Salford City have won 34 points running out as the hosts. Colchester United have brought back 22 points being the away side. Could we look at anything else than a home win?
- Colchester United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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
5 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Salford City have to build on here at The Peninsula Stadium in the League Two.
It's back home for Salford City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Port Vale away with the result 1-0. Elliott found the net in that victory. Defender Vassell got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Vassell won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Bradford City.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Salford City matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, three draws and zero defeats (from five games).
There will be little rest for Salford City after this match as they are travelling to Barrow for a League Two game in only three days.
The Salford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Salford City have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-4-7 (13 played). With the Colchester United losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Two away games in a row for Colchester United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Sutton United in the League Two. Chambers was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Chambers won 13 of 14 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Barrow.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colchester United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Colchester United have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Colchester United - Salford 0-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Salford City victory, one draw and three Colchester United wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Sears 9 goals |   B. Thomas-Asante 6 goals |  M. Lund 5 goals |
Salford City missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Salford City | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 35 |
| 92% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 77% | 88% |
| 76% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 71% |
| 36% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 46% | 38% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 8% |
| 48% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 46% |
| 44% | 54% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 17% |
| 16% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 62% | 50% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 12.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 28% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 23% | 28% |
| 12.7 | 11.7 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in League Two
- Colchester United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 43 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Newport County | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 10 | Salford City | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 27 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 27 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 22 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
