Season ticket holders at JobServe Community Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Colchester United languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Mansfield Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0)
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago. That game, against Walsall, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Mansfield Town.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have played 12 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Colchester who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Scunthorpe United, 66 days ago.
Stress levels are on the rise for Colchester United's attacking players as they have now played 411 minutes without scoring in a league game. G. Taylor (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
Colchester United drew their last game, 0-0 away at Leyton Orient (placed 10th). Before that game, the home loss against Scunthorpe United with the scoreline 0-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Tranmere Rovers in only three days. This game is also played here at JobServe Community Stadium.
A decent goal production from Colchester United in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Colchester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mansfield Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Mansfield Town have produced an overall stat of 5-6-2 so far.
Mansfield are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Walsall (placed 11th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Southend United with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, Mansfield Town drew the match against Walsall. Manager N. Clough brought on Ollie Clarke to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A quick return to home after this game, as Mansfield Town are hosting Bolton Wanderers in the League Two only three days away.
Mansfield are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Mansfield in these games.
Head 2 Head
Colchester United and Mansfield Town have met before this season: Mansfield Town - Colchester United 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Colchester three wins, four draws and Mansfield Town one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 7 goals |   J. Bowery 7 goals |  C. Harriott 5 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Colchester United | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 28 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 34 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 72% |
| 42% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 15% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 28% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 68% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 24% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.8 | 12.6 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | 36% |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 44 |
| 5 | Newport County | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 43 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 42 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| 9 | Salford City | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Walsall | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 20 | Bradford City | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 22 | Barrow | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 23 | Southend United | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -26 | 23 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -26 | 21 |