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Notts County v Colchester United : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 BST, Meadow Lane, Nottingham

Saturday afternoon sees Stuart Maynard’s Notts County and Danny Cowley’s Colchester United go head to head in a League Two battle at the Meadow Lane. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with weighting given to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) stats for this fixture are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to win this match, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have a maximum of 3 goals. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Notts C and Colchester have taken part in plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance statistics point towards an extension of that record. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.25.

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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
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Notts C are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Notts C
50%
21/2021/20
Draw
26%
12/513/5
6%
Colchester
24%
13/512/5
3%
Notts C 1-0
12%
15/2
21%
13/2
15%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/211/2
8%
Notts C 2-0
9%
10/1
16%
17/2
12%
Notts C 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Draw 0-0
8%
11/1
33%
9/1
25%
Colchester 1-0
8%
12/1
37%
9/1
18%
Colchester 2-1
6%
12/1
8%
9/1
9%
Notts C 3-0
5%
18/114/1
Notts C 3-1
5%
14/1
12%
12/1
13%
Draw 2-2
5%
11/1
20%
10/1
15%
Colchester 2-0
4%
18/1
12%
14/1
Notts C 3-2
2%
22/1
21%
18/1
10%
Colchester 3-1
2%
25/1
10%
18/1
17%
Notts C 4-0
2%
40/125/1
10%
Notts C 4-1
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
4/5
13%
3/4
15%
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
1/1
16%
19/20
15%
Home 1st Goal
53%
8/13
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
42%
7/5
4%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
11/1
33%
-
BTTS - Yes
49%
8/13
11%
4/6
13%
BTTS - No
51%
6/5
20%
11/10
15%
BTTS - Home Win
21%
3/1
11%
27/10
15%
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/3
9%
10/3
6%
BTTS - Away Win
11%
11/2
13%
19/4
12%
Home/draw
76%
2/73/10
1%
Away/draw
50%
8/113/4
1%
Home/away
74%
3/102/7
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
2/9
8%
1/4
7%
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
3/1
23%
27/10
23%
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
7/4
27%
15/8
20%
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
2/5
12%
2/5
12%
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
9/2
31%
17/4
25%
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/7
6%
1/7
6%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
10/1
35%
9/1
23%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/20
3%
1/25
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/25
3%
1/25
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
12/1
44%
9/1
25%
Home DNB
68%
4/9
4%
1/2
1%
Away DNB
42%
13/8
5%
29/20
2%
Notts C win to nil
29%
11/4
10%
-
Colchester win to nil
14%
6/1
17%
-
Notts C / Notts C
25%
9/4
4%
11/5
2%
Notts C / Colchester
3%
28/1
15%
22/1
12%
Notts C / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
11/1
8%
Draw / Notts C
16%
4/14/1
4%
Draw / Colchester
11%
13/26/1
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
10%
17/4
14%
Colchester / Notts C
4%
20/1
19%
18/1
10%
Colchester / Colchester
15%
9/2
8%
17/4
5%
Colchester / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Notts C have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 6 and lost 1 match. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Notts C have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Notts C have played 8 games at home winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 10 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Colchester are in 17th position in the League Two on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Colchester have conceded 16 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Notts C
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Port Vale181053835 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 13
Jan 28
d
 
1-1A
2
Walsall1710431434 
Jan 1
l
 
3-2A
Feb 8
l
 
4-0A
3
MK Dons179351130 
Apr 1
Dec 26
w
 
2-0F
Mar 1
4
Crewe17863630 
Mar 22
l
 
2-0A
Apr 18
Dec 20
5
Doncaster17854429 
May 3
d
 
1-1F
Dec 29
Apr 21
6
Notts C Home18774728 
-
-
Apr 5
Dec 7
7
Grimsby18918-428 
w
 
4-1F
Jan 11
Mar 28
w
 
0-1F
8
AFC Wim178361127 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
Feb 22
l
 
4-2F
9
Chesterfield18675725 
Mar 15
d
 
2-2A
Mar 4
d
 
1-1F
10
Bradford17665424 
Dec 21
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
Mar 22
11
Salford17665-124 
Apr 11
Dec 14
l
 
1-2A
Apr 26
12
Gillingham16727323 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 1
Dec 26
Apr 1
13
Barrow18657123 
Mar 4
d
 
1-1A
May 3
d
 
1-1A
14
Fleetwood15573522 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 1
Mar 15
d
 
0-00-0
15
Cheltenham18648-322 
Apr 21
Dec 29
l
 
1-2A
Mar 8
16
Newport18648-722 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 29
Dec 14
Apr 12
17
Colchester Away18495121 
Dec 7
Apr 5
-
-
18
Harrogate18639-921 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
l
 
0-1A
-
19
Accrington17467-718 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 18
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
20
Tranmere17467-1018 
Feb 22
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-0F
Feb 1
21
Bromley16385-217 
Jan 25
w
 
2-4A
d
 
1-1A
Jan 18
22
Morecambe183510-1214 
Feb 8
d
 
1-1A
Jan 25
d
 
3-3A
23
Carlisle183510-1514 
Jan 28
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 15
24
Swindon18279-1213 
Jan 4
w
 
