This match involves two teams residing in the lower parts of the League Two, Colchester United holding 22nd position and Harrogate Town lying 17th. A decent opportunity for one of the sides to improve their position.
- All of Colchester United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Colchester saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the EFL Trophy. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cambridge United.
Colchester United form and stats
Overall League Two statistics at home this season for Colchester United are 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Colchester United to get some points in this home game.
Colchester United are returning here after guesting Cambridge United in a EFL Trophy fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Colchester United lost 0-5 at Forest Green Rovers's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Colchester have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Goals are flowing in this club's league matches, with 5 in a row seeing three goals or more (over 2.5).
There will be little rest for Colchester United after this match as they are travelling to Grimsby Town for a League Two game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Colchester United in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Colchester with 13 goals conceded in these matches.
Harrogate Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Harrogate Town have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far. When Harrogate Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Grimsby Town, Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Doncaster Rovers, Forest Green Rovers, Sutton United and Harrogate Town is teams we like to compare Colchester United with. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Harrogate Town are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Harrogate Town's previous game was their home loss versus Stockport County (1-3). Gibson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Gibson won 11 of 16 duels.
The match before that was the EFL Trophy-battle against Accrington Stanley, a home loss (3-5). We have checked recent matches where Harrogate have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 22 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 13 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mansfield Town in just three days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Harrogate Town have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. When Harrogate Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Grimsby Town, Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Doncaster Rovers, Forest Green Rovers, Sutton United and Harrogate Town.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches featuring these two teams have all ended as Colchester United victories. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  J. Taylor 5 goals |   G. Thomson 4 goals | S. Tovide 3 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Colchester United | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 25 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 54% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 38% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 23% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 3.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 16.5 | 30 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.4 | 8.9 |
| 5.2 | 6.7 | 12 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 26% |
| 15.1 | 15.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 15.4 | 14.8 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4 |
- All of Colchester United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Harrogate Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Notts County | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Wrexham | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Walsall | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Barrow | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | Salford City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | Newport County | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 10 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 7 |
