Colchester United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been grim so far with 11 points and a 24th spot in the League Two table. Opponents Doncaster Rovers own 10th place with 28 pts.
- Colchester United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Colchester United form and stats
2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season. Colchester have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Colchester United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Crewe Alexandra.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Newport County in the FA Cup. 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 United as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Colchester United has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bristol Rovers are coming to town in two days.
Colchester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Doncaster Rovers playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Doncaster Rovers, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Grimsby Town (placed 14th) last time out. Miller, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.73. Miller scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The match earlier was the FA Cup-duel against King's Lynn Town, a home defeat (0-1). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Doncaster Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Doncaster Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Doncaster are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by Doncaster Rovers in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Colchester United won two, Doncaster Rovers were winners in six and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 9 goals |   N. Chilvers 3 goals |  K. Agard 3 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Colchester United | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 61% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 39% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 9.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.3 | 10.1 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 88% | 90% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 37% |
| 11.3 | 10.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15.7 | 12.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Colchester United have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League Two
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Colchester United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Barrow | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | Walsall | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Newport County | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 11 |
