Possible nail-biting contest in Colchester United - Southend United game

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Colchester United holding 22nd place and Southend United lying 23rd. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals (24) in League Two

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 and Southend United.

Relegation threatens Colchester who should definitely be looking for some points here. Southend are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Colchester United form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Colchester United are 8-7-6 (wins-draw-losses).

The Colchester United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Walsall in League Two and win 2-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-5 away at Oldham Athletic.

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.

The manager H. Mullins will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cheltenham Town in only four days.

Colchester are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 29 goals in 21 games. Colchester have conceded 26 in these home matches.

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Southend United form and stats

Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in League Two, have only collected 21 points from their away games in the League Two, after 4-9-8 (21 played). With three draws in a row for Southend United the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Southend United has drawn their two previous away games.

The attacking players of Southend have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 252 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Southend goalkeeper Mark Oxley is eager to challenge this, with his 214 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Exeter City (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Crawley Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Southend United in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Southend, three draws and three defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leyton Orient in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Southend as they have only managed to score 11 times from 21 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Southend have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Southend United - Colchester 2-0, played this season. Colchester-Southend United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Colchester United four wins, Southend United six wins, zero draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Colchester UnitedC. Harriott
C. Harriott
9 goals
ColchesterJ. Brown
J. Brown
7 goals
Colchester UnitedM. Folivi
M. Folivi
3 goals

Colchester United missing players

Southend United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colchester United Southend United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 5 21 42
9 8 2 Won W 1 4 8
17 7 3 Drew D 4 9 14
16 6 1 Lost L 0 8 20
41 29 10 Scored S 3 11 24
60 26 9 Conceded C 2 26 53
83% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 76% 79%
71% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 57% 57%
48% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 24% 29%
17% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
10% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 2%
57% 71% 83% BTTS BTTS 40% 29% 29%
24% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 38% 36%
36% 19% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 57% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
9.6 9.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9 8.9
3 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.4 2.4
33% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 22% 24%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Colchester United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Southend United have scored away.
  • Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southend United have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals (11) away in League Two
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals (24) in League Two
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in League Two
  • Southend United have the the worst goal difference (-29) 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 Cambridge United 42 22 8 12 62 41 21 11 5 5 27 19 21 11 3 7 35 22 21 74
2 Cheltenham Town 41 21 9 11 54 36 20 11 4 5 31 19 21 10 5 6 23 17 18 72
3 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 10 12 52 47 21 10 5 6 25 21 21 10 5 6 27 26 5 70
4 Morecambe 42 20 9 13 62 57 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 4 9 26 31 5 69
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 52 48 21 10 4 7 29 22 21 8 8 5 23 26 4 66
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 18 11 12 54 48 20 9 6 5 29 24 21 9 5 7 25 24 6 65
7 Newport County 41 17 11 13 49 41 20 10 5 5 20 17 21 7 6 8 29 24 8 62
8 Exeter City 41 16 13 12 65 46 20 10 5 5 34 17 21 6 8 7 31 29 19 61
9 Leyton Orient 42 17 10 15 48 43 21 9 7 5 28 18 21 8 3 10 20 25 5 61
10 Carlisle United 41 17 9 15 55 46 21 12 3 6 37 24 20 5 6 9 18 22 9 60
11 Salford City 41 15 14 12 46 33 21 9 11 1 31 15 20 6 3 11 15 18 13 59
12 Crawley Town 42 16 11 15 52 53 21 10 5 6 29 23 21 6 6 9 23 30 -1 59
13 Bradford City 41 16 10 15 47 47 20 9 6 5 22 17 21 7 4 10 25 30 0 58
14 Port Vale 42 15 9 18 53 52 21 8 5 8 25 21 21 7 4 10 28 31 1 54
15 Stevenage 42 12 17 13 36 37 21 8 7 6 23 16 21 4 10 7 13 21 -1 53
16 Harrogate Town 42 15 8 19 45 49 21 7 5 9 19 22 21 8 3 10 26 27 -4 53
17 Oldham Athletic 42 14 9 19 67 72 21 6 2 13 30 37 21 8 7 6 37 35 -5 51
18 Mansfield Town 42 10 19 13 47 52 21 4 10 7 26 30 21 6 9 6 21 22 -5 49
19 Walsall 42 10 19 13 43 49 21 7 6 8 20 23 21 3 13 5 23 26 -6 49
20 Scunthorpe United 41 13 8 20 41 54 21 7 6 8 22 25 20 6 2 12 19 29 -13 47
21 Barrow 41 12 10 19 49 53 21 7 8 6 31 28 20 5 2 13 18 25 -4 46
22 Colchester United 42 9 17 16 41 60 21 8 7 6 29 26 21 1 10 10 12 34 -19 44
23 Southend United 42 8 14 20 24 53 21 4 5 12 13 27 21 4 9 8 11 26 -29 38
24 Grimsby Town 41 8 13 20 32 59 21 4 8 9 16 27 20 4 5 11 16 32 -27 37

