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Bradford City v Colchester United : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 22nd Mar, 15:00 BST, The Coral Windows Stadium, Bradford

The Coral Windows Stadium plays host on Saturday afternoon, as Graham Alexander's Bradford City welcome Danny Cowley's Colchester United in the League Two. Analysing both sides' last 20 League Two matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Fans may not be thrilled to read this, but we don't predict a thriller here. The statistics suggest Bradford and Colchester both are capable of keeping it tight at the back, and the odds suggest it's likely there's fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think that's a great shout and, without an obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals feels like the right bet on this match.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bradford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bradford 47%	11/10 2%	23/20
Draw 31%	21/10 5%	21/10
Colchester 22%	13/5 3%	27/10
Bradford 1-0 18%	9/2 8%	17/4
Draw 0-0 15%	5/1 20%	19/4
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	5/1
Colchester 1-0 11%	13/2 12%	13/2
Bradford 2-0 10%	15/2	7/1
Bradford 2-1 8%	9/1 5%	8/1
Colchester 2-1 5%	14/1 15%	11/1
Bradford 3-0 4%	18/1	14/1
Colchester 2-0 4%	16/1	14/1
Bradford 3-1 3%	22/1 21%	16/1
Draw 2-2 3%	20/1 11%	16/1
Bradford 4-0 1%	40/1	33/1
Colchester 3-1 1%	40/1 21%	28/1
Bradford 3-2 1%	40/1 21%	28/1
Colchester 3-0 1%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 30%	17/10 15%	8/5
Under 2.5 Goals 70%	4/9 8%	4/9
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/11 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 38%	7/4 5%	-
No 1st Goal 10%	5/1 20%	-
BTTS - Yes 36%	5/4 7%	5/4
BTTS - No 64%	4/7 6%	4/7
BTTS - Home Win 13%	5/1 20%	9/2
BTTS - Draw 16%	4/1	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 7%	9/1 18%	15/2
Home/draw 78%	2/7	1/4
Away/draw 53%	7/10 2%	7/10
Home/away 69%	4/11 2%	4/11
Over 1.5 Goals 57%	4/7 9%	11/20
Under 1.5 Goals 43%	5/4 14%	11/8
Over 3.5 Goals 13%	5/1 33%	4/1
Under 3.5 Goals 87%	1/8 5%	1/7
Over 4.5 Goals 4%	14/1 36%	10/1
Under 4.5 Goals 96%	1/33 2%	1/33
Over 5.5 Goals 1%	28/1 26%	22/1
Under 5.5 Goals 99%	1/150	1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals 85%	1/9 3%	1/9
Under 0.5 Goals 15%	11/2 13%	5/1
Home DNB 68%	1/2 4%	10/21
Away DNB 44%	6/4 5%	6/4
Bradford win to nil 34%	2/1 8%	-
Colchester win to nil 16%	4/1 9%	-
Bradford / Bradford 23%	13/5 3%	12/5
Bradford / Colchester 2%	40/1	28/1
Bradford / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Bradford 17%	15/4	19/5
Draw / Colchester 11%	13/2	6/1
Draw / Draw 20%	3/1 11%	29/10
Colchester / Bradford 3%	33/1 17%	22/1
Colchester / Colchester 13%	11/2	19/4
Colchester / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	12/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Bradford have played 37 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 35 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 9 and lost 8 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. Bradford have outscored their opponents by 48 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Bradford have played 19 games at home winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 31 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Colchester are in 7th position in the League Two on 58 points having played 37 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 8 clean sheets. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Colchester have conceded 15 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bradford Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	37	20	9	8	24	69	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	l 4-0A
2	Bradford Home	37	19	9	9	17	66	-	-	d 1-1A	Mar 22
3	AFC Wim	37	18	9	10	23	63	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	l 4-2F
4	Doncaster	37	18	9	10	10	63	l 1-2A	Apr 26	d 1-1A	Apr 21
5	Notts C	37	17	10	10	17	61	Apr 17	l 3-0A	Apr 5	d 1-1A
6	Port Vale	36	16	13	7	10	61	w 2-1F	Apr 1	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
7	Colchester Away	37	14	16	7	12	58	Mar 22	d 1-1F	-	-
8	Crewe	37	14	15	8	7	57	Apr 5	d 1-1A	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
9	Grimsby	37	17	5	15	-3	56	w 3-1F	l 2-1A	Mar 28	w 0-1F
10	Salford	37	14	11	12	3	53	d 0-00-0	w 1-2A	l 1-2A	Apr 26
11	Bromley	37	13	13	11	3	52	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
12	Chesterfield	36	14	9	13	14	51	w 2-1A	Apr 21	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
13	Cheltenham	37	13	11	13	-3	50	w 3-0F	d 1-1F	l 1-2A	w 0-1F
14	Fleetwood	37	12	13	12	3	49	May 3	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
15	Swindon	37	11	14	12	0	47	w 1-0F	Apr 12	w 4-0F	l 3-2A
16	Newport	37	13	7	17	-13	46	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Apr 12
17	Barrow	36	12	8	16	-3	44	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	May 3	d 1-1A
18	MK Dons	36	12	6	18	-7	42	w 2-0F	w 1-2F	w 2-0F	w 0-1F
19	Gillingham	36	11	9	16	-8	42	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 1
20	Accrington	37	10	10	17	-10	40	w 1-0F	Mar 29	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
21	Harrogate	37	11	7	19	-19	40	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0
22	Tranmere	37	8	12	17	-27	36	l 0-1A	w 0-2F	w 3-0F	w 1-3F
23	Morecambe	37	8	6	23	-23	30	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	d 3-3A
24	Carlisle	36	6	9	21	-27	27	w 2-1F	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0

