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Bradford City v Colchester United : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 22nd Mar, 15:00 BST, Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford

Saturday afternoon at the Northern Commercials Stadium, and it’s a League Two showdown between Bradford City and Colchester United. Graham Alexander and Danny Cowley will be doing all they can to ensure the win. For every League Two match preview, KickOff delves into the stats for multiple markets. Important stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then brought forward alongside the best odds.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bradford 51%	-	-
Draw 29%	-	-
Colchester 19%	-	-
Bradford 1-0 18%	-	-
Draw 0-0 14%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Bradford 2-0 12%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 9%	-	-
Bradford 2-1 8%	-	-
Bradford 3-0 5%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 4%	-	-
Bradford 3-1 3%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 3%	-	-
Draw 2-2 3%	-	-
Bradford 4-0 2%	-	-
Bradford 3-2 1%	-	-
Bradford 4-1 1%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 31%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 69%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 37%	-	-
No 1st Goal 10%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 36%	-	-
BTTS - No 64%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 14%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 15%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 6%	-	-
Home/draw 81%	-	-
Away/draw 49%	-	-
Home/away 71%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 58%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 42%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 14%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 86%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 86%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 14%	-	-
Home DNB 72%	-	-
Away DNB 40%	-	-
Bradford win to nil 37%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 13%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Bradford have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 34 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 9 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Bradford have outscored their opponents by 48 goals to 42 goals.

Home League Performance

Bradford have played 18 games at home winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 31 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Colchester are in 9th position in the League Two on 55 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 8 clean sheets. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 6 and won 3. Colchester have conceded 15 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bradford Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	36	20	8	8	24	68	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	l 4-0A
2	Bradford Home	36	19	9	8	18	66	-	-	d 1-1A	Mar 22
3	Doncaster	36	18	8	10	10	62	l 1-2A	Apr 26	d 1-1A	Apr 21
4	Notts C	36	17	10	9	18	61	Apr 18	l 3-0A	Apr 5	d 1-1A
5	AFC Wim	36	17	9	10	22	60	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	l 4-2F
6	Port Vale	35	15	13	7	7	58	w 2-1F	Apr 1	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
7	Crewe	36	14	14	8	7	56	Apr 5	d 1-1A	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
8	Grimsby	36	17	5	14	-2	56	w 3-1F	l 2-1A	Mar 28	w 0-1F
9	Colchester Away	36	13	16	7	9	55	Mar 22	d 1-1F	-	-
10	Bromley	36	13	12	11	3	51	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
11	Salford	36	13	11	12	2	50	d 0-00-0	w 1-2A	l 1-2A	Apr 26
12	Fleetwood	36	12	13	11	6	49	May 3	l 1-0A	Mar 15	d 0-00-0
13	Cheltenham	36	13	10	13	-3	49	w 3-0F	d 1-1F	l 1-2A	w 0-1F
14	Chesterfield	35	13	9	13	13	48	w 2-1A	Apr 21	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
15	Swindon	36	11	13	12	0	46	w 1-0F	Apr 12	w 4-0F	l 3-2A
16	Barrow	35	12	7	16	-3	43	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	May 3	d 1-1A
17	Newport	36	12	7	17	-16	43	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Apr 12
18	MK Dons	35	12	6	17	-4	42	w 2-0F	w 1-2F	w 2-0F	w 0-1F
19	Gillingham	35	11	8	16	-8	41	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 1
20	Harrogate	36	11	7	18	-16	40	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0
21	Accrington	36	10	9	17	-10	39	w 1-0F	Mar 29	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
22	Tranmere	36	7	12	17	-28	33	Mar 15	w 0-2F	w 3-0F	w 1-3F
23	Morecambe	36	8	5	23	-23	29	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	d 3-3A
24	Carlisle	35	6	9	20	-26	27	w 2-1F	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Colchester have not lost in 7 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford	3 - 0	Cheltenham
Bradford	2 - 0	MK Dons
Bradford	1 - 0	Accrington
Bradford	1 - 0	Harrogate
Bradford	1 - 0	Morecambe
Bradford	3 - 0	Walsall
Bradford	3 - 1	Grimsby
Bradford	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale
Bradford	1 - 0	Swindon
Bradford	1 - 1	Barrow
Bradford	1 - 2	Doncaster
Bradford	2 - 1	Gillingham
Bradford	3 - 1	Newport
Bradford	0 - 0	AFC Wim
Bradford	2 - 1	Carlisle
Bradford	3 - 1	Bromley
Bradford	0 - 0	Salford
Bradford	4 - 1	Newport
Bradford	1 - 0	Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bradford	0 - 1	Gillingham
H	Bradford	3 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Salford
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Bromley
H	Bradford	2 - 0	MK Dons
A	Bradford	0 - 0	Newport
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Accrington
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Harrogate
A	Bradford	0 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Morecambe
H	Bradford	3 - 0	Walsall
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Carlisle
H	Bradford	3 - 1	Grimsby
A	Bradford	2 - 2	Barrow
H	Bradford	2 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale
A	Bradford	0 - 3	Notts C
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Swindon
A	Bradford	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Bradford	1 - 1	Barrow

