Football betting preview: Walsall vs Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

The Walsall manager D. Clarke attacks this game with the team placed 14th so far. In the visitors dressing room Colchester United and their manager S. Ball are in 9th place before this match.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Walsall form and stats

Walsall have only played one League Two game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 19 matches.

Walsall drew their last game, 1-1 away at Forest Green Rovers (placed 10th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Chelsea U21 (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) that ended 1-1.

Walsall's goalie Liam Roberts played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Forest Green Rovers with a stunning nine saves.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Walsall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost six.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leyton Orient are coming to town in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Walsall's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Colchester United form and stats

Things could have gone better for Colchester United in their League Two away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Two points from the last two away games for Colchester, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

There were no winners in Colchester's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 3-3 vs Oldham Athletic (placed 22nd). The game before that, in the EFL Trophy, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against West Ham United U21.

It looked so good for Colchester vs Oldham Athletic, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Oldham Athletic was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colchester playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were six Colchester United wins, five draws and four defeats.

It's early days yet, but Colchester United has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

WalsallC. Lavery
C. Lavery
1 goals
WalsallJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
1 goals
WalsallE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
1 goals

Walsall missing players

Colchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Colchester United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 0 1 6
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
31 17 0 Total Shots T S 11 23 47
12 5 0 Shots on Target S O 2 6 16
33% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 38%
Walsall Last season Colchester United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 19   Played P   20 39
13 6   Won W   6 16
8 5   Drew D   8 13
15 8   Lost L   6 10
40 21   Scored S   25 54
49 26   Conceded C   23 40
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 87%
69% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 69%
56% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 54%
22% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 26%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
56% 63%   BTTS BTTS   55% 54%
28% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 33%
28% 26%   Failed to Score F T   30% 26%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
412 263   Total Shots T S   245 509
148 90   Shots on Target S O   86 175
27% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
2 Morecambe 4 3 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 -2 9
3 Salford City 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
4 Cambridge United 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 7
5 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 7
6 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 7
7 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
8 Cheltenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
9 Colchester United 4 1 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 6
10 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
11 Carlisle United 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 6
12 Harrogate Town 4 1 2 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 5
13 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
14 Walsall 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
15 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 5
16 Stevenage 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
17 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
18 Scunthorpe United 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -2 4
19 Bolton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 3
20 Mansfield Town 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
21 Barrow 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 2
22 Oldham Athletic 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 6 -5 1
23 Southend United 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -7 1
24 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
2 Morecambe 4 3 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 -2 9
3 Salford City 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
4 Cambridge United 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 7
5 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 7
6 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 7
7 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
8 Cheltenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
9 Colchester United 4 1 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 6
10 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
11 Carlisle United 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 6
12 Harrogate Town 4 1 2 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 5
13 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
14 Walsall 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
15 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 5
16 Stevenage 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
17 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
18 Scunthorpe United 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -2 4
19 Bolton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 3
20 Mansfield Town 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
21 Barrow 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 2
22 Oldham Athletic 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 6 -5 1
23 Southend United 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -7 1
24 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0

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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.