League Two match guide: Swindon Town against Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: County Ground (15728 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Swindon Town in this fixture against Colchester United, but the away side will fight to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Colchester United have yet to win a game away.

Colchester United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Gillingham. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Swindon Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Swindon Town have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

No payout for Swindon in their previous match, an away game at Stevenage that ended in defeat 0-2. Clayton, defender, was given a rating of 7.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Clayton won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that, Swindon Town had a home game versus Newport County which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swindon Town handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Swindon as they are travelling to their away game against Bristol Rovers in the EFL Trophy. That match is three days after this one.

Swindon Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at County Ground with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Swindon Town have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Colchester United form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Gillingham in their previous outing. The EFL Trophy duel ended 1-1. Yippee; their first victory in the league after seven matches not winning.

Before that, Colchester United secured a home win against Harrogate Town with the score 2-1.

Colchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Colchester United have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Colchester United have won or drawn the last 6 games (4-2-0) versus Swindon Town.

Top Goalscorers

SwindonJ. Wakeling
J. Wakeling
4 goals
Swindon TownJ. Williams
J. Williams
3 goals
Colchester UnitedN. Chilvers
N. Chilvers
3 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Colchester United missing players

Swindon Town Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 5 12
5 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
14 9 4 Scored S 1 4 10
13 5 0 Conceded C 4 9 17
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 67%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 33%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 58%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 33%
 
6.5 6.8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.4 5
4.5 5.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.2 4.2
2.4 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13.7 20 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 5.4 8.5
3.3 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.3 0.8 0.9
33% 39% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 91%
 
11.5 11.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 12.4 11.2
3.4 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Colchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Colchester United have yet to win a game away.
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colchester United have scored 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 Stevenage 13 10 1 2 19 10 7 7 0 0 12 2 6 3 1 2 7 8 9 31
2 Leyton Orient 12 9 2 1 20 7 6 5 0 1 11 4 6 4 2 0 9 3 13 29
3 Northampton Town 13 8 2 3 23 14 7 5 0 2 13 7 6 3 2 1 10 7 9 26
4 Salford City 12 7 3 2 17 9 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 4 1 1 8 5 8 24
5 Mansfield Town 12 7 2 3 19 12 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 4 0 3 9 7 7 23
6 Bradford City 12 6 3 3 18 11 7 3 3 1 9 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 7 21
7 Carlisle United 12 5 6 1 16 11 6 3 3 0 8 5 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 21
8 Doncaster Rovers 13 6 3 4 18 16 7 4 1 2 12 9 6 2 2 2 6 7 2 21
9 Barrow 12 7 0 5 15 13 6 4 0 2 8 6 6 3 0 3 7 7 2 21
10 Swindon Town 13 5 5 3 14 13 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 2 3 2 5 8 1 20
11 Grimsby Town 12 5 4 3 14 10 6 1 3 2 7 6 6 4 1 1 7 4 4 19
12 Tranmere Rovers 12 6 1 5 13 9 5 3 0 2 8 4 7 3 1 3 5 5 4 19
13 Crewe Alexandra 12 4 5 3 13 12 7 3 2 2 10 7 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 17
14 Walsall 13 4 4 5 15 12 7 3 2 2 11 6 6 1 2 3 4 6 3 16
15 Sutton United 13 4 2 7 12 17 7 4 1 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 3 10 -5 14
16 Stockport County 12 3 3 6 13 16 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 1 0 5 7 11 -3 12
17 AFC Wimbledon 12 3 3 6 14 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 12
18 Newport County 13 3 2 8 12 17 7 1 1 5 5 11 6 2 1 3 7 6 -5 11
19 Gillingham 12 2 5 5 4 12 6 2 2 2 2 4 6 0 3 3 2 8 -8 11
20 Colchester United 12 2 3 7 10 17 7 2 2 3 6 8 5 0 1 4 4 9 -7 9
21 Hartlepool United 13 1 6 6 11 23 7 1 4 2 5 8 6 0 2 4 6 15 -12 9
22 Harrogate Town 12 2 2 8 8 16 5 1 1 3 4 7 7 1 1 5 4 9 -8 8
23 Rochdale 12 2 2 8 8 18 5 0 1 4 3 7 7 2 1 4 5 11 -10 8
24 Crawley Town 12 1 3 8 10 22 5 1 0 4 6 10 7 0 3 4 4 12 -12 6

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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.