League Two: Colchester United are 7 points after Newport County, but are driven to go full force. Get ready!
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League Two
- Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (12) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Colchester nor Newport County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Colchester United form and stats
3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season. Colchester has recorded two wins in a row here at JobServe Community Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Colchester supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Exeter City in League Two and win 3-1. Jake Turner loved the game against Exeter City. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. Goalkeeper Jake Turner got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.43 out of ten. Turner stopped the opponent with eight saves.
Heartbreak before that as Colchester lost 0-1 at Stevenage's place.There will be little rest for Colchester after this match as they are travelling to Swindon Town for a EFL Trophy game in only four days.
Colchester are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Newport County form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Crawley Town (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 1-1. Oliver Cooper got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Cooper served one assist, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Swindon Town.Newport have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Newport have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Colchester victories, two draws and three Newport County wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Telford 12 goals |   F. Sears 6 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 5 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Newport County missing players
| Colchester United | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 78% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 72% |
| 18% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 61% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 28% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 17% |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 10.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.8 | 12.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 31% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | 30% |
| 14.5 | 13.4 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League Two
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
- Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (12) in League Two
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 7 | Sutton United | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 9 | Newport County | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Walsall | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Salford City | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | Barrow | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 15 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 13 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 13 |