A home victory is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Northampton Town supporters are hopeful that the difference between 3rd and Colchester United's 21st position in the table will be visible on the playing field.
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Northampton Town form and stats
Northampton Town have played 15 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Northampton Town goalkeeper Liam Roberts is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
An away draw last time out for Northampton Town, facing Port Vale in a game that ended 0-0. Magloire, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Magloire won 11 of 14 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Newport County.Northampton are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Scunthorpe United awaits in three days.
Northampton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Northampton Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sixfields Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Colchester United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Colchester United so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
Colchester played 2-2 against Carlisle United in their previous match. Attacker Judge got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Judge hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Mansfield Town wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.After this away game Colchester United return home for a League Two game against Hartlepool United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colchester as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. 23 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Colchester United - Northampton Town 0-1. Head to head numbers (for the previous nine meetings): Northampton won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Colchester United managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / twoTop Goalscorers
  F. Sears 10 goals |   S. Hoskins 8 goals |  J. Guthrie 6 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Northampton Town | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 35 | 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 41 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 81% | 90% |
| 57% | 60% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 73% |
| 33% | 27% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 40% |
| 10% | 7% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 19% | 20% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 7% |
| 37% | 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 50% |
| 50% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | 20% |
| 23% | 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 35% | 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 31% |
| 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League Two
- Northampton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 61 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 37 | 66 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 55 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 52 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| 7 | Newport County | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 48 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 46 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 10 | Salford City | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 44 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 13 | Harrogate Town | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -9 | 37 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -16 | 33 |
| 18 | Walsall | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 32 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -3 | 31 |
| 20 | Barrow | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -13 | 31 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -19 | 28 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 26 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -31 | 22 |
