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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Struggling Stevenage will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Colchester United in the upcoming league round. It's 24th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Stevenage nor Colchester United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stevenage form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Stevenage have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at The Lamex Stadium.

In their previous game, the manager G. Westley led his Stevenage to a defeat in the League Two match away at Northampton Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Lamex Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Stevenage lost 1-2 at Plymouth Argyle's place.

There will be little rest for Stevenage after this match as they are travelling to Bristol Rovers for a EFL Trophy game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Stevenage here at The Lamex Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). Stevenage have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Colchester United form and stats

Playing away, Colchester United have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Colchester United as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Colchester United's last game was the home draw against Crawley Town (1-1). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Exeter City.

Colchester United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Colchester United have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stevenage and Colchester United have met before this season: Colchester United - Stevenage 3-1. Stevenage-Colchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stevenage 3 wins, Colchester United 6 wins, 1 draw. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Colchester UnitedL. Norris
L. Norris
6 goals
Colchester UnitedT. Robinson
T. Robinson
6 goals
StevenageK. Guthrie
K. Guthrie
5 goals

Stevenage missing players

Colchester United missing players

Stevenage Colchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 5 Played P 5 12 24
2 2 0 Won W 3 4 10
11 4 1 Drew D 2 5 9
11 5 4 Lost L 0 3 5
15 9 1 Scored S 10 17 35
30 15 8 Conceded C 6 13 23
71% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
46% 45% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 67%
29% 36% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 50%
21% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 33% 29%
12% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
42% 45% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 58% 58%
33% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 29%
54% 45% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 21%
 
5.5 6.9 7.2 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.2 5.3
5.9 5.3 4.4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5 4.1
1.5 1.4 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
293 157 66 Total Shots T S 72 145 320
82 41 10 Shots on Target S O 27 48 109
18% 22% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 35% 32%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have scored more than double the goals of Stevenage.
  • Stevenage has the fewest scored goals (15)
  • Stevenage has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stevenage have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 25 15 4 6 45 27 12 8 1 3 20 11 13 7 3 3 25 16 18 49
2 Exeter City 25 13 8 4 35 27 12 7 4 1 20 11 13 6 4 3 15 16 8 47
3 Crewe Alexandra 24 13 5 6 46 29 13 7 3 3 26 14 11 6 2 3 20 15 17 44
4 Bradford City 24 12 7 5 31 19 13 9 2 2 20 8 11 3 5 3 11 11 12 43
5 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 7 7 27 19 13 5 4 4 11 11 12 6 3 3 16 8 8 40
6 Colchester United 24 10 9 5 35 23 12 6 4 2 18 10 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 39
7 Northampton Town 25 11 6 8 34 28 13 8 2 3 21 9 12 3 4 5 13 19 6 39
8 Cheltenham Town 24 9 11 4 35 20 11 5 4 2 22 13 13 4 7 2 13 7 15 38
9 Plymouth Argyle 23 11 5 7 34 25 12 7 3 2 24 12 11 4 2 5 10 13 9 38
10 Port Vale 25 8 11 6 32 31 13 6 6 1 18 11 12 2 5 5 14 20 1 35
11 Salford City 25 8 8 9 31 34 12 4 4 4 12 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -3 32
12 Scunthorpe United 25 8 7 10 33 33 12 4 5 3 18 14 13 4 2 7 15 19 0 31
13 Cambridge United 25 8 7 10 30 30 13 5 3 5 18 15 12 3 4 5 12 15 0 31
14 Newport County 23 7 9 7 21 21 13 5 6 2 14 11 10 2 3 5 7 10 0 30
15 Walsall 25 8 6 11 23 32 13 3 4 6 10 16 12 5 2 5 13 16 -9 30
16 Crawley Town 25 6 10 9 32 35 12 5 3 4 16 14 13 1 7 5 16 21 -3 28
17 Mansfield Town 25 6 9 10 33 37 12 2 4 6 18 22 13 4 5 4 15 15 -4 27
18 Grimsby Town 23 6 8 9 23 28 12 3 4 5 11 17 11 3 4 4 12 11 -5 26
19 Leyton Orient 25 6 8 11 32 42 12 2 4 6 15 22 13 4 4 5 17 20 -10 26
20 Oldham Athletic 24 6 8 10 25 37 13 3 5 5 15 18 11 3 3 5 10 19 -12 26
21 Carlisle United 25 6 7 12 23 40 12 3 5 4 10 15 13 3 2 8 13 25 -17 25
22 Macclesfield Town 23 5 11 7 22 26 10 3 6 1 11 7 13 2 5 6 11 19 -4 20
23 Morecambe 25 4 6 15 20 44 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 2 2 9 8 26 -24 18
24 Stevenage 24 2 11 11 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 15 13 0 7 6 6 15 -15 17

Read more about League Two

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.