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Ipswich Town vs Colchester United Live Stream, Predictions
Tuesday’s EFL Cup fixture list brings us Ipswich Town playing against Colchester United.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Ipswich Town v Colchester United are shown below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Ipswich Town
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Ipswich Town won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 0-1 EFL Cup loss in their previous game against Colchester United.
In that game, Ipswich Town had 78% possession and 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For their opponents, Colchester United had 2 shots at goal with 1 on target. Luke Hannant (29') was the scorer for Colchester United.
It’s been seldom in recent games that Ipswich Town haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Ipswich Town have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 6 goals along the way.
Colchester United
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During their six previous matches, Wayne Brown's Colchester United have turned their attacks into goals 11 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.83.
👥 Head to head
A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/01/2007 shows that Ipswich Town have won 3 of them and Colchester United 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 from The Tractor Boys and 7 belonging to The U's. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The last league game featuring these clubs was EFL Trophy match day 10 on 09/11/2021 which ended up with the score at Ipswich Town 0-0 Colchester United.
ℹ️ Team News: Ipswich Town
The Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection.
ℹ️ Team News: Colchester United
Colchester United manager Wayne Brown has to choose a team with limited availability. Tommy Smith (Foot Injury) and Emyr Huws (Ankle Injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
✨ Prediction
Our feeling is that Ipswich Town should really be able to score a couple when they come up against Colchester United, who won’t find it easy to break down their defence.
We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 2-0 margin for Ipswich Town when all’s said and done.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 16:02 05/08/2022

⚽️ Team Focus:
Ipswich Town
Formed: 1878
Stadium: Portman Road (30,311)
Captain: Sam Morsy
Chairman: Mike O'Leary
Manager: Kieran McKenna
Competitions: League One position 14, EFL Cup (First Round)
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | WW |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | DW |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | WWWDW |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | LWWDW |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | WWLDW |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | LWWDW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | LW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | WL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | DLLLW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | DWWWL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | DDLWL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | WL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | WLDLW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | LW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | LLDWL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | WL |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | WWLDD |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | WLWDD |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | DLLDL |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | DLLDL |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LLDLL |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LWWLL |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | WLLLL |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | WDLWW |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | WW |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | LWLWW |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | LLLWW |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | LLWWW |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | WD |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | WDLWD |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | WDWWD |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | LWLWD |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | DW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | WWLWL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | LW |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | WDDLW |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | WDWLD |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | WWWDL |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | WLWDL |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | LWLDL |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | LD |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | WWWLD |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | LDLLD |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LL |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LLWLL |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LWWLL |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LLDLL |
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