The Professional Development League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 9th and 4th respectively.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Colchester U23 form and stats
Colchester U23 have played three Professional Development League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Colchester U23 to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, led his Colchester U23 to a defeat in the Professional Development League match away at Barnsley U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that match was a defeat to Crewe U23 (1-2).
Colchester U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 attempts. Colchester U23 have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Millwall U23 form and stats
Millwall U23 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Professional Development League were 5 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 14 fixtures.
Millwall U23 won their last game, 1-0 versus Sheffield Utd U23 played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Nottingham U23.
It's early days yet, but Millwall U23 has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Colchester U23 wins - draws - Millwall U23 wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Colchester U23 missing players
Millwall U23 missing players
| Colchester U23 | Millwall U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colchester U23 | Last season | Millwall U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 77 | 30 | Conceded | C | 21 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 71% | ||
| 75% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 43% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 61% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 39% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 39% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
- All of Colchester U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Colchester U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colchester U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Millwall U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Millwall U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Millwall U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 12-08-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 3 | Wigan U23 |
| 26-08-19 | | Colchester U23 | 2 - 2 | Burnley U23 |
| 02-09-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 - 1 | Colchester U23 |
| 09-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 1 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 13-09-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 3 - 1 | Colchester U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Millwall U23 |
| 30-09-19 | | Bristol City U23 | 12:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 21-10-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Cardiff U23 |
| 25-10-19 | | Watford U23 | 12:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 04-11-19 | | Colchester U23 | 13:00 | Queens Park Rangers U23 |
| 15-04-19 | | Millwall U23 | 0 - 0 | Sheffield Utd U23 |
| 09-08-19 | | Millwall U23 | 1 - 1 | Burnley U23 |
| 19-08-19 | | Leeds U23 | 3 - 2 | Millwall U23 |
| 26-08-19 | | Millwall U23 | 2 - 0 | Nottingham U23 |
| 06-09-19 | | Millwall U23 | 1 - 0 | Sheffield Utd U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Millwall U23 |
| 10-10-19 | | Millwall U23 | 12:00 | Coventry U23 |
| 21-10-19 | | Bristol City U23 | 12:00 | Millwall U23 |
| 29-10-19 | | Millwall U23 | 14:00 | Queens Park Rangers U23 |
| 04-11-19 | | Millwall U23 | 14:00 | Charlton U23 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coventry U23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Watford U23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Bristol City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Millwall U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Cardiff U23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 7 | Charlton U23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Colchester U23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 1 |
| 10 | Ipswich U23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
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