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Colchester
MK Dons	0 - 1	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 1	Colchester
Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 3	Colchester
Harrogate	0 - 0	Colchester
Bromley	0 - 1	Colchester
Swindon	3 - 2	Colchester
Crewe	0 - 0	Colchester
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Colchester
Grimsby	0 - 1	Colchester
Barrow	1 - 1	Colchester
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Colchester
Port Vale	1 - 1	Colchester
Walsall	4 - 0	Colchester
Morecambe	3 - 3	Colchester
Accrington	1 - 1	Colchester
AFC Wim	4 - 2	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 0	Colchester
Crawley	2 - 3	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

8 / 20

Clean sheets

12 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	1 - 0	Chesterfield
A	Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
H	Colchester	1 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Notts C
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Walsall
A	Colchester	3 - 1	Tranmere
H	Colchester	1 - 0	Morecambe
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Harrogate
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Bromley
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Accrington
A	Colchester	2 - 3	Swindon
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Gillingham
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Newport
H	Colchester	4 - 0	Swindon
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Fleetwood

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bradford

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

2 / 9

BRD

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Bradford	2 - 1
Bradford	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Colchester

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 11

5 / 11

Clean sheets

6 / 11

4 / 11

BRD

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	1 - 0
Colchester	3 - 0
	1 - 2	Bradford
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Colchester	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Bradford
Colchester	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Colchester United's defensive record is very strong, Danny Cowley's men having conceded 1 or less in 12 consecutive League Two outings. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Bradford City makes sense in this context.

	Bradford 2nd	Colchester 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 36% 2 23% 3 4+ There is a 63% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal	0 51% 1 34% 2 12% 3 4+ There is a 51% probability that Colchester will fail to score

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+15 Bradford have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted	-10 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.6 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

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BRD

COU

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Games scored	29		26
Failed to score	7		9
Scored first	19		13
Goals scored	48		40
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		14
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+15%

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Games conceded	23		19
Clean sheets	13		16
Conceded first	14		16
Goals conceded	30		32
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	13%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1
KickOff rating		0%

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

Bradford League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	12	6	10
S Walker	A Cook	J Walker	J Shepherd

