Stevenage vs Colchester United: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Stevenage are longing to add to their points total at home in the upcoming fixture against Colchester United.

Insights:
  • Stevenage is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League Two

These are full days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the FA Cup. This match was also played here at The Lamex Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Colchester United have had more rest.

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Stevenage form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Stevenage have to build on here at The Lamex Stadium in the League Two.

The Stevenage supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Milton Keynes Dons (after extra-time) in FA Cup and win 2-1. The victory against Milton Keynes Dons (after extra-time) came after Luke Norris's winning goal. The Stevenage manager A. Revell was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 82nd minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Luke Norris scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

Ahead of that match, Stevenage lost 1-2 at home to Mansfield Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stevenage handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and zero defeats.

There will be little rest for Stevenage after this match as they are travelling to Rochdale for a League Two game in only three days.

The Stevenage fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. Stevenage's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Colchester United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Colchester have lost on their last two travels.

Colchester has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ipswich Town (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) for a EFL Trophy game that ended a draw (0-0).

Prior to that result Colchester United won their away game at AFC Sudbury in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 4-0.

We have checked recent matches where Colchester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were zero victories, six draws and six defeats.

A new game in only three days for Colchester United, the League Two home match versus Exeter City. Busy days.

The attacking power of Colchester United when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Colchester in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Stevenage victories, three draws and four Colchester United wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StevenageE. List
E. List
5 goals
Colchester UnitedF. Sears
F. Sears
5 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
2 goals

Stevenage missing players

Colchester United missing players

Stevenage Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 7 15
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 4
5 4 0 Drew D 1 3 5
8 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
12 8 1 Scored S 2 6 12
28 10 2 Conceded C 1 9 19
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 87%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 67%
50% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 33%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 47%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 20%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 47%
 
4.6 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.7 4.5
5 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6 5.6
1.4 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.3 11.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.6 10.5
3.5 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.9
21% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 28%
 
12.9 14 12 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 17.1 15.1
4.1 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League Two
  • Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in League Two
  • Stevenage is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 15 9 4 2 27 13 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 3 0 15 4 14 31
2 Port Vale 16 8 5 3 28 16 8 4 3 1 14 7 8 4 2 2 14 9 12 29
3 Exeter City 16 7 8 1 27 16 8 4 4 0 14 7 8 3 4 1 13 9 11 29
4 Northampton Town 16 8 3 5 21 13 8 5 1 2 13 6 8 3 2 3 8 7 8 27
5 Harrogate Town 16 7 5 4 30 21 8 3 4 1 16 10 8 4 1 3 14 11 9 26
6 Newport County 16 7 5 4 27 19 7 3 3 1 14 6 9 4 2 3 13 13 8 26
7 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 22 15 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 6 2 0 16 6 7 26
8 Sutton United 16 8 2 6 24 18 7 4 0 3 13 9 9 4 2 3 11 9 6 26
9 Leyton Orient 16 5 9 2 27 14 8 4 3 1 15 3 8 1 6 1 12 11 13 24
10 Hartlepool United 16 7 2 7 18 22 8 6 1 1 13 7 8 1 1 6 5 15 -4 23
11 Bradford City 16 5 7 4 22 19 8 3 4 1 14 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 3 22
12 Tranmere Rovers 16 6 4 6 11 11 8 5 0 3 8 5 8 1 4 3 3 6 0 22
13 Rochdale 16 5 6 5 21 21 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 3 3 2 13 12 0 21
14 Bristol Rovers 16 6 3 7 19 24 8 4 0 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 9 12 -5 21
15 Walsall 16 5 5 6 20 22 8 3 2 3 12 13 8 2 3 3 8 9 -2 20
16 Barrow 16 4 7 5 20 20 8 2 4 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 9 9 0 19
17 Salford City 16 4 5 7 17 18 9 3 4 2 10 6 7 1 1 5 7 12 -1 17
18 Mansfield Town 16 4 5 7 16 21 9 3 3 3 11 11 7 1 2 4 5 10 -5 17
19 Colchester United 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 6 9 -7 17
20 Crawley Town 15 5 2 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 7 2 0 5 7 12 -8 17
21 Stevenage 16 3 5 8 12 28 8 2 4 2 8 10 8 1 1 6 4 18 -16 14
22 Carlisle United 16 2 7 7 11 24 8 1 5 2 5 7 8 1 2 5 6 17 -13 13
23 Oldham Athletic 16 3 3 10 12 24 8 1 1 6 7 14 8 2 2 4 5 10 -12 12
24 Scunthorpe United 16 2 6 8 12 30 8 2 2 4 6 13 8 0 4 4 6 17 -18 12

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.