League Two fixture preview: Tranmere Rovers versus Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 08.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

Tranmere Rovers have taken 12 of their 15 in total here in the safety of their own home. How will they do against Colchester United?

Insights:
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
  • Colchester United have not yet lost a game away.

Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a EFL Trophy match only three days earlier. That game was an away game at Salford City, so at least Tranmere are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Tranmere, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

It's back home for Tranmere Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Salford City away with the result 2-0. S. Walker and R. Watson found the net in that victory.

Ahead of that match, Tranmere won a home game hosting Crawley Town (2-1).

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

Tranmere Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Defensively Tranmere have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Colchester United form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Colchester United have produced an overall stat of 2-3-0 so far.

The attacking players of Colchester have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 280 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Colchester in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Salford City, 0-2. Colchester United goalie Shamal George enjoyed a super day at work against Salford City, but in spite of managing six saves the beating could not be avoided. Alan Judge got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Judge hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against West Ham United U21 in the EFL Trophy.

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

The visiting Colchester have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Colchester are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tranmere five wins, four draws and Colchester United one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TranmereP. Clarke
P. Clarke
2 goals
Tranmere RoversK. Morris
K. Morris
1 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Colchester United missing players

Tranmere Rovers Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 9
4 4 1 Won W 0 2 2
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 3
6 6 1 Scored S 1 6 7
4 2 0 Conceded C 1 4 9
70% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 78%
20% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 56%
10% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
10% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 44%
60% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 22%
60% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 56%
 
4.6 4.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.6 5
6.8 6.6 12 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.2
2.5 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 12.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.4 10.2
3.5 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.3
17% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 23%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have not yet lost a game away.
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (6) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (9) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Forest Green Rovers 10 7 2 1 20 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 4 1 0 11 2 12 23
2 Harrogate Town 10 5 4 1 17 12 5 2 3 0 8 6 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 19
3 Port Vale 10 5 3 2 13 8 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 18
4 Leyton Orient 10 4 4 2 18 10 5 3 1 1 9 2 5 1 3 1 9 8 8 16
5 Swindon Town 10 4 4 2 12 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 0 9 4 4 16
6 Exeter City 10 3 6 1 14 8 5 2 3 0 8 3 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 15
7 Barrow 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 15
8 Bradford City 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 15
9 Tranmere Rovers 10 4 3 3 6 4 5 4 0 1 6 2 5 0 3 2 0 2 2 15
10 Northampton Town 10 4 3 3 9 9 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 4 3 0 15
11 Sutton United 9 4 2 3 12 8 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 14
12 Newport County 10 4 2 4 13 13 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 2 1 3 6 9 0 14
13 Hartlepool United 10 4 2 4 9 9 5 4 1 0 7 2 5 0 1 4 2 7 0 14
14 Crawley Town 10 4 2 4 13 15 5 3 2 0 8 5 5 1 0 4 5 10 -2 14
15 Salford City 10 3 3 4 11 10 6 2 3 1 7 4 4 1 0 3 4 6 1 12
16 Rochdale 10 3 3 4 12 13 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 9 9 -1 12
17 Stevenage 10 3 3 4 9 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 7 -4 12
18 Colchester United 9 2 4 3 7 9 4 0 1 3 1 5 5 2 3 0 6 4 -2 10
19 Carlisle United 10 2 4 4 9 15 5 1 3 1 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -6 10
20 Bristol Rovers 10 3 1 6 9 17 5 2 0 3 4 8 5 1 1 3 5 9 -8 10
21 Walsall 10 2 3 5 11 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 4 8 -4 9
22 Mansfield Town 10 2 3 5 10 15 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 -5 9
23 Oldham Athletic 10 2 1 7 6 16 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 2 0 3 4 8 -10 7
24 Scunthorpe United 10 1 4 5 6 17 5 1 1 3 3 9 5 0 3 2 3 8 -11 7

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.