Evenly matched teams: Colchester United vs Tranmere Rovers match preview

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium

Colchester United and Tranmere Rovers are both riding high in the League Two with their 8th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Colchester United form and stats

10-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Colchester United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the League Two game against Exeter City (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the home game against Forest Green Rovers that was lost 0-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Colchester United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Colchester United as a small favourite), we find five games. Colchester United has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The Colchester United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 36 goals in 19 matches. Colchester United are not conceding a lot of goals here at JobServe Community Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 19 matches. Colchester United have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Colchester United. Tranmere Rovers has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The supporters enjoyed Tranmere Rovers's previous game versus Grimsby Town (placed 15th), a League Two 4-1 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Crewe Alexandra.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Tranmere Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Tranmere Rovers, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Tranmere Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 18 games. Tranmere Rovers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 27 goals from 18 games. Tranmere Rovers have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Tranmere Rovers - Colchester United 1-1 entered in the official records. Colchester United-Tranmere Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Colchester United 2 wins, Tranmere Rovers 5 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Norwood
25 goals / 1 assists
S. Szmodics
11 goals / 5 assists
F. Nouble
8 goals / 2 assists

Colchester United missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Colchester United Tranmere Rovers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 37
95% 95% Over 0.5 89% 89%
76% 79% Over 1.5 47% 65%
55% 63% Over 2.5 26% 43%
26% 26% Over 3.5 16% 30%
11% 16% Over 4.5 11% 19%
42% 47% Both teams to score 37% 54%
39% 47% Clean Sheet 58% 41%
24% 11% Failed To Score 16% 16%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 38 21 13 4 66 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 19 10 6 3 33 18 30 76
2 Bury 37 20 10 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 19 8 5 6 26 23 30 70
3 Mansfield Town 38 17 15 6 55 31 19 12 5 2 31 11 19 5 10 4 24 20 24 66
4 Milton Keynes Dons 38 19 9 10 62 40 19 12 4 3 31 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 22 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 37 17 10 10 54 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 18 5 6 7 27 32 12 61
6 Forest Green Rovers 38 15 13 10 55 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 19 9 5 5 32 22 16 58
7 Exeter City 37 16 10 11 50 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 18 6 7 5 21 19 13 58
8 Colchester United 38 16 9 13 57 46 19 10 4 5 36 19 19 6 5 8 21 27 11 57
9 Carlisle United 38 17 6 15 57 49 19 9 2 8 32 25 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 57
10 Stevenage 38 15 8 15 43 47 19 10 2 7 22 19 19 5 6 8 21 28 -4 53
11 Northampton Town 38 12 16 10 48 47 19 6 10 3 23 21 19 6 6 7 25 26 1 52
12 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
13 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 43 46 19 6 8 5 22 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 -3 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 38 14 8 16 46 48 19 12 2 5 35 19 19 2 6 11 11 29 -2 50
15 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
16 Grimsby Town 38 14 6 18 40 48 19 9 3 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 48
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 9 17 46 56 19 8 5 6 27 25 19 4 4 11 19 31 -10 45
18 Crawley Town 38 12 7 19 40 55 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 3 3 13 11 31 -15 43
19 Morecambe 38 11 9 18 44 58 19 6 3 10 26 29 19 5 6 8 18 29 -14 42
20 Port Vale 38 10 11 17 33 43 19 6 3 10 22 29 19 4 8 7 11 14 -10 41
21 Cambridge United 37 11 8 18 32 54 19 7 6 6 20 20 18 4 2 12 12 34 -22 41
22 Yeovil Town 38 9 9 20 36 54 19 4 7 8 18 29 19 5 2 12 18 25 -18 36
23 Macclesfield Town 37 8 9 20 38 62 18 4 7 7 19 29 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 33
24 Notts County 38 7 12 19 38 71 19 4 8 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 20 43 -33 33

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