Another action-packed fixture in League Two as Colchester United welcome Tranmere Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 23.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10105 seats)

Struggling Colchester United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Tranmere Rovers in the upcoming league round. It’s 22nd vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Colchester United form and stats

7-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season. The Colchester United manager W. Brown might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 466 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Harriott was the last player to find the net.

The Colchester crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Port Vale here at JobServe Community Stadium in a League Two match. Before that, Colchester played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Salford City.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Colchester as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Bradford City are visiting.

Colchester United has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

8-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tranmere Rovers in their League Two matches away. Tranmere Rovers are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

David Nugent scored in Tranmere's previous match, the home game against Exeter City that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Grimsby Town.

A new game in only four days for Tranmere, the League Two home match versus Mansfield Town. Busy days.

Tranmere have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Tranmere have seen the ball go into their own net 19 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

Colchester United-Tranmere Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Colchester two wins, Tranmere Rovers six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Tranmere RoversJ. Vaughan
J. Vaughan
18 goals
Colchester UnitedC. Harriott
C. Harriott
8 goals
ColchesterJ. Brown
J. Brown
7 goals

Colchester United missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colchester United Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 7 Played P 5 17 35
8 7 2 Won W 3 8 18
14 5 2 Drew D 2 6 7
14 5 3 Lost L 0 3 10
33 23 6 Scored S 8 21 48
49 20 7 Conceded C 4 19 39
83% 94% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 76% 89%
69% 76% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 53% 57%
44% 53% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 41% 46%
14% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 34%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 17%
53% 65% 43% BTTS BTTS 40% 29% 34%
25% 18% 43% Clean Sheets C S 60% 53% 40%
39% 24% 29% Failed to Score F T 20% 41% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 9.4 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.2 9.9
3 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.1 3.3
31% 39% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 40% 42%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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 Cheltenham Town 36 19 8 9 48 33 18 9 4 5 26 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 65
2 Cambridge United 37 19 7 11 55 34 19 10 5 4 24 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 21 64
3 Forest Green Rovers 35 17 10 8 49 37 17 8 6 3 26 19 18 9 4 5 23 18 12 61
4 Tranmere Rovers 35 18 7 10 48 39 18 10 1 7 27 20 17 8 6 3 21 19 9 61
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 17 9 10 47 43 19 9 4 6 23 20 17 8 5 4 24 23 4 60
6 Morecambe 36 17 8 11 51 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 19 8 4 7 25 28 2 59
7 Newport County 36 16 9 11 46 37 17 9 4 4 19 16 19 7 5 7 27 21 9 57
8 Exeter City 34 14 11 9 58 40 17 9 3 5 33 17 17 5 8 4 25 23 18 53
9 Salford City 35 13 12 10 41 29 18 8 10 0 28 12 17 5 2 10 13 17 12 51
10 Crawley Town 35 14 9 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 26 16 17 5 4 8 21 28 3 51
11 Carlisle United 33 14 6 13 46 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 5 48
12 Bradford City 34 13 9 12 38 38 17 7 6 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 48
13 Harrogate Town 36 14 6 16 40 41 17 6 4 7 15 16 19 8 2 9 25 25 -1 48
14 Leyton Orient 35 13 8 14 39 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 17 6 2 9 15 22 0 47
15 Stevenage 37 10 16 11 31 32 18 7 6 5 20 13 19 3 10 6 11 19 -1 46
16 Mansfield Town 36 9 15 12 44 48 18 4 8 6 25 27 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 42
17 Oldham Athletic 36 11 9 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 18 7 7 4 29 28 -9 42
18 Scunthorpe United 35 12 6 17 36 45 18 6 4 8 20 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 42
19 Port Vale 37 11 8 18 46 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 18 5 3 10 23 30 -5 41
20 Walsall 35 8 15 12 38 45 18 5 5 8 17 22 17 3 10 4 21 23 -7 39
21 Barrow 34 10 8 16 41 43 17 5 7 5 25 23 17 5 1 11 16 20 -2 38
22 Colchester United 36 8 14 14 33 49 17 7 5 5 23 20 19 1 9 9 10 29 -16 38
23 Southend United 36 7 10 19 22 50 18 4 3 11 13 25 18 3 7 8 9 25 -28 31
24 Grimsby Town 35 6 10 19 26 54 18 3 6 9 12 24 17 3 4 10 14 30 -28 28

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 Cheltenham Town 36 19 8 9 48 33 18 9 4 5 26 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 65
2 Cambridge United 37 19 7 11 55 34 19 10 5 4 24 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 21 64
3 Forest Green Rovers 35 17 10 8 49 37 17 8 6 3 26 19 18 9 4 5 23 18 12 61
4 Tranmere Rovers 35 18 7 10 48 39 18 10 1 7 27 20 17 8 6 3 21 19 9 61
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 17 9 10 47 43 19 9 4 6 23 20 17 8 5 4 24 23 4 60
6 Morecambe 36 17 8 11 51 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 19 8 4 7 25 28 2 59
7 Newport County 36 16 9 11 46 37 17 9 4 4 19 16 19 7 5 7 27 21 9 57
8 Exeter City 34 14 11 9 58 40 17 9 3 5 33 17 17 5 8 4 25 23 18 53
9 Salford City 35 13 12 10 41 29 18 8 10 0 28 12 17 5 2 10 13 17 12 51
10 Crawley Town 35 14 9 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 26 16 17 5 4 8 21 28 3 51
11 Carlisle United 33 14 6 13 46 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 5 48
12 Bradford City 34 13 9 12 38 38 17 7 6 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 48
13 Harrogate Town 36 14 6 16 40 41 17 6 4 7 15 16 19 8 2 9 25 25 -1 48
14 Leyton Orient 35 13 8 14 39 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 17 6 2 9 15 22 0 47
15 Stevenage 37 10 16 11 31 32 18 7 6 5 20 13 19 3 10 6 11 19 -1 46
16 Mansfield Town 36 9 15 12 44 48 18 4 8 6 25 27 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 42
17 Oldham Athletic 36 11 9 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 18 7 7 4 29 28 -9 42
18 Scunthorpe United 35 12 6 17 36 45 18 6 4 8 20 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 42
19 Port Vale 37 11 8 18 46 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 18 5 3 10 23 30 -5 41
20 Walsall 35 8 15 12 38 45 18 5 5 8 17 22 17 3 10 4 21 23 -7 39
21 Barrow 34 10 8 16 41 43 17 5 7 5 25 23 17 5 1 11 16 20 -2 38
22 Colchester United 36 8 14 14 33 49 17 7 5 5 23 20 19 1 9 9 10 29 -16 38
23 Southend United 36 7 10 19 22 50 18 4 3 11 13 25 18 3 7 8 9 25 -28 31
24 Grimsby Town 35 6 10 19 26 54 18 3 6 9 12 24 17 3 4 10 14 30 -28 28

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.