1-2A
w
 
4-0F
Jan 1
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Colchester have not lost in 5 consecutive league games
3
Notts C have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games
3
Colchester have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive league games
Notts C 6TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Notts C0 - 0Newport
Notts C1 - 0Harrogate
Notts C1 - 0AFC Wim
Notts C0 - 1Port Vale
Notts C0 - 1Gillingham
Notts C2 - 0Accrington
Notts C4 - 1Grimsby
Notts C2 - 2Fleetwood
Notts C1 - 0Colchester
Notts C2 - 5Stockport
Notts C3 - 0Harrogate
Notts C3 - 3MK Dons
Notts C1 - 2Salford
Notts C0 - 2AFC Wim
Notts C3 - 4Sutton
Notts C1 - 3Crewe
Notts C1 - 3Gillingham
Notts C1 - 1Barrow
Notts C5 - 0Morecambe
Notts C3 - 0Doncaster
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANotts C2 - 3Walsall
HNotts C0 - 0Newport
ANotts C0 - 2Crewe
ANotts C1 - 1Doncaster
HNotts C1 - 0Harrogate
ANotts C1 - 1Barrow
HNotts C1 - 0AFC Wim
ANotts C2 - 2Chesterfield
HNotts C0 - 1Port Vale
ANotts C2 - 0Carlisle
ANotts C1 - 1Morecambe
HNotts C0 - 1Gillingham
ANotts C4 - 2Bromley
HNotts C2 - 0Accrington
ANotts C2 - 1Swindon
HNotts C4 - 1Grimsby
HNotts C2 - 2Fleetwood
ANotts C0 - 0Tranmere
ANotts C0 - 1Forest Green
HNotts C1 - 0Colchester
Colchester 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
3
Draw
11
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fleetwood0 - 0Colchester
Grimsby0 - 1Colchester
Barrow1 - 1Colchester
Chesterfield1 - 1Colchester
Port Vale1 - 1Colchester
Walsall4 - 0Colchester
Morecambe3 - 3Colchester
Accrington1 - 1Colchester
AFC Wim4 - 2Colchester
Notts C1 - 0Colchester
Crawley2 - 3Colchester
Tranmere1 - 1Colchester
Mansfield1 - 1Colchester
Barrow2 - 0Colchester
Salford1 - 1Colchester
Sutton1 - 1Colchester
Harrogate1 - 0Colchester
Morecambe0 - 1Colchester
Swindon2 - 2Colchester
AFC Wim5 - 3Colchester
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
10
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester4 - 0Swindon
AColchester0 - 0Fleetwood
AColchester1 - 0Grimsby
HColchester1 - 1Bradford
AColchester1 - 1Barrow
HColchester1 - 2Salford
AColchester1 - 1Chesterfield
HColchester1 - 2Cheltenham
HColchester0 - 0Carlisle
AColchester1 - 1Port Vale
AColchester0 - 4Walsall
HColchester3 - 0Tranmere
AColchester3 - 3Morecambe
HColchester1 - 1Bromley
AColchester1 - 1Accrington
HColchester0 - 1Harrogate
HColchester2 - 0MK Dons
AColchester2 - 4AFC Wim
HColchester1 - 1Crewe
HColchester1 - 4Doncaster
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Notts C have not lost to Colchester in 9 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Notts C since 2011
Notts C
Colchester
Goals: Scored
19
5
Games: Scored
8 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
1 / 9
NOT
8
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Notts C
Notts C1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Notts C2 - 1
Notts C3 - 1
Notts C2 - 1
Notts C2 - 0
Notts C3 - 1
Notts C4 - 1
Notts C2 - 0
League games at Colchester since 2010
Colchester
Notts C
Goals: Scored
17
21
Games: Scored
6 / 9
9 / 9
Clean sheets
0 / 9
3 / 9
NOT
4
D
1
COU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester5 - 4
Draw3 - 3Draw
1 - 3Notts C
Colchester2 - 1
0 - 1Notts C
0 - 4Notts C
0 - 2Notts C
Colchester4 - 2
Colchester2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Notts C 6th Colchester 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Notts C will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Colchester scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Notts C’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-9
Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Notts C
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.5
1
Attack rating
NOT
COU
1%
better
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Games scored13
14
Failed to score5
4
Scored first6
6
Goals scored25
23
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1.8
1.1
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
9%
better
NOT
COU
view stats
Games conceded12
12
Clean sheets6
6
Conceded first10
10
Goals conceded18
22
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
7
Conversion rate against10%
15%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%

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

Notts C League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18735
A BassD McGoldrickD CrowleyJ Bedeau
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Bass GLK181
-
L Macarai DEF181
4
-
N Tsaroulla DEF171
3
-
J Bedeau DEF172
5
-
M Platt DEF172
4
-
M Palmer MID171
1
-
D McGoldrick FWD157
4
-
S Austin MID141
-
K Gordon DEF131
2
-
G Abbott MID131
3
-
A Jatta FWD1372
1
-
D Crowley MID1233
2
-
J Brown FWD11
1
-
C Scott FWD10
-
J Hinchy MID91
-
C Grant MID81
-
S Robertson MID71
1
-
J Jones FWD642
1
-
R Cundy DEF5
-
L Ness DEF3
-
C Edwards MID31
-
A Chicksen DEF2
-
R McDonald DEF2
1
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18564
M MaceyS TovideJ PayneM Egbo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Macey GLK18
2
-
E Iandolo DEF18
3
-
M Egbo DEF18
4
-
J Payne MID1836
2
-
J Gordon FWD181
-
A Read MID1612
1
-
S Tovide FWD1655
3
-
T Flanagan DEF14
4
-
R Hunt DEF14
2
-
A Woodyard MID14
3
-
L Taylor FWD135
3
-
H Anderson FWD121
-
O Edwards FWD1222
3
-
T Hopper FWD12
-
A Donnelly DEF11
-
J. McDonnell MID101
2
-
B Goodliffe DEF93
1
-
T Bishop MID91
-
A Scully FWD6
-
F Kelleher DEF5
-