The visiting Swindon Town team are thought to be favourites at Colchester United, as the guests have a 16 point edge from their 25 league fixtures this season.
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in League Two
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in League Two
Colchester United and Swindon Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have played 11 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Colchester, their manager Mullins and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for Colchester United against Salford City the last match, as Chambers, Kenlock and Andrews were on target. The Colchester United coach Mullins and his gang return home after a 3-0 draw away versus Salford City (placed 10th). In their previous game, the manager Mullins led his Colchester United to a defeat away at Salford City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at JobServe Community Stadium. Defender Chambers got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Chambers scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 16 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Sutton United with a 2-3 scoreline. Before that, Colchester United played out a draw 2-3 when visiting Sutton United. Heartbreak before that as Colchester United lost 2-3 at Sutton United's place.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 twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Colchester, as the League Two home game vs Rochdale is only three days away.
Colchester United aren't scoring a lot here at JobServe Community Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. Colchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town have an excellent away record in the League Two so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games.
Swindon Town played 1-1 against Bristol Rovers in their previous match. The manager Garner was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground The Energy Check County Ground. Swindon Town suffered a 1-1 loss to Bristol Rovers (placed 15th). Impressive finishing from Simpson secured the home win 1-1 against Bristol Rovers in their previous game. Midfield player Reed was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.35/10. Reed served one assist and hit seven key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Port Vale. Preceding that game, the 3-1 draw paying a visit to Port Vale. Preceding that game, the 3-1 loss visiting Port Vale's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Swindon Town, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crawley Town in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Swindon Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 13 league matches away. Swindon have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Swindon Town - Colchester United 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Colchester victories, two draws and two Swindon Town wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Sears 9 goals |   T. Simpson 9 goals | H. McKirdy 9 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Swindon Town missing players
| Colchester United | Swindon Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| 35 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 72% | 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 80% |
| 40% | 27% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 20% | 18% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 46% | 40% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 44% | 55% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 77% | 72% |
| 20% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 24% |
| 48% | 36% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 8% | 16% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 10 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.4 | 13.2 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| 14.1 | 14 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in League Two
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Swindon Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Colchester United have scored home.
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in League Two
- Swindon Town haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 30 | 55 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Newport County | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 40 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 10 | Salford City | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 33 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Walsall | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 28 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 28 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -26 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 18 |
