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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Colchester United to Win
Grimsby Town are the guests at JobServe Community Stadium on Tuesday for the League Two clash with hosts Colchester United.
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Both Teams to Score Prediction
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๐ Form Guide
Colchester United
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Colchester United are hoping to win again following the 2-3 League Two victory over Crawley Town.
For Colchester United, the goalscorers were Tom Hopper (21', 46') and Cameron McGeehan (44'). Klaidi Lolos (42') and Harry Forster (97') scored for Crawley Town.
Colchester United havenโt been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time theyโve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
Theyโve claimed a sum of 7 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 8. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Their past results show that Colchester United:
- haven't lost in the league to Grimsby Town in their last 2 games.
- are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
- are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.
Grimsby Town
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Grimsby Town go into this meeting following on from a 0-3 League Two win in the defeat of Crewe Alexandra in their most recent outing.
For Grimsby Town, goals were scored by Toby Mullarkey (38'), Curtis Thompson (59') and Denver Hume (90').
The stats donโt lie, and Grimsby Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. At the back, Grimsby Town can certainly do much better.
Going into this one, Grimsby Town are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 11/02/2020 shows us that Colchester United have won 3 of these and Grimsby Town 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
An aggregate of 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 of them for The U's and 7 created by The Mariners. Thatโs an average goals per game of 2.5.
The last league meeting featuring the two was League Two match day 15 on 24/10/2023 when the final score was Grimsby Town 2-3 Colchester United.
The referee was Scott Oldham.
โน๏ธ Team News: Colchester United
Zach Mitchell (Hamstring injury), Marley Marshall-Miranda (Ankle injury) and Mandela Egbo (Knee injury) wonโt be available for Colchester United manager Danny Cowley.
โน๏ธ Team News: Grimsby Town
With a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Grimsby Town manager David Artell has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.
โจ Prediction
Weโre thinking that Grimsby Town have the capability to score a goal against this Colchester United lineup, although it may not quite be as many as theyโll concede.
We can see a 2-1 win for Colchester United when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
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Lucas Pereira, 18:01 16/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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2-1
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Colchester United
Formed: 1937
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium (10,105)
Captain: Connor Hall
Chairman: Robbie Cowling
Manager: Danny Cowley
Competitions: League Two position 23
โญ Key Man: Cameron McGeehan
Normally taking up the Centre Midfield position, Cameron McGeehan was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England. After having played his first senior match for Luton Town in the 2013 - 2014 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has accumulated 7 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 32 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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43 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 86 | WWWWW |
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44 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 82 | WLWWW |
| 3 |
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43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 79 | DLLWW |
| 4 |
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44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 74 | LWDWL |
| 5 |
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44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 70 | DLDWL |
| 6 |
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42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 67 | WWLLL |
| 7 |
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43 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 65 | LWWLL |
| 8 |
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43 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 64 | WWWWW |
| 9 |
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44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 63 | WDLLW |
| 10 |
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44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 62 | DDLWL |
| 11 |
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43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 62 | LWWLL |
| 12 |
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44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 62 | DWLWD |
| 13 |
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43 | 16 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 60 | LWDWW |
| 14 |
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43 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 58 | LLDWW |
| 15 |
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44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 57 | WWLLL |
| 16 |
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44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 55 | LLLLL |
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44 | 16 | 6 | 22 | -1 | 54 | LLDLW |
| 18 |
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43 | 15 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 54 | LLDWL |
| 19 |
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43 | 14 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 53 | LWLWW |
| 20 |
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44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 47 | WLLLL |
| 21 |
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43 | 10 | 16 | 17 | -15 | 46 | LDWLW |
| 22 |
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42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 41 | WDLLW |
| 23 |
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44 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -25 | 40 | WWWLD |
| 24 |
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44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -36 | 36 | LWLLL |
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Stockport County |
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Swindon Town |
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Accrington Stanley |
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| Goals scored | 1.5 |
| Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 48 |
| Time first goal conceded | 48 |
| Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.5 |
| Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
| Goals scored | 1.1 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 43 |
| Time first goal conceded | 45 |
| Yellow cards | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.5 |
| Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Joe Taylor | 11 |
| Cameron McGeehan | 8 |
| Arthur Read | 5 |
| Jayden Fevrier | 4 |
| Tom Hopper | 4 |
| Danny Rose | 13 |
| Abo Eisa | 9 |
| Donovan Wilson | 7 |
| Gavan Holohan | 4 |
| Rekeil Pyke | 4 |
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Crewe Alexandra |
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