Colchester United vs Grimsby Town betting preview: Visitors should struggle at JobServe Community Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10083 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Colchester United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Grimsby Town.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Colchester United form and stats

10-4-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at JobServe Community Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Colchester United lost their last game at Bury after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Oldham Athletic (0-2).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Colchester United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Colchester United after this match as they are travelling to Yeovil Town for a League Two game in only three days.

Colchester United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at JobServe Community Stadium with 36 goals in 21 matches. Colchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grimsby Town so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 5-4-12 (win-draw-lose).

Grimsby Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Morecambe. A 0-2 loss hosting Stevenage before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Grimsby Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 47 matches with the visitors losing 28 times, drawing 7 and winning 12 games.

A quick return to home after this game, as Grimsby Town are hosting Carlisle United in the League Two only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grimsby Town as they have only managed to score 18 times from 21 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Grimsby Town have conceded 32 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Grimsby Town - Colchester United 1-0. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Colchester United, 2 draws and 2 wins for Grimsby Town.

Top Goalscorers

S. Szmodics
11 goals / 5 assists
W. Thomas
11 goals
F. Nouble
8 goals / 2 assists

Colchester United missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Colchester United Grimsby Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
58 36 Scored 18 41
52 23 Conceded 32 53
95% 95% Over 0.5 100% 93%
76% 81% Over 1.5 71% 64%
50% 57% Over 2.5 43% 38%
24% 24% Over 3.5 19% 17%
10% 14% Over 4.5 5% 7%
38% 43% Both teams to score 48% 36%
38% 43% Clean Sheet 14% 31%
29% 19% Failed To Score 38% 40%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Grimsby Town hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Grimsby Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Colchester United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 42 23 15 4 73 38 21 11 9 1 35 20 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 84
2 Bury 42 21 11 10 76 50 21 13 5 3 48 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 26 74
3 Mansfield Town 42 19 16 7 62 35 21 13 5 3 33 13 21 6 11 4 29 22 27 73
4 Milton Keynes Dons 42 21 9 12 67 45 21 13 4 4 33 13 21 8 5 8 34 32 22 72
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 20 11 11 61 45 21 14 4 3 32 11 21 6 7 8 29 34 16 71
6 Forest Green Rovers 42 18 13 11 62 42 21 7 8 6 26 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 20 67
7 Exeter City 42 18 11 13 57 45 21 11 3 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 12 65
8 Carlisle United 42 18 7 17 62 59 21 10 3 8 37 29 21 8 4 9 25 30 3 61
9 Colchester United 42 17 9 16 58 52 21 10 4 7 36 23 21 7 5 9 22 29 6 60
10 Swindon Town 42 15 15 12 53 50 21 7 9 5 27 24 21 8 6 7 26 26 3 60
11 Stevenage 42 17 9 16 50 52 21 11 2 8 25 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -2 60
12 Newport County 41 17 9 15 52 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 21 6 3 12 26 36 -5 60
13 Oldham Athletic 41 15 13 13 62 50 21 9 6 6 37 26 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 58
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 8 18 52 53 21 13 2 6 39 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -1 56
15 Northampton Town 42 12 18 12 53 55 21 6 11 4 25 24 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 54
16 Cheltenham Town 42 14 11 17 54 60 21 9 6 6 31 27 21 5 5 11 23 33 -6 53
17 Grimsby Town 42 14 8 20 41 53 21 9 4 8 23 21 21 5 4 12 18 32 -12 50
18 Port Vale 42 12 11 19 36 48 21 7 3 11 23 31 21 5 8 8 13 17 -12 47
19 Morecambe 42 12 11 19 47 64 21 7 4 10 28 30 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 47
20 Crawley Town 42 13 7 22 42 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 21 4 3 14 12 32 -19 46
21 Cambridge United 42 12 9 21 37 61 21 7 6 8 20 24 21 5 3 13 17 37 -24 45
22 Macclesfield Town 42 9 12 21 45 70 21 5 9 7 25 34 21 4 3 14 20 36 -25 39
23 Yeovil Town 42 9 10 23 38 61 21 4 7 10 19 33 21 5 3 13 19 28 -23 37
24 Notts County 42 8 13 21 43 77 21 4 9 8 20 31 21 4 4 13 23 46 -34 37

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