 3 3 0 14 7 6 3 1 2 9 7 9 22
3 Port Vale 12 6 3 3 19 13 6 3 2 1 10 6 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 21
4 Tranmere Rovers 12 6 3 3 9 4 6 5 0 1 8 2 6 1 3 2 1 2 5 21
5 Sutton United 11 6 2 3 17 11 5 4 0 1 12 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 20
6 Swindon Town 12 5 5 2 16 10 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 20
7 Leyton Orient 12 4 6 2 19 11 6 3 2 1 9 2 6 1 4 1 10 9 8 18
8 Northampton Town 12 5 3 4 12 11 6 3 1 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 1 18
9 Exeter City 12 3 8 1 18 12 6 2 4 0 10 5 6 1 4 1 8 7 6 17
10 Bradford City 12 4 5 3 16 13 6 3 3 0 12 6 6 1 2 3 4 7 3 17
11 Hartlepool United 12 5 2 5 11 12 6 5 1 0 9 3 6 0 1 5 2 9 -1 17
12 Crawley Town 12 5 2 5 14 16 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 2 0 4 6 10 -2 17
13 Barrow 12 4 4 4 16 15 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 2 1 3 7 7 1 16
14 Newport County 12 4 4 4 15 15 5 2 2 1 7 4 7 2 2 3 8 11 0 16
15 Salford City 12 4 3 5 14 12 7 3 3 1 9 4 5 1 0 4 5 8 2 15
16 Bristol Rovers 12 4 2 6 14 19 6 3 0 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 7 11 -5 14
17 Rochdale 12 3 4 5 14 16 6 1 2 3 3 5 6 2 2 2 11 11 -2 13
18 Walsall 12 3 4 5 13 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 0 3 3 4 8 -3 13
19 Colchester United 11 3 4 4 8 11 5 1 1 3 2 5 6 2 3 1 6 6 -3 13
20 Stevenage 12 3 4 5 11 18 6 2 3 1 7 8 6 1 1 4 4 10 -7 13
21 Oldham Athletic 12 3 2 7 9 16 6 1 1 4 5 8 6 2 1 3 4 8 -7 11
22 Mansfield Town 12 2 4 6 10 17 7 2 2 3 8 10 5 0 2 3 2 7 -7 10
23 Carlisle United 12 2 4 6 9 19 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 1 4 4 12 -10 10
24 Scunthorpe United 12 1 4 7 7 25 6 1 1 4 3 11 6 0 3 3 4 14 -18 7

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.