Soccer betting preview: Colchester United welcomes Newport County in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Colchester United have their presumed home advantage while Newport County are ahead 7 points in the League Two table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Colchester United and Newport County.

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Colchester United form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Colchester United are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Colchester United drew their last game, 0-0 away at Crewe Alexandra (placed 1st). Before that game, the home loss against Morecambe with the scoreline 0-1.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 3 Lost 4.

Colchester United are traveling soon after this match as the Carabao Cup match at Crawley Town awaits in three days.

Colchester United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 attempts. Colchester United are not conceding a lot of goals here at JobServe Community Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Newport County form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Newport County, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Newport County's last game was the home draw against Crawley Town (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Scunthorpe United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Newport County, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Newport County's manager M. Flynn has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between the teams: Colchester United won 3, Newport County won 1 and 2 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyP. Amond
P. Amond
5 goals / 2 assists
Colchester UnitedL. Norris
L. Norris
4 goals / 1 assists
Colchester UnitedF. Nouble
F. Nouble
3 goals / 3 assists

Colchester United missing players

Newport County missing players

Colchester United Newport County
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 3 6 14
5 3 0 Won W 0 2 7
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
5 2 0 Lost L 1 1 1
16 8 0 Scored S 1 5 15
13 6 0 Conceded C 3 3 8
87% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 67% 86%
53% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 57%
40% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 14%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 36%
33% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 67% 57%
33% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 21%
 
5.5 5.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 5.5 4.9
3.9 3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4 5.1
1.1 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
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 0 - 1 Morecambe
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0 Colchester United
26-10-19 LT Colchester United 16:00 Newport County
29-10-19 CC Crawley Town 20:45 Colchester United
02-11-19 LT Mansfield Town 16:00 Colchester United
09-11-19 FAC Colchester United 16:00 Coventry City
12-11-19 EFL Colchester United 20:30 Ipswich Town
Newport County
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
28-09-19 LT Swindon Town 0 - 2 Newport County
05-10-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Carlisle United
08-10-19 EFL Newport County 0 - 2 Exeter City
19-10-19 LT Newport County 2 - 1 Scunthorpe United
22-10-19 LT Newport County 1 - 1 Crawley Town
26-10-19 LT Colchester United 16:00 Newport County
02-11-19 LT Newport County 16:00 Salford City
09-11-19 FAC Grimsby Town 16:00 Newport County
12-11-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 20:45 Newport County
16-11-19 LT Grimsby Town 16:00 Newport County

  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 15 9 3 3 26 17 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 30
2 Cheltenham Town 14 8 4 2 26 12 7 5 2 0 19 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 14 28
3 Forest Green Rovers 15 8 4 3 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 28
4 Bradford City 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 27
5 Newport County 14 7 6 1 15 8 8 5 3 0 10 5 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 27
6 Exeter City 15 7 5 3 19 18 7 4 2 1 9 6 8 3 3 2 10 12 1 26
7 Swindon Town 15 7 3 5 22 19 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 24
8 Plymouth Argyle 15 6 5 4 24 16 8 4 3 1 16 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 23
9 Northampton Town 15 6 3 6 18 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 2 21
10 Port Vale 15 5 6 4 21 22 7 4 3 0 11 6 8 1 3 4 10 16 -1 21
11 Cambridge United 15 5 5 5 20 14 8 2 3 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 20
12 Colchester United 15 5 5 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 2 3 3 8 7 3 20
13 Crawley Town 15 5 5 5 23 23 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 12 15 0 20
14 Macclesfield Town 15 5 5 5 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 13 -2 20
15 Salford City 15 5 5 5 18 23 7 3 2 2 6 8 8 2 3 3 12 15 -5 20
16 Grimsby Town 15 5 4 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 11 8 0 19
17 Leyton Orient 15 5 4 6 23 26 7 2 2 3 11 12 8 3 2 3 12 14 -3 19
18 Mansfield Town 15 4 5 6 22 21 8 2 2 4 13 13 7 2 3 2 9 8 1 17
19 Walsall 15 4 3 8 10 21 7 1 2 4 4 10 8 3 1 4 6 11 -11 15
20 Oldham Athletic 15 3 5 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 9 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -8 14
21 Carlisle United 15 4 2 9 15 27 8 2 2 4 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 13 -12 14
22 Scunthorpe United 15 3 4 8 20 24 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 0 1 6 6 15 -4 13
23 Morecambe 15 2 4 9 14 28 8 0 3 5 7 14 7 2 1 4 7 14 -14 10
24 Stevenage 15 1 6 8 11 21 7 1 2 4 7 10 8 0 4 4 4 11 -10 9

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