Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Colchester United welcomes Morecambe

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

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this JobServe Community Stadium clash with Morecambe, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Colchester United form and stats

Colchester United have collected 11 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-2-1. Colchester United has recorded two wins in a row here at JobServe Community Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Colchester United lost their last game at Crawley Town (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 1-1 versus Tottenham U21.

The manager J. McGreal will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Crewe Alexandra in only three days.

The Colchester United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Colchester United have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Morecambe form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe, who have the most conceded goals (26) in League Two, so far with only 4 League Two points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Morecambe, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Morecambe failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Bradford City (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Port Vale's place.

After this away game Morecambe return home for a League Two game against Forest Green Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Morecambe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Morecambe manager J. Bentley has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Colchester United-Morecambe H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Colchester United 1 win, Morecambe 0 wins, 5 draws. 1 of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

L. Alessandra
5 goals / 1 assists
L. Norris
4 goals / 1 assists
F. Nouble
3 goals / 2 assists

Colchester United missing players

Morecambe missing players

Colchester United Morecambe
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 6 4 Played P 1 6 13
5 3 3 Won W 0 1 1
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 1 4 8
16 8 6 Scored S 1 6 13
12 5 2 Conceded C 3 14 26
92% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 69%
15% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 54%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
31% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
23% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
5.2 5 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.3
3.8 2.8 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6 6.4
1 0.5 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-09-19 CC Colchester United 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
28-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Colchester United
05-10-19 LT Colchester United 3 - 1 Stevenage
08-10-19 EFL Colchester United 1 - 1 Tottenham U21
12-10-19 LT Crawley Town 2 - 1 Colchester United
19-10-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Morecambe
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 18:45 Colchester United
26-10-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Newport County
29-10-19 CC Crawley Town 19:45 Colchester United
02-11-19 LT Mansfield Town 15:00 Colchester United
Morecambe
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 LT Oldham Athletic 3 - 1 Morecambe
28-09-19 LT Morecambe 2 - 2 Northampton Town
01-10-19 EFL Morecambe 2 - 2 Wolves U21
05-10-19 LT Port Vale 3 - 1 Morecambe
12-10-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 2 Bradford City
19-10-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Morecambe
22-10-19 LT Morecambe 18:45 Forest Green Rovers
26-10-19 LT Stevenage 14:00 Morecambe
02-11-19 LT Morecambe 15:00 Leyton Orient
12-11-19 EFL Morecambe 19:45 Carlisle United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 13 8 2 3 23 16 6 3 1 2 10 9 7 5 1 1 13 7 7 26
2 Exeter City 13 7 5 1 18 11 7 4 2 1 9 6 6 3 3 0 9 5 7 26
3 Bradford City 13 7 3 3 19 12 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 24
4 Forest Green Rovers 13 7 3 3 14 7 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 24
5 Newport County 12 6 5 1 12 6 6 4 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 23
6 Cheltenham Town 12 6 4 2 21 11 6 4 2 0 16 8 6 2 2 2 5 3 10 22
7 Swindon Town 13 6 3 4 20 16 7 3 1 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 21
8 Colchester United 13 5 4 4 16 12 6 3 2 1 8 5 7 2 2 3 8 7 4 19
9 Crawley Town 13 5 4 4 21 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 1 19
10 Grimsby Town 13 5 3 5 20 16 6 2 2 2 9 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 4 18
11 Plymouth Argyle 13 4 5 4 18 16 6 2 3 1 10 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 2 17
12 Macclesfield Town 13 4 5 4 15 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 6 1 2 3 6 10 0 17
13 Port Vale 13 4 5 4 18 20 6 4 2 0 10 5 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 17
14 Salford City 13 4 5 4 16 20 7 3 2 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 -4 17
15 Mansfield Town 13 4 4 5 19 17 7 2 2 3 12 11 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 16
16 Cambridge United 13 4 4 5 16 14 6 1 2 3 6 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 2 16
17 Leyton Orient 13 4 4 5 19 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 2 2 2 8 10 -3 16
18 Northampton Town 13 4 3 6 14 16 6 2 1 3 8 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 -2 15
19 Walsall 13 4 3 6 9 17 6 1 2 3 3 8 7 3 1 3 6 9 -8 15
20 Carlisle United 13 4 2 7 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 6 2 0 4 7 11 -8 14
21 Oldham Athletic 13 2 5 6 14 23 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 1 2 4 7 16 -9 11
22 Scunthorpe United 13 2 4 7 16 21 7 2 3 2 11 8 6 0 1 5 5 13 -5 10
23 Stevenage 13 1 5 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 7 10 6 0 3 3 3 9 -9 8
24 Morecambe 13 1 4 8 13 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 6 1 1 4 6 14 -13 7

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