📏 Form Guide

Notts County

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Notts County will be wanting a better result here after a 2-5 League Two loss in their previous game against Stockport County.

For Notts County, the goalscorers were Macauley Langstaff (61') and Dan Crowley (63'). Paddy Madden (26', 33', 40'), Antoni Sarcevic (50') and Ethan Pye (84') scored for Stockport County.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 6 of the past 6 meetings where Notts County have been involved. Opposing sides scored 8 times in this period whereas Notts County bagged a total of 14. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this game, of course.

Ahead of this clash, Notts County have left without a victory over Colchester United in their previous 3 league games.

Colchester United

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Colchester United come into this match following a 2-0 League Two win in the defeat of Grimsby Town in their last outing.

For Colchester United, goals were scored by Tom Hopper (5') and John Akinde (79').

In their previous 6 outings, Colchester United have helped themselves to a total of 9 goals. Colchester United have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have had 9 goals go into their own net.

Their previous form shows that Colchester United:

• have not beaten Notts County when they've played them away from home in the last 9 league games. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 01/04/2017 tells us that Notts County have won 3 of these & Colchester United 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 26 in all at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.

The last league clash between these sides was League Two match day 10 on 30/09/2023 and the score finished Colchester United 5-4 Notts County.

The match was refereed by David Rock.

🗞️ Team News: Notts County

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the sole fitness concern for the Notts County gaffer Stuart Maynard to contend with from of an almost fully healthy squad. Geraldo Bajrami (Cruciate ligament injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: Colchester United

Colchester United manager Danny Cowley has a number of players out of action. Zach Mitchell (Hamstring injury), Marley Marshall-Miranda (Ankle injury) and Mandela Egbo (Knee injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Colchester United have enough to put one past this Notts County team, but it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Notts County by the conclusion of the game. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:07 20/04/2024