With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Colchester United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Grimsby Town.
- Colchester United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in League Two
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Colchester United and Grimsby Town.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United are steadily winning League Two games and points here at JobServe Community Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Colchester, who played 1-1 against Crawley Town. That match was also played at this venue (JobServe Community Stadium). Prior to that, an away loss at Exeter City.
Colchester's goalie Dean Gerken played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Crawley Town with a stunning six saves.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colchester United handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, six draws and three defeats.
Colchester United are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Scunthorpe United awaits in three days.
The Colchester manager S. Ball has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Home advantage was not enough for Grimsby in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Exeter City, 1-4. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Crawley Town at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Grimsby are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
After this away game Grimsby return home for a League Two game against Newport County. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Grimsby have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Grimsby Town have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - three - three (Colchester United wins - draws - Grimsby Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 7 goals |  C. Harriott 4 goals |  L. Norris 'Hacker' 3 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Colchester United | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 21 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 85% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 29% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 46% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 23% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 11.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 34% |
- Colchester United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colchester United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) 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 | Newport County | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Salford City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Walsall | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Barrow | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 21 | Bradford City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 24 | Southend United | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 5 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)