Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this clash with Colchester U23, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Professional Development League table.
Coventry U23 and Colchester U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Coventry U23 form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Coventry U23, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Professional Development League, so far this season.
Happy days for Coventry U23 in their previous game, a Professional Development League match away at Queens Park Rangers U23 (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ipswich U23 (1-2).
Goals decide football matches and Coventry U23 are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Coventry U23 have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Colchester U23 form and stats
1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Colchester U23 in their Professional Development League matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League Cup home defeat versus Charlton U23 with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that, Colchester U23 secured a home win against Queens Park Rangers U23 with the score 3-1.
The travelling fans enjoy Colchester U23's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Colchester U23's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 12 goals in 4 travels. Colchester U23 can't defend away. 12 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Coventry U23, 1 draw and 1 win for Colchester U23. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.Coventry U23 missing players
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| Coventry U23 | Colchester U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 7.2 | 9 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Colchester U23's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Coventry U23's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Colchester U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Colchester U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coventry U23 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Coventry U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Coventry U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Watford U23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Coventry U23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Charlton U23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Millwall U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Cardiff U23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Bristol City U23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Ipswich U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Colchester U23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 8 |