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 Cambridge United 42 22 8 12 62 41 21 11 5 5 27 19 21 11 3 7 35 22 21 74
2 Cheltenham Town 41 21 9 11 54 36 20 11 4 5 31 19 21 10 5 6 23 17 18 72
3 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 10 12 52 47 21 10 5 6 25 21 21 10 5 6 27 26 5 70
4 Morecambe 42 20 9 13 62 57 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 4 9 26 31 5 69
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 52 48 21 10 4 7 29 22 21 8 8 5 23 26 4 66
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 18 11 12 54 48 20 9 6 5 29 24 21 9 5 7 25 24 6 65
7 Newport County 41 17 11 13 49 41 20 10 5 5 20 17 21 7 6 8 29 24 8 62
8 Exeter City 41 16 13 12 65 46 20 10 5 5 34 17 21 6 8 7 31 29 19 61
9 Leyton Orient 42 17 10 15 48 43 21 9 7 5 28 18 21 8 3 10 20 25 5 61
10 Carlisle United 41 17 9 15 55 46 21 12 3 6 37 24 20 5 6 9 18 22 9 60
11 Salford City 41 15 14 12 46 33 21 9 11 1 31 15 20 6 3 11 15 18 13 59
12 Crawley Town 42 16 11 15 52 53 21 10 5 6 29 23 21 6 6 9 23 30 -1 59
13 Bradford City 41 16 10 15 47 47 20 9 6 5 22 17 21 7 4 10 25 30 0 58
14 Port Vale 42 15 9 18 53 52 21 8 5 8 25 21 21 7 4 10 28 31 1 54
15 Stevenage 42 12 17 13 36 37 21 8 7 6 23 16 21 4 10 7 13 21 -1 53
16 Harrogate Town 42 15 8 19 45 49 21 7 5 9 19 22 21 8 3 10 26 27 -4 53
17 Oldham Athletic 42 14 9 19 67 72 21 6 2 13 30 37 21 8 7 6 37 35 -5 51
18 Mansfield Town 42 10 19 13 47 52 21 4 10 7 26 30 21 6 9 6 21 22 -5 49
19 Walsall 42 10 19 13 43 49 21 7 6 8 20 23 21 3 13 5 23 26 -6 49
20 Scunthorpe United 41 13 8 20 41 54 21 7 6 8 22 25 20 6 2 12 19 29 -13 47
21 Barrow 41 12 10 19 49 53 21 7 8 6 31 28 20 5 2 13 18 25 -4 46
22 Colchester United 42 9 17 16 41 60 21 8 7 6 29 26 21 1 10 10 12 34 -19 44
23 Southend United 42 8 14 20 24 53 21 4 5 12 13 27 21 4 9 8 11 26 -29 38
24 Grimsby Town 41 8 13 20 32 59 21 4 8 9 16 27 20 4 5 11 16 32 -27 37

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