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

Sat 1st Feb, 15:00 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Nigel Adkins welcomes Danny Cowley to the Prenton Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Tranmere Rovers and Colchester United teams clash in the League Two. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head statistics across the biggest markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this League Two clash.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals as a betting market simply means there will only be a maximum of 2 goals scored in total by Tranmere and Colchester during the regulation 90 minutes. It's a bet the statistics below and the odds are both leaning towards here, and an outcome that we've seen head to head clashes between these sides has produced in the past. In the absence of an obvious winner, our best bet prediction for this one is under 2.5.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Tranmere are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 35% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.00.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Tranmere 35%	19/10 11%	2/1 11%
Draw 30%	9/4 2%	11/5
Colchester 35%	11/8 9%	7/5 11%
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2 8%	5/1
Colchester 1-0 13%	6/1	11/2
Tranmere 1-0 13%	7/1 14%	13/2 15%
Draw 0-0 12%	7/1 7%	6/1
Tranmere 2-1 7%	10/1	9/1 5%
Colchester 2-1 7%	9/1 9%	8/1 5%
Tranmere 2-0 7%	12/1 8%	11/1 9%
Colchester 2-0 7%	10/1 8%	17/2 14%
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	12/1 13%
Colchester 3-1 3%	20/1 9%	16/1 11%
Tranmere 3-1 3%	25/1 13%	20/1 11%
Colchester 3-0 2%	22/1 12%	16/1 19%
Tranmere 3-0 2%	28/1 12%	22/1 10%
Colchester 3-2 1%	33/1 17%	25/1
Tranmere 3-2 1%	40/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 35%	5/4 4%	6/5 4%
Under 2.5 Goals 65%	8/13 3%	3/5 2%
Home 1st Goal 46%	5/4 10%	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	5/6 11%	-
No 1st Goal 8%	7/1 7%	-
BTTS - Yes 43%	10/11 5%	19/20 3%
BTTS - No 57%	4/5 4%	3/4 1%
BTTS - Home Win 12%	11/2 8%	5/1 4%
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 12%	9/2 8%	4/1 13%
Home/draw 65%	8/15 6%	11/20 8%
Away/draw 65%	2/5 3%	4/11 6%
Home/away 70%	1/3 2%	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 62%	2/5	2/5 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 38%	7/4	7/4 5%
Over 3.5 Goals 16%	10/3	3/1 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 84%	1/5	2/9 2%
Over 4.5 Goals 6%	9/1	7/1 6%
Under 4.5 Goals 94%	1/16	1/18
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	20/1	16/1
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/66	1/150 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 88%	1/12	1/12
Under 0.5 Goals 12%	7/1 7%	6/1
Home DNB 56%	1/1 9%	11/10 14%
Away DNB 56%	8/11 5%	4/6 10%
Tranmere win to nil 23%	7/2 13%	-
Colchester win to nil 23%	11/4 6%	-
Tranmere / Tranmere 16%	4/1 11%	19/5 14%
Tranmere / Colchester 3%	28/1 15%	22/1
Tranmere / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Tranmere 12%	11/2 8%	11/2 13%
Draw / Colchester 15%	9/2 8%	17/4 9%
Draw / Draw 18%	7/2	10/3 3%
Colchester / Tranmere 3%	33/1	25/1 13%
Colchester / Colchester 21%	3/1 11%	14/5 10%
Colchester / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 7 and won 4. Tranmere have conceded 38 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Tranmere have played 13 games at home, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 15th place on 34 points in the League Two league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 13 away games, winning 2, drawing 8 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

