Get set for Walsall - Colchester United! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this match could be awesome!
- All of Walsall's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester United have lost all their away matches so far.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have collected 4 points from their League Two home games so far after 1-1-1.
The club members are hoping that Walsall will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Bradford City (placed 8th). Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Johnson for missing a penalty kick versus Bradford City in the 2nd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfield player Knowles got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Knowles hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, a home loss in the EFL Trophy against West Ham United U21. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Walsall have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from Walsall's 3 home games: 6 goals, 3 conceded.
Colchester United form and stats
No League Two points yet away for Colchester United, from their first 3 matches.
The fans enjoyed Colchester's previous match versus Brighton U21, a EFL Trophy win (2-1) played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Hartlepool United in the League Two.We have checked recent matches where Colchester United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 1 victory, 6 draws and 10 defeats.
The attacking power of Colchester United when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Walsall three wins, five draws and Colchester United two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Johnson 6 goals |   N. Chilvers 3 goals |  D. Daniels 1 goals |
Walsall missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Walsall | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 4.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 13 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3.3 | 7.9 |
| 2.4 | 4.3 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 53% | 46% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 9 | 9.3 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.7 | 12.9 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
- All of Walsall's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester United have lost all their away matches so far.
- Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Walsall have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Barrow | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Salford City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Sutton United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Walsall | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Newport County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Stockport County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 3 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
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