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Colchester United v Tranmere Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 21st Sep, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Home advantage can be vital in the League Two, and Danny Cowley’s Colchester United will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Nigel Adkins’s Tranmere Rovers are their opponents at the JobServe Community Stadium. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've searched our expansive database and dug out the statistics that matter the most. Head-to-head and recent form is included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of Colchester and Tranmere scoring a minimum of two goals in this League Two tie. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and the bookmakers favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.33.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Colchester
46%
11/10
7%
11/10
2%
Draw
26%
23/1012/5
Tranmere
28%
5/2
9%
5/2
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/25/1
Colchester 1-0
11%
13/211/2
7%
Colchester 2-1
9%
8/1
5%
7/1
Colchester 2-0
8%
9/1
9%
8/1
Tranmere 1-0
8%
9/1
5%
8/1
6%
Draw 0-0
7%
17/215/2
Tranmere 2-1
7%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Draw 2-2
5%
14/112/1
8%
Colchester 3-1
5%
16/1
11%
12/1
Tranmere 2-0
5%
16/1
13%
14/1
15%
Colchester 3-0
4%
18/1
10%
14/1
Colchester 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Tranmere 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
20/1
Tranmere 3-2
2%
40/1
21%
25/1
Colchester 4-1
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
1/119/20
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
4/53/4
3%
Home 1st Goal
51%
4/6
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
44%
6/4
9%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
17/2-
BTTS - Yes
52%
4/55/6
2%
BTTS - No
48%
10/1110/11
BTTS - Home Win
21%
7/2
5%
16/5
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/27/2
2%
BTTS - Away Win
13%
6/1
8%
11/2
8%
Home/draw
72%
2/7
5%
3/10
Away/draw
54%
7/10
5%
8/11
2%
Home/away
74%
1/33/10
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/101/3
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
12/521/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
5/212/5
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
2/72/7
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
6/111/2
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/101/11
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/1
12%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/33
1%
1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/18
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
5%
15/2
Home DNB
64%
1/2
7%
10/21
3%
Away DNB
46%
6/4
14%
29/20
3%
Colchester win to nil
25%
5/2
7%
-
Tranmere win to nil
15%
5/1
9%
-
Colchester / Colchester
24%
12/5
9%
9/4
2%
Colchester / Tranmere
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
Colchester / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Colchester
16%
4/1
9%
19/5
4%
Draw / Tranmere
11%
13/2
7%
6/1
Draw / Draw
16%
4/119/5
Tranmere / Colchester
4%
25/118/1
Tranmere / Tranmere
14%
5/1
20%
9/2
5%
Tranmere / Draw
6%
14/112/1
8%
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Win / draw / win League Two table
Colchester
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Tranmere
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Apr 5
Dec 7
 Notts C6420814 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 22
Dec 26
Apr 1
 Gillingham6411713 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
May 3
Nov 9
 Barrow6411613 
Dec 29
Apr 21
Feb 22
l
 
4-2F
 AFC Wim5401512 
-
Jan 18
Feb 8
Sep 28
 Walsall6402512 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 11
Dec 29
Apr 21
 Doncaster6402212 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Nov 16
Mar 22
 Bradford6312210 
Oct 12
Mar 15
Jan 28
Oct 1
 Port Vale6312110 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
Dec 20
 Crewe6312-310 
Apr 26
Oct 26
Dec 14
Apr 12
 Newport6303-39 
Nov 9
May 3
Mar 4
Oct 22
 Chesterfield622248 
Apr 5
Dec 7
Mar 15
Oct 12
 Fleetwood522118 
Nov 16
Mar 22
Oct 26
Apr 26
 Salford522108 
Sep 28
Feb 8
Sep 21
Feb 1
 Tranmere Away5221-18 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Jan 18
 Bromley6213-17 
Mar 8
Oct 19
l
 
0-1A
Jan 11
 Harrogate6213-17 
Dec 14
Apr 1
-
-
 Colchester Home6132-16 
Feb 1
Sep 21
Dec 3
Jan 1
 Swindon6132-16 
Oct 1
Jan 28
Oct 19
Mar 8
 Cheltenham6204-26 
Mar 28
Nov 22
w
 
2-0F
Mar 1
 MK Dons6204-36 
Feb 15
Oct 5
Mar 28
Nov 23
 Grimsby6204-46 
Oct 22
Mar 4
Oct 5
Feb 15
 Carlisle6105-83 
Jan 4
w
 
1-2A
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
 Accrington6024-82 
Dec 26
Apr 12
Jan 25
d
 