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	Tranmere Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	27	18	4	5	24	58	w 1-0F	l 5-1A	Feb 8	l 4-0A
2	Doncaster	28	14	7	7	9	49	Apr 18	l 3-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 21
3	Notts C	27	13	8	6	16	47	d 0-00-0	Feb 22	Apr 5	-
4	Bradford	27	13	8	6	11	47	l 0-2A	Mar 15	d 1-1A	Mar 22
5	Crewe	28	12	11	5	11	47	Apr 26	l 3-1F	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
6	AFC Wim	26	13	6	7	18	45	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	Feb 22	l 4-2F
7	Port Vale	27	12	9	6	5	45	Mar 1	d 0-00-0	-	d 1-1A
8	Salford	27	12	7	8	7	43	d 0-00-0	Feb 8	l 1-2A	Apr 26
9	Chesterfield	27	10	9	8	12	39	Apr 5	l 3-0A	Mar 4	d 1-1F
10	Grimsby	28	12	3	13	-7	39	l 0-1A	Mar 4	Mar 28	w 0-1F
11	MK Dons	27	11	5	11	3	38	Feb 15	d 1-1A	w 2-0F	Mar 1
12	Fleetwood	26	9	9	8	4	36	Feb 11	Mar 22	Mar 15	d 0-00-0
13	Bromley	27	8	11	8	1	35	Mar 8	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
14	Cheltenham	27	9	8	10	-3	35	Mar 28	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	Mar 8
15	Colchester Away	27	7	13	7	2	34	Feb 1	l 3-0A	-	-
16	Swindon	29	8	10	11	-5	34	d 1-1F	l 3-1F	w 4-0F	l 3-2A
17	Gillingham	26	9	5	12	-3	32	d 1-1F	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 1
18	Barrow	27	8	7	12	-4	31	d 1-1A	Apr 21	May 3	d 1-1A
19	Accrington	26	7	8	11	-10	29	Feb 25	Apr 12	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
20	Harrogate	29	8	5	16	-16	29	w 2-1A	Apr 1	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0
21	Newport	26	7	6	13	-12	27	w 2-1F	May 3	d 0-00-0	Apr 12
22	Tranmere Home	27	6	8	13	-23	26	-	-	w 3-0F	Feb 1
23	Carlisle	27	5	6	16	-20	21	w 1-0F	w 1-2A	d 0-00-0	Feb 15
24	Morecambe	27	5	5	17	-20	20	d 2-2A	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	d 3-3A

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Win / draw / win form

Tranmere have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games

Colchester have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere	1 - 1	Gillingham
Tranmere	1 - 0	Carlisle
Tranmere	1 - 1	Barrow
Tranmere	2 - 1	Harrogate
Tranmere	2 - 2	Morecambe
Tranmere	0 - 2	AFC Wim
Tranmere	2 - 1	Newport
Tranmere	0 - 1	Grimsby
Tranmere	0 - 2	Bradford
Tranmere	1 - 1	Swindon
Tranmere	0 - 0	Salford
Tranmere	1 - 0	Walsall
Tranmere	0 - 0	Notts C
Tranmere	3 - 2	AFC Wim
Tranmere	1 - 3	Walsall
Tranmere	1 - 1	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 3	Crawley
Tranmere	2 - 1	Mansfield
Tranmere	1 - 0	Sutton
Tranmere	4 - 0	Stockport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Tranmere	1 - 3	Swindon
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Tranmere	0 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Tranmere	1 - 5	Walsall
H	Tranmere	1 - 0	Carlisle
A	Tranmere	0 - 2	Morecambe
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Barrow
A	Tranmere	1 - 3	Doncaster
H	Tranmere	2 - 1	Harrogate
A	Tranmere	0 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Tranmere	2 - 2	Morecambe
H	Tranmere	0 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Tranmere	0 - 1	Cheltenham
H	Tranmere	2 - 1	Newport
A	Tranmere	1 - 3	Crewe
H	Tranmere	0 - 1	Grimsby
A	Tranmere	2 - 1	Bromley
H	Tranmere	0 - 2	Bradford
A	Tranmere	1 - 1	MK Dons
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Swindon

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Tranmere	1 - 1	Colchester
Mansfield	1 - 1	Colchester
Barrow	2 - 0	Colchester
Salford	1 - 1	Colchester
Sutton	1 - 1	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Grimsby
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Barrow
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Salford
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Port Vale
A	Colchester	0 - 4	Walsall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Tranmere have not lost to Colchester in 10 consecutive home league meetings

Tranmere

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 13

6 / 13

Clean sheets

7 / 13

3 / 13

TRA

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Tranmere	2 - 0
Tranmere	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Tranmere	2 - 1
Tranmere	4 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Tranmere	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	3 - 4	Colchester
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Colchester

Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

2 / 14

TRA

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester	3 - 0
Colchester	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Tranmere
	1 - 2	Tranmere
	1 - 5	Tranmere
Colchester	4 - 2
Colchester	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Tranmere
Colchester	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Tranmere

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Tranmere Rovers of late. It has been 8 League Two matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Colchester United.

	Tranmere 22nd	Colchester 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Tranmere will score no more than 1 goal	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Tranmere have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-21 Colchester have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

TRA

COU

32%

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Games scored	13		19
Failed to score	12		7
Scored first	6		8
Goals scored	18		30
Avg. goals scored	0.7		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	12		7
Conversion rate for	9		13
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+32%

TRA

COU

27%

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Games conceded	20		15
Clean sheets	5		11
Conceded first	16		13
Goals conceded	39		28
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+27%

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

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	5	2	10
L McGee	O Patrick	C Jennings	T Davies

