League Two match preview and statistics: Colchester United against Harrogate Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

Colchester United are hosting Harrogate Town for yet another very important fixture after their 2-1 result vs Charlton Athletic.

Insights:
  • Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Harrogate Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)

It's no vacation for neither Colchester United nor Harrogate Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Colchester United form and stats

Colchester United's struggle is real here at JobServe Community Stadium with only 5 points collected from 6 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

Colchester's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at home, ending 2-1 against Charlton Athletic. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.

A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at AFC Wimbledon.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colchester United handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced two goals or less.

There will be little rest for Colchester United after this match as they are travelling to Gillingham for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.

Colchester aren't scoring a lot here at JobServe Community Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Colchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Colchester has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Harrogate Town's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the League Two. Harrogate Town only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

Harrogate Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Everton U21 in their previous match; a EFL Trophy fixture.

The game before that, in the League Two, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Bradford City.

We have checked recent matches where Harrogate Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 10 defeats.

Observe: 9 of the latest 11 league games involving this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

Harrogate Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. Harrogate have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Colchester United-Harrogate Town H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Colchester United three wins, Harrogate Town one win, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Colchester UnitedN. Chilvers
N. Chilvers
3 goals
Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
2 goals
Harrogate TownM. Daly
M. Daly
2 goals

Colchester United missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Colchester United Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 6 11
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
7 3 1 Lost L 0 4 7
8 4 1 Scored S 2 3 7
16 7 2 Conceded C 0 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 82%
64% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 55%
27% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 45%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 18%
9% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 36%
36% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 64%
 
5 6.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 2.8 3.7
4.3 4.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 8.2 6.3
1.7 0.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 10 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6.7 9.5
0.8 0.8 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 2.3 2.7
89% 80% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 21% 23%
 
11.4 10.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14 12.8
4.1 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 3.3 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Harrogate Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 11 9 1 1 19 6 6 5 0 1 11 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 13 28
2 Stevenage 12 9 1 2 17 10 6 6 0 0 10 2 6 3 1 2 7 8 7 28
3 Northampton Town 12 8 2 2 23 13 6 5 0 1 13 6 6 3 2 1 10 7 10 26
4 Bradford City 11 6 3 2 18 10 6 3 3 0 9 3 5 3 0 2 9 7 8 21
5 Salford City 11 6 3 2 16 9 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 21
6 Barrow 11 7 0 4 15 12 5 4 0 1 8 5 6 3 0 3 7 7 3 21
7 Mansfield Town 11 6 2 3 18 12 5 3 2 0 10 5 6 3 0 3 8 7 6 20
8 Swindon Town 12 5 5 2 14 11 6 3 2 1 9 5 6 2 3 1 5 6 3 20
9 Doncaster Rovers 12 6 2 4 17 15 6 4 0 2 11 8 6 2 2 2 6 7 2 20
10 Carlisle United 11 4 6 1 13 10 6 3 3 0 8 5 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 18
11 Tranmere Rovers 11 5 1 5 11 9 5 3 0 2 8 4 6 2 1 3 3 5 2 16
12 Crewe Alexandra 11 4 4 3 12 11 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 16
13 Grimsby Town 11 4 4 3 11 10 5 0 3 2 4 6 6 4 1 1 7 4 1 16
14 Sutton United 12 4 2 6 12 15 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 0 1 5 3 10 -3 14
15 Walsall 12 3 4 5 12 11 6 2 2 2 8 5 6 1 2 3 4 6 1 13
16 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 3 5 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3 12
17 Newport County 12 3 2 7 12 16 6 1 1 4 5 10 6 2 1 3 7 6 -4 11
18 Gillingham 11 2 4 5 3 11 6 2 2 2 2 4 5 0 2 3 1 7 -8 10
19 Stockport County 11 2 3 6 12 16 6 2 3 1 6 5 5 0 0 5 6 11 -4 9
20 Hartlepool United 12 1 6 5 10 20 6 1 4 1 4 5 6 0 2 4 6 15 -10 9
21 Harrogate Town 11 2 2 7 7 14 5 1 1 3 4 7 6 1 1 4 3 7 -7 8
22 Colchester United 11 1 3 7 8 16 6 1 2 3 4 7 5 0 1 4 4 9 -8 6
23 Crawley Town 11 1 3 7 10 19 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 0 3 3 4 9 -9 6
24 Rochdale 11 1 2 8 7 18 5 0 1 4 3 7 6 1 1 4 4 11 -11 5

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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.