Betting preview: Colchester United vs Port Vale should be interesting

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Colchester United holding 21st place and Port Vale lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Port Vale have the most conceded goals (30) away in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Colchester United form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Colchester United at their home stadium (JobServe Community Stadium) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Colchester are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 376 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by C. Harriott). The Colchester goalkeeper Shamal George is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Colchester United shared the glory with Salford City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Colchester played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Grimsby Town.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn two and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Colchester United, as the League Two home game vs Tranmere Rovers is only three days away.

The Colchester fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Colchester United have conceded 19 goals.

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Port Vale form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Port Vale, who have the most conceded goals (30) away in League Two, so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-10 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Port Vale have lost on their last two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Port Vale's previous game versus Newport County (placed 4th), a League Two 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Bolton Wanderers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Port playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were six Port Vale wins, five draws and six defeats.

Port have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Port Vale's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 30 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Port Vale - Colchester United 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Colchester victories, four draws and two Port Vale wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeD. Rodney
D. Rodney
11 goals
ColchesterC. Harriott
C. Harriott
8 goals
Colchester UnitedJ. Brown
J. Brown
7 goals

Colchester United missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colchester United Port Vale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 16 3 Played P 4 17 36
8 7 1 Won W 2 4 10
14 5 1 Drew D 0 3 8
13 4 1 Lost L 2 10 18
33 23 5 Scored S 7 22 45
48 19 5 Conceded C 7 30 51
83% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
71% 81% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 67%
46% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 42%
14% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 35% 28%
9% 6% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 17%
54% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 47%
26% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 25%
37% 19% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 35% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.4 9.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 9.2 10.6
3 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 3.9 3.7
31% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 34%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Vale have the most conceded goals (30) away in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 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 Cheltenham Town 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 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.