Evenly matched teams: Colchester United vs Newport County match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

League Two: Tipsway are looking at an entertaining and highly important match featuring Colchester United and Newport County at JobServe Community Stadium. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Newport County have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Colchester United form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Colchester United have managed 4 wins, 8 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 19 games. Colchester are slowly digging their own grave here at JobServe Community Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Tranmere Rovers last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfield player Chilvers got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Chilvers scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Leyton Orient the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Colchester United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 9 and lost 5.

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have seen two goals or less.

Colchester have scored {17 league goals} here from 19 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Newport County form and stats

The visitors are W6-D7-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Newport County play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Tranmere Rovers (placed 14th). Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone five league rounds without victory.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs AFC Wimbledon.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Newport, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Goals from both teams? This side's fresh fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.

Newport County have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. Newport County have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H game ended Newport County - Colchester 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Colchester United victories, one draw and five Newport County wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyO. Bogle
O. Bogle
9 goals
Colchester UnitedN. Chilvers
N. Chilvers
6 goals
Colchester UnitedJ. Tchamadeu
J. Tchamadeu
4 goals

Colchester United missing players

Newport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colchester United Newport County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 19 37
9 4 1 Won W 3 6 10
10 8 2 Drew D 2 7 13
19 7 2 Lost L 1 6 14
34 17 6 Scored S 10 21 38
46 20 7 Conceded C 5 20 43
97% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
61% 63% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 74% 73%
34% 26% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 32% 32%
16% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 16% 16%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 54%
16% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 19%
37% 32% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 26% 32%
 
4.7 6.1 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.4 4.3
4.9 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.5 4.4
1.9 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 10.4 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.6 12.1
1.4 1.5 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.4
63% 59% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 49% 44%
 
11.4 10.9 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 11.4 10.3
3.7 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Newport County have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 37 21 11 5 49 25 19 13 5 1 27 8 18 8 6 4 22 17 24 74
2 Northampton Town 38 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 19 9 7 3 28 18 19 69
3 Stevenage 37 19 10 8 51 34 19 14 1 4 34 14 18 5 9 4 17 20 17 67
4 Carlisle United 38 18 12 8 58 36 19 10 6 3 28 16 19 8 6 5 30 20 22 66
5 Stockport County 38 18 9 11 51 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 9 2 8 26 18 19 63
6 Salford City 38 18 8 12 60 43 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 9 3 7 34 24 17 62
7 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
8 Mansfield Town 37 16 10 11 55 45 18 7 7 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 58
9 Sutton United 38 15 11 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 19 4 7 8 16 25 0 56
10 Barrow 38 16 7 15 40 43 19 10 3 6 23 16 19 6 4 9 17 27 -3 55
11 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 49 43 18 7 5 6 26 18 19 6 7 6 23 25 6 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 6 17 40 52 19 10 1 8 24 23 19 5 5 9 16 29 -12 51
13 Walsall 37 11 16 10 39 33 19 8 7 4 23 14 18 3 9 6 16 19 6 49
14 Tranmere Rovers 38 13 10 15 37 39 19 8 5 6 23 18 19 5 5 9 14 21 -2 49
15 Grimsby Town 36 12 11 13 38 42 18 4 9 5 18 20 18 8 2 8 20 22 -4 47
16 Gillingham 38 11 11 16 26 40 19 9 4 6 16 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -14 44
17 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
18 AFC Wimbledon 38 10 13 15 39 45 18 6 6 6 20 20 20 4 7 9 19 25 -6 43
19 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 34 46 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 37
22 Crawley Town 37 9 9 19 41 59 18 8 3 7 28 28 19 1 6 12 13 31 -18 36
23 Hartlepool United 38 6 14 18 41 67 19 3 9 7 21 31 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 32
24 Rochdale 38 6 8 24 33 59 19 3 4 12 19 30 19 3 4 12 14 29 -26 26

Table
  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 37 21 11 5 49 25 19 13 5 1 27 8 18 8 6 4 22 17 24 74
2 Northampton Town 38 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 19 9 7 3 28 18 19 69
3 Stevenage 37 19 10 8 51 34 19 14 1 4 34 14 18 5 9 4 17 20 17 67
4 Carlisle United 38 18 12 8 58 36 19 10 6 3 28 16 19 8 6 5 30 20 22 66
5 Stockport County 38 18 9 11 51 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 9 2 8 26 18 19 63
6 Salford City 38 18 8 12 60 43 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 9 3 7 34 24 17 62
7 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
8 Mansfield Town 37 16 10 11 55 45 18 7 7 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 58
9 Sutton United 38 15 11 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 19 4 7 8 16 25 0 56
10 Barrow 38 16 7 15 40 43 19 10 3 6 23 16 19 6 4 9 17 27 -3 55
11 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 49 43 18 7 5 6 26 18 19 6 7 6 23 25 6 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 6 17 40 52 19 10 1 8 24 23 19 5 5 9 16 29 -12 51
13 Walsall 37 11 16 10 39 33 19 8 7 4 23 14 18 3 9 6 16 19 6 49
14 Tranmere Rovers 38 13 10 15 37 39 19 8 5 6 23 18 19 5 5 9 14 21 -2 49
15 Grimsby Town 36 12 11 13 38 42 18 4 9 5 18 20 18 8 2 8 20 22 -4 47
16 Gillingham 38 11 11 16 26 40 19 9 4 6 16 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -14 44
17 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
18 AFC Wimbledon 38 10 13 15 39 45 18 6 6 6 20 20 20 4 7 9 19 25 -6 43
19 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 34 46 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 37
22 Crawley Town 37 9 9 19 41 59 18 8 3 7 28 28 19 1 6 12 13 31 -18 36
23 Hartlepool United 38 6 14 18 41 67 19 3 9 7 21 31 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 32
24 Rochdale 38 6 8 24 33 59 19 3 4 12 19 30 19 3 4 12 14 29 -26 26

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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.