Both these teams have had some difficulties so far, but three points in this highly important fixture would definitely help. Let's hear it for Colchester United - Rochdale!
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rochdale have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
Rochdale could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago.
Colchester United form and stats
The complete League Two results at home this season for Colchester United are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Colchester regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at JobServe Community Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Grimsby Town (placed 8th). Midfield player Clampin got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Clampin dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
1-1 away at Walsall before that.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 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Colchester United have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Colchester United have conceded 6 goals.
Rochdale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The attacking players of Rochdale have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 217 minutes.
The regulars enjoyed Rochdale's previous match versus Liverpool U21, a EFL Trophy win (1-0) played at home.
Prior to that match, the Rochdale manager Bentley faced defeat when travelling to Northampton Town and losing 0-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rochdale playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Rochdale wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rochdale as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. The Rochdale manager Bentley has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Rochdale have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (4-4-0) when facing Colchester United.Top Goalscorers
  N. Chilvers 3 goals |   D. Rodney 2 goals | S. Quigley 2 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Rochdale missing players
| Colchester United | Rochdale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 4.3 | 6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 0.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.6 | 8.4 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 88% | 80% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 26% |
| 11.7 | 10.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 15.8 | 13.1 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rochdale have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rochdale have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
- Rochdale have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Rochdale have yet to win a game.
- Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Barrow | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Salford City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | Newport County | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 4 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 2 |
