Only a win will satisfy the Salford City supporters in this The Peninsula Stadium clash with Colchester United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.
- Salford City has the most clean sheets (12) in League Two
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City, who have the most clean sheets (12) in League Two, have played 12 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-7-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Salford tasted defeat here at The Peninsula Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
The fans are hoping that Salford will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League Two game against Oldham Athletic (placed 12th). Before that, Salford City drew at home versus Harrogate Town.
Salford could not believe their lack of luck in the Oldham Athletic match, as they hit the posts three times in the 1-2 defeat. Heartbreak for Salford in their last match as Oldham Athletic's D. Keillor-Dunn scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Salford's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won three matches, drawn four and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bolton Wanderers are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Salford City in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Salford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Colchester United form and stats
There's been little loot from Colchester United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the League Two. Colchester United only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.
Colchester are looking to quickly end their 321 minutes long goal drought in the League Two.
Colchester United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Scunthorpe United proved too strong as Colchester United slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at JobServe Community Stadium. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Stevenage.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colchester when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Leyton Orient.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Colchester United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Salford City wins - draws - Colchester United wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 9 goals |   J. Brown 7 goals |  J. Wilson 6 goals |
Salford City missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Salford City | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 32 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 28 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 34 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 76% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 16% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 12% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 64% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 24% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 32% |
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Salford City has the most clean sheets (12) in League Two
- Salford City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Cambridge United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 41 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 41 |
| 7 | Newport County | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | Salford City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 36 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 11 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 17 | Bradford City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 31 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -4 | 30 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 22 | Barrow | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -25 | 21 |
| 24 | Southend United | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -27 | 20 |