Football betting preview: Colchester United vs Northampton Town

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10083 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the League Two so far, with Colchester United placed 21st and Northampton Town sitting in the 19th position.

It's no vacation for neither Colchester United nor Northampton Town 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.

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Colchester United form and stats

Two home games so far for Colchester United, who are yet to win here at JobServe Community Stadium, having collected only 1 point so far.

The home team returns to JobServe Community Stadium after sharing the points with Grimsby Town on their last time out; the League Two game ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Cambridge United that was lost 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Colchester United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Colchester United as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Colchester United has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

There will be little rest for Colchester United after this match as they are travelling to Crystal Palace for a Carabao Cup game in only three days.

Colchester United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games.

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Northampton Town form and stats

Northampton Town are still undefeated on their travels. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Northampton Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Swindon Town. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Macclesfield Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 2 Northampton Town wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Northampton Town are hosting Arsenal U21 in the EFL Trophy only three days away.

It's early days yet, but Northampton Town has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 4 Colchester United victories, 0 draws and 3 Northampton Town wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Norris
3 goals
F. Nouble
1 goals / 1 assists
J. Turnbull
1 goals

Colchester United missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Colchester United Northampton Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 2
4 2 0 Scored 0 2 3
6 3 0 Conceded 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 25%
 
3.8 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 6
3 1.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8.5 6.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Colchester United Last season Northampton Town
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 8 Played 8 23 46
20 12 3 Won 2 7 14
10 4 2 Drew 1 7 19
16 7 3 Lost 5 9 13
65 39 14 Scored 8 34 64
53 23 8 Conceded 16 36 63
96% 96% 100% Over 0.5 100% 96% 91%
76% 78% 88% Over 1.5 88% 83% 80%
48% 52% 50% Over 2.5 75% 61% 57%
22% 22% 12% Over 3.5 38% 43% 37%
9% 13% 12% Over 4.5 0% 13% 7%
37% 39% 50% BTTS 75% 65% 65%
41% 48% 38% Clean Sheets 0% 17% 22%
26% 17% 12% Failed To Score 25% 22% 22%
 
6 7.1 10 Corners For (avg) 5.1 5.9 5.7
4.2 3.3 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 7.4 5.1 4.7
1.6 1.4 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.6 2.7 2.2
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Colchester United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LT Colchester United 1 - 1 Port Vale
10-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Colchester United
13-08-19 CC Colchester United 3 - 0 Swindon Town
17-08-19 LT Colchester United 1 - 2 Cambridge United
20-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 2 - 2 Colchester United
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Northampton Town
27-08-19 CC Crystal Palace 18:45 Colchester United
31-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Colchester United
03-09-19 EFL Gillingham 18:45 Colchester United
07-09-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Walsall
Northampton Town
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Port Vale 1 - 1 Northampton Town
13-08-19 CC Swansea City 3 - 1 Northampton Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 1 - 2 Macclesfield Town
20-08-19 LT Swindon Town 0 - 1 Northampton Town
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Northampton Town
27-08-19 EFL Northampton Town 18:30 Arsenal U21
31-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
03-09-19 EFL Northampton Town 18:30 Peterborough United
07-09-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Northampton Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Crewe Alexandra 4 3 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 9
2 Bradford City 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 8
3 Cambridge United 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
4 Exeter City 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
5 Cheltenham Town 4 2 1 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 7
6 Plymouth Argyle 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 7
7 Swindon Town 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 7
8 Forest Green Rovers 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
9 Leyton Orient 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 7
10 Macclesfield Town 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
11 Port Vale 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
12 Newport County 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
13 Mansfield Town 4 1 2 1 8 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 5
14 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 5
15 Salford City 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 5
16 Walsall 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
17 Morecambe 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 5
18 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
19 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 4
20 Carlisle United 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 3
21 Colchester United 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2
22 Stevenage 4 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 1
23 Oldham Athletic 4 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 1
24 Scunthorpe United 4 0 1 3 5 11 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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