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L McGee GLK	27			2 -
O Patrick FWD	26	5	1	3 -
H Saunders FWD	26	1	1	4 -
C Jennings FWD	26	4	2	3 -
J Turnbull DEF	25	1	1	6 -
C Norman DEF	25	1	2	4 1
L O'Connor DEF	23		1	6 -
T Davies DEF	23			8 2
C Wood DEF	19		1	3 -
K Dennis FWD	19	2		2 -
J Davison FWD	19	1	1	2 -
Z Bradshaw DEF	18		1	3 -
K Morris MID	18	1	1	1 -
S Finley MID	16		1	9 1
C Merrie MID	14			-
R Hendry MID	13	1		2 -
L Norris FWD	10			4 -
S Solomon FWD	10	2		2 -
S Khan MID	9			3 -
B Walker MID	8		1	1 -
J Hawkes MID	7		1	1 -
D Drysdale DEF	6			3 2

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	22	2	24
O Patrick	O Patrick	C Jennings	C Jennings

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Patrick FWD	5	22	1	19
C Jennings FWD	4	13	2	24
K Dennis FWD	2	8		6
S Solomon FWD	2	4		3
R Hendry MID	1	3		4
H Saunders FWD	1	14	1	11
J Turnbull DEF	1	1	1	5
C Norman DEF	1	2	2	18
J Davison FWD	1	2	1	3
K Morris MID	1	5	1	10
L McGee GLK				1
J Hawkes MID			1	6
B Walker MID			1	2
S Khan MID		2		4
L Norris FWD		9		6
Z Bradshaw DEF		1	1	4
C Merrie MID				3
S Finley MID		1	1	23
C Wood DEF			1	9
T Davies DEF		4		8
L O'Connor DEF		1	1	8
D Drysdale DEF		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
906	44	189
L McGee	L O'Connor	T Davies

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L McGee GLK	906	1	17
J Turnbull DEF	902	38	169
T Davies DEF	823	15	189
C Jennings FWD	800	39	162
L O'Connor DEF	712	44	92
S Finley MID	697	36	64
C Norman DEF	683	25	161
C Wood DEF	592	36	79
O Patrick FWD	516	34	100
K Morris MID	481	29	78
C Merrie MID	429	22	48
Z Bradshaw DEF	424	15	54
R Hendry MID	377	12	38
S Khan MID	252	17	32
B Walker MID	188	12	27
K Dennis FWD	186	4	25
D Drysdale DEF	173	6	34
H Saunders FWD	169	9	74
J Davison FWD	136	8	49
L Norris FWD	126	7	54
S Solomon FWD	96	13	26
J Hawkes MID	49	1	1

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	7	6	11
M Macey	L Taylor	J Payne	E Iandolo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	27			2 -
J Payne MID	27	5	6	2 -
E Iandolo DEF	26			9 2
M Egbo DEF	26	1		7 -
J Gordon FWD	26	2		2 -
T Flanagan DEF	22			7 -
A Read MID	22	1	2	2 -
L Taylor FWD	22	7	1	6 -
O Edwards FWD	21	3	2	3 -
H Anderson FWD	20	1		-
J. McDonnell MID	19	1		9 -
T Bishop MID	18		1	2 -
S Tovide FWD	18	5	5	4 -
R Hunt DEF	14			2 -
O. Thorn FWD	14		3	3 -
F Kelleher DEF	10			-
T Simpson FWD	2			-
J Tucker DEF	1			-
F Terry DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	22	6	37
L Taylor	J Payne	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Taylor FWD	7	18	1	16
J Payne MID	5	22	6	37
S Tovide FWD	5	15	5	11
O Edwards FWD	3	6	2	12
J Gordon FWD	2	6		5
H Anderson FWD	1	5		5
M Egbo DEF	1	6		13
A Read MID	1	5	2	18
J. McDonnell MID	1	1		7
O. Thorn FWD			3	5
T Simpson FWD				1
F Kelleher DEF		1
R Hunt DEF				1
T Bishop MID		5	1	6
T Flanagan DEF		2		4
E Iandolo DEF		5		5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1171	75	192
E Iandolo	J. McDonnell	J. McDonnell

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	1171	42	170
T Flanagan DEF	981	21	109
J Payne MID	805	43	130
M Egbo DEF	744	26	87
J. McDonnell MID	740	75	192
M Macey GLK	730	1	8
A Read MID	537	27	65
T Bishop MID	530	26	69
L Taylor FWD	413	10	60
R Hunt DEF	308	18	39
O Edwards FWD	304	19	69
J Gordon FWD	283	28	95
F Kelleher DEF	267	3	36
H Anderson FWD	192	18	58
S Tovide FWD	181	7	85
O. Thorn FWD	119	13	34
F Terry DEF	27	1	6
T Simpson FWD	13	2	6
J Tucker DEF	9

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

Tranmere have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Colchester lay in 15th place on 34 points in the League Two league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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