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Colchester United

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Colchester United head into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 EFL Cup stalemate against Reading.

In that match, Colchester United had 39% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Colchester United, goals were scored by Tom Hopper (3') and Jack Payne (55'). Reading had 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Charlie Savage (65') and Lewis Wing (73') scored for Reading. Colchester United won the match 4-3 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Colchester United haven’t conceded. The facts show that Colchester United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 11 goals along the way. That aside, time will tell whether that trend might be sustained in this match.

Taking a look at their past results, Colchester United:

• haven't beaten MK Dons in their previous 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Milton Keynes Dons

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Since being beaten in their last game against Watford in EFL Cup competition, MK Dons and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, MK Dons managed 43% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Watford had 24 shots at goal with 12 on target. Mattie Pollock (24'), Tom Ince (45', 67', 74') and Kwadwo Baah (64') scored for Watford.

The stats don’t lie, and MK Dons have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 21 goals in total. In defence, MK Dons can certainly do much better.

Ahead of this meeting, MK Dons are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/11/2014 shows us that Colchester United have won 2 of these games & MK Dons 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

In all, 16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from The U's and 11 being from The Dons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league contest between the two was League Two match day 24 on 26/12/2023 and the score finished MK Dons 1-0 Colchester United.

The match was refereed by Alex Chilowicz.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Colchester United might well have a job on their hands to see themselves scoring against this MK Dons outfit who we think will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore predicting a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for MK Dons when all is said and done.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:04 17/08/2024