Colchester United vs Salford City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Colchester United

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Colchester United will be wanting a better result here following a 0-2 League Two loss in their previous game against Gillingham.

David Tutonda (36') and Tom Nichols (45') scored for Gillingham.

In their last 6 fixtures, Matt Bloomfield's Colchester United have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.

Salford City

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Salford City will come into the clash after a 2-0 League Two win to defeat Sutton United in their most recent game.

The only player to score from Salford City was Conor McAleny (9', 45').

Salford City have been a threat going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 12 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Salford City have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 07/12/2019 shows us that Colchester United have won 4 of these games and Salford City 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A sum of 10 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for The U's and 3 being from The Ammies. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The last league clash featuring the two was League Two match day 28 on 22/01/2022 when it finished Salford City 0-3 Colchester United.

The match was refereed by Ollie Yates.

🗞️ Team News: Colchester United

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Colchester United manager Matt Bloomfield to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Alan Judge (Knee Injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Salford City

Thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from, the Salford City boss Neil Wood has no fitness worries to speak of before this game.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment is that Salford City and Colchester United may well end up cancelling each other out here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. That’s why we have predicted a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw at the end of this one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 01:33 20/01/2023