The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Colchester United are in the 13th position while the guesting Stevenage worry at 21st.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only three days ago.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have played 4 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Colchester after consecutive victories at their own ground.
No payout for Colchester in their previous match, an away game at Newport County that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Harrogate Town.
The defeat against Newport County was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by P. Amond).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colchester handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, six draws and three defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Colchester, as the FA Cup home game vs Marine is only four days away.
Colchester can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. On the other hand, Colchester United have conceded 4 goals.
Stevenage form and stats
Playing away, Stevenage have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.
The attacking players of Stevenage have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 683 minutes. 204 minutes! That's how long the Stevenage goalkeeper Jamie Cumming and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Stevenage's last game was the home draw against Grimsby Town (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Harrogate Town that ended 0-0.
We have checked recent matches where Stevenage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were zero victories, eight draws and twelve defeats.
A new game in only four days for Stevenage, the FA Cup home match versus Concord Rangers. Busy days.
Stevenage are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Colchester five wins, two draws and Stevenage three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Harriott 3 goals |  B. Stevenson 2 goals |  N. Chilvers 2 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Colchester United | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 60% | 70% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 20% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 60% | 70% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | 41 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 51 | 128 |
| 35 | 18 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 13 | 38 |
| 37% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 15% | 13% |
- Colchester United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colchester United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Colchester United have scored more than double the goals of Stevenage.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stevenage has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
- Stevenage has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in League Two
- Stevenage has the most matches under the total-line (8) in League Two
- Stevenage have yet to win a 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 | Newport County | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Salford City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Barrow | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 2 |