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Walker GLK	35			2 -
R Smallwood MID	35	2	3	7 -
J Shepherd DEF	32	2		9 1
B Halliday DEF	32	1		8 -
B Pointon MID	30	4	5	5 -
J Walker MID	28	1	6	4 -
C Kavanagh FWD	27	3	4	5 -
A Baldwin DEF	23		1	8 -
L Richards MID	22	2	1	7 -
A Cook FWD	22	12		5 -
A Pattison MID	20	6	2	4 1
T Wright MID	19		2	3 -
C Oduor MID	18	1		1 -
A Sarcevic MID	18	5	4	6 -
N Byrne DEF	17	2		4 -
C Kelly DEF	15			1 -
P Huntington DEF	14			2 -
T Leigh MID	12			1 -
J Benn MID	12		3	5 -
C Johnson DEF	9			-
M Mellon FWD	8	2	2	1 -
B Khela MID	7			1 -
O Adaramola DEF	6		1	1 -
G Lapslie MID	6	2		2 -
R Crichlow DEF	4			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	28	6	26
A Cook	A Cook	J Walker	R Smallwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Cook FWD	12	28		14
A Pattison MID	6	10	2	8
A Sarcevic MID	5	7	4	10
B Pointon MID	4	14	5	21
C Kavanagh FWD	3	15	4	12
M Mellon FWD	2	8	2	2
N Byrne DEF	2	3		1
R Smallwood MID	2	5	3	26
L Richards MID	2	3	1	14
G Lapslie MID	2	3		1
J Shepherd DEF	2	2		11
J Walker MID	1	9	6	16
B Halliday DEF	1	6		6
C Oduor MID	1	3		3
C Johnson DEF				1
O Adaramola DEF		1	1	2
B Khela MID		1		1
S Walker GLK				1
J Benn MID			3	11
T Leigh MID		6		3
P Huntington DEF		2		1
C Kelly DEF		1		3
T Wright MID		1	2	13
A Baldwin DEF		2	1	5
R Crichlow DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1749	92	274
R Smallwood	R Smallwood	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Smallwood MID	1749	92	177
J Shepherd DEF	1220	59	274
B Halliday DEF	1112	65	160
A Baldwin DEF	876	32	131
S Walker GLK	845		18
B Pointon MID	725	32	113
L Richards MID	598	26	92
C Kelly DEF	560	22	80
T Wright MID	510	24	58
A Pattison MID	503	15	56
J Walker MID	497	35	120
N Byrne DEF	475	21	69
A Sarcevic MID	463	35	103
C Kavanagh FWD	375	13	71
A Cook FWD	317	6	180
J Benn MID	299	19	47
P Huntington DEF	297	13	82
C Oduor MID	275	14	54
T Leigh MID	195	5	45
B Khela MID	131	14	27
C Johnson DEF	129	6	33
O Adaramola DEF	108	20	33
M Mellon FWD	93	5	23
G Lapslie MID	78	4	22
R Crichlow DEF	75	2	13

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	9	9	14
M Macey	L Taylor	J Payne	E Iandolo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	36			3 -
J Payne MID	36	6	9	3 -
E Iandolo DEF	35		3	12 2
M Egbo DEF	35	1		7 -
J Gordon FWD	33	3		3 -
L Taylor FWD	32	9	2	8 -
T Flanagan DEF	31			8 -
A Read MID	30	1	2	2 -
O Edwards FWD	29	5	2	4 1
H Anderson FWD	28	2		-
J. McDonnell MID	27	1		13 -
T Bishop MID	23	1	1	2 -
S Tovide FWD	23	7	5	4 -
F Kelleher DEF	18	1		1 -
O. Thorn FWD	18		3	3 -
R Hunt DEF	16			3 -
T Simpson FWD	10			3 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	6			-
A Scully FWD	6			-
J Tucker DEF	5			1 -
F Terry DEF	1			-
K. Aboh FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	26	9	44
L Taylor	J Payne	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Taylor FWD	9	23	2	19
S Tovide FWD	7	19	5	12
J Payne MID	6	26	9	44
O Edwards FWD	5	10	2	14
J Gordon FWD	3	8		5
H Anderson FWD	2	7		5
T Bishop MID	1	6	1	9
M Egbo DEF	1	7		15
A Read MID	1	6	2	18
J. McDonnell MID	1	4		7
F Kelleher DEF	1	3
A Scully FWD		1
T Simpson FWD		3		1
R Hunt DEF				1
O. Thorn FWD			3	7
T Flanagan DEF		2		4
E Iandolo DEF		9	3	10
K. Aboh FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1662	112	300
E Iandolo	J. McDonnell	J. McDonnell

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	1662	59	221
T Flanagan DEF	1442	27	154
J. McDonnell MID	1142	112	300
J Payne MID	1128	61	177
M Egbo DEF	1026	43	126
M Macey GLK	967	1	11
T Bishop MID	772	39	94
A Read MID	623	32	76
F Kelleher DEF	613	8	75
L Taylor FWD	569	13	90
O Edwards FWD	487	29	102
J Gordon FWD	363	38	131
R Hunt DEF	349	21	46
H Anderson FWD	312	32	85
S Tovide FWD	209	7	97
O. Thorn FWD	132	16	39
T Simpson FWD	54	2	13
J Tucker DEF	36		5
A Scully FWD	36	2	8
K Vincent-Young DEF	29	2	5
F Terry DEF	27	1	6
K. Aboh FWD	8

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Bradford City v Colchester United : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Bradford have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Colchester are in 9th position in the League Two on 55 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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