3-3A
 Morecambe6015-51 
Dec 3
Jan 1
Win / draw / win form
3
Colchester have drawn 3 consecutive league games
Colchester 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester1 - 1Bromley
Colchester0 - 1Harrogate
Colchester2 - 0MK Dons
Colchester1 - 1Crewe
Colchester1 - 4Doncaster
Colchester2 - 0Grimsby
Colchester1 - 2Stockport
Colchester1 - 2Wrexham
Colchester2 - 1Newport
Colchester1 - 1Walsall
Colchester1 - 1Accrington
Colchester3 - 3Forest Green
Colchester1 - 1Bradford
Colchester0 - 1Gillingham
Colchester2 - 1Salford
Colchester1 - 2Crawley
Colchester1 - 4Barrow
Colchester1 - 1Sutton
Colchester3 - 1Swindon
Colchester1 - 2Harrogate
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AColchester3 - 3Morecambe
HColchester1 - 1Bromley
AColchester1 - 1Accrington
HColchester0 - 1Harrogate
HColchester2 - 0MK Dons
AColchester2 - 4AFC Wim
HColchester1 - 1Crewe
HColchester1 - 4Doncaster
AColchester0 - 1Notts C
HColchester2 - 0Grimsby
AColchester3 - 2Crawley
HColchester1 - 2Stockport
HColchester1 - 2Wrexham
AColchester1 - 1Tranmere
HColchester2 - 1Newport
AColchester1 - 1Mansfield
HColchester1 - 1Walsall
AColchester0 - 2Barrow
AColchester1 - 1Salford
AColchester1 - 1Sutton
Tranmere 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gillingham3 - 0Tranmere
Carlisle1 - 2Tranmere
Port Vale0 - 0Tranmere
Accrington4 - 1Tranmere
Newport1 - 2Tranmere
Bradford2 - 0Tranmere
Wrexham0 - 1Tranmere
Gillingham1 - 1Tranmere
Swindon3 - 1Tranmere
Forest Green1 - 0Tranmere
Doncaster2 - 1Tranmere
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Barrow1 - 0Tranmere
Harrogate0 - 2Tranmere
Salford1 - 5Tranmere
Walsall1 - 0Tranmere
Mansfield2 - 2Tranmere
Sutton1 - 1Tranmere
Stockport2 - 0Tranmere
Morecambe1 - 0Tranmere
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATranmere0 - 3Gillingham
ATranmere2 - 1Carlisle
HTranmere1 - 0Walsall
ATranmere0 - 0Port Vale
HTranmere0 - 0Notts C
ATranmere1 - 4Accrington
HTranmere3 - 2AFC Wim
ATranmere2 - 1Newport
HTranmere1 - 3Walsall
HTranmere1 - 1Colchester
ATranmere0 - 2Bradford
HTranmere1 - 3Crawley
ATranmere1 - 0Wrexham
HTranmere2 - 1Mansfield
ATranmere1 - 1Gillingham
HTranmere1 - 0Sutton
ATranmere1 - 3Swindon
ATranmere0 - 1Forest Green
HTranmere4 - 0Stockport
HTranmere2 - 3Morecambe
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Colchester since 2004
Colchester
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
18
19
Games: Scored
11 / 13
10 / 13
Clean sheets
3 / 13
2 / 13
COU
5
D
3
TRA
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Colchester1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Tranmere
1 - 2Tranmere
1 - 5Tranmere
Colchester4 - 2
Colchester3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Tranmere
Colchester1 - 0
1 - 2Tranmere
League games at Tranmere since 2005
Tranmere
Colchester
Goals: Scored
18
9
Games: Scored
10 / 13
6 / 13
Clean sheets
7 / 13
3 / 13
COU
1
D
7
TRA
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Draw1 - 1Draw
Tranmere2 - 0
Tranmere2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Tranmere2 - 1
Tranmere4 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Tranmere1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
3 - 4Colchester
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Colchester 17th Tranmere 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Tranmere will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Colchester have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
-8
Tranmere’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Colchester
PG (predicted goals)
Tranmere
1.5
1.1
Attack rating
41%
better
COU
TRA
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Games scored5
2
Failed to score1
3
Scored first2
1
Goals scored9
3
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.6
Avg. shots per game12
4
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.5
0.7
KickOff rating
+41%
Defence rating
COU
TRA
49%
better
view stats
Games conceded5
2
Clean sheets1
3
Conceded first4
2
Goals conceded10
4
Avg. goals conceded1.7
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
11
Conversion rate against21%
10%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
+49%

Colchester v Tranmere League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6332
M MaceyB GoodliffeJ PayneM Egbo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Macey GLK6
-
T Flanagan DEF6
1
-
E Iandolo DEF6
1
-
M Egbo DEF6
2
-
T Bishop MID61
-
J Payne MID613
-
A Read MID611
-
J Gordon FWD6
-
O Edwards FWD62
1
-
T Hopper FWD6
-
S Tovide FWD612
1
-
R Hunt DEF5
2
-
A Woodyard MID5
-
H Anderson FWD5
-
B Goodliffe DEF33
-
L Taylor FWD31
-
A Scully FWD2
-
F Kelleher DEF1
-
Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5211
L McGeeO PatrickC JenningsC Norman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L McGee GLK5
-
C Norman DEF5
1
-
T Davies DEF5
1
-
L O'Connor DEF5
1
-
C Jennings FWD51
-
J Davison FWD5
1
-
H Saunders FWD5
-
C Wood DEF4
1
-
Z Bradshaw DEF41
-
R Hendry MID4
-
O Patrick FWD42
-
J Turnbull DEF31
1
-
B Walker MID3
1
-
L Norris FWD3
-
K Dennis FWD3
-
K Morris MID2
-
C Merrie MID1
-
S Khan MID1
-
S Solomon FWD1
-