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Win / draw / win form

Colchester have won 5 consecutive league games

Colchester have not lost in 13 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford	0 - 1	Tranmere
Bradford	3 - 0	Cheltenham
Bradford	2 - 0	MK Dons
Bradford	1 - 0	Accrington
Bradford	1 - 0	Harrogate
Bradford	1 - 0	Morecambe
Bradford	3 - 0	Walsall
Bradford	3 - 1	Grimsby
Bradford	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale
Bradford	1 - 0	Swindon
Bradford	1 - 1	Barrow
Bradford	1 - 2	Doncaster
Bradford	2 - 1	Gillingham
Bradford	3 - 1	Newport
Bradford	0 - 0	AFC Wim
Bradford	2 - 1	Carlisle
Bradford	3 - 1	Bromley
Bradford	0 - 0	Salford
Bradford	4 - 1	Newport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bradford	0 - 1	Tranmere
A	Bradford	0 - 1	Gillingham
H	Bradford	3 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Salford
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Bromley
H	Bradford	2 - 0	MK Dons
A	Bradford	0 - 0	Newport
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Accrington
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Harrogate
A	Bradford	0 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Morecambe
H	Bradford	3 - 0	Walsall
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Carlisle
H	Bradford	3 - 1	Grimsby
A	Bradford	2 - 2	Barrow
H	Bradford	2 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale
A	Bradford	0 - 3	Notts C
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Swindon
A	Bradford	1 - 1	Crewe

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Colchester
MK Dons	0 - 1	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 1	Colchester
Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 3	Colchester
Harrogate	0 - 0	Colchester
Bromley	0 - 1	Colchester
Swindon	3 - 2	Colchester
Crewe	0 - 0	Colchester
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Colchester
Grimsby	0 - 1	Colchester
Barrow	1 - 1	Colchester
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Colchester
Port Vale	1 - 1	Colchester
Walsall	4 - 0	Colchester
Morecambe	3 - 3	Colchester
Accrington	1 - 1	Colchester
AFC Wim	4 - 2	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 0	Colchester
Crawley	2 - 3	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

8 / 20

Clean sheets

12 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colchester	3 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	1 - 0	Chesterfield
A	Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
H	Colchester	1 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Notts C
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Walsall
A	Colchester	3 - 1	Tranmere
H	Colchester	1 - 0	Morecambe
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Harrogate
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Bromley
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Accrington
A	Colchester	2 - 3	Swindon
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Gillingham
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Newport
H	Colchester	4 - 0	Swindon

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bradford

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

2 / 9

BRD

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Bradford	2 - 1
Bradford	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Colchester

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 11

5 / 11

Clean sheets

6 / 11

4 / 11

BRD

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	1 - 0
Colchester	3 - 0
	1 - 2	Bradford
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Colchester	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Bradford
Colchester	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Colchester United's defensive record is to be admired, Danny Cowley's men having conceded 1 or less in 13 consecutive League Two outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Bradford City makes sense in this context.

	Bradford 2nd	Colchester 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 31% 1 36% 2 22% 3 4+ There is a 67% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal	0 49% 1 35% 2 13% 3 4+ There is a 84% probability of Colchester scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+10 Bradford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-10 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.6 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

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COU

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Games scored	29		28
Failed to score	8		9
Scored first	19		15
Goals scored	48		45
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		15
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+7%

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COU

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Games conceded	24		20
Clean sheets	13		17
Conceded first	15		16
Goals conceded	31		33
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		9
Conversion rate against	13%		12%
Avg. XG against	1		1.1
KickOff rating		+3%

Bradford v Colchester League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Bradford League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	12	6	10
S Walker	A Cook	J Walker	J Shepherd

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Walker GLK	36			2 -
R Smallwood MID	36	2	3	7 -
J Shepherd DEF	33	2		9 1
B Halliday DEF	33	1		8 -
B Pointon MID	30	4	5	5 -
J Walker MID	29	1	6	4 -
C Kavanagh FWD	28	3	4	5 -
A Baldwin DEF	24		1	9 -
L Richards MID	22	2	1	7 -
A Cook FWD	22	12		5 -
A Pattison MID	20	6	2	4 1
T Wright MID	20		2	3 -
N Byrne DEF	18	2		5 -
C Oduor MID	18	1		1 -
A Sarcevic MID	18	5	4	6 -
C Kelly DEF	15			1 -
P Huntington DEF	14			2 -
T Leigh MID	13			1 -
J Benn MID	12		3	5 -
C Johnson DEF	9			-
M Mellon FWD	9	2	2	1 -
B Khela MID	8			1 -
O Adaramola DEF	7		1	1 -
G Lapslie MID	7	2		3 -
R Crichlow DEF	4			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	28	6	26
A Cook	A Cook	J Walker	R Smallwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Cook FWD	12	28		14
A Pattison MID	6	10	2	8
A Sarcevic MID	5	7	4	10
B Pointon MID	4	14	5	21
C Kavanagh FWD	3	15	4	12
N Byrne DEF	2	3		1
R Smallwood MID	2	5	3	26
L Richards MID	2	3	1	14
J Shepherd DEF	2	2		11
G Lapslie MID	2	3		2
M Mellon FWD	2	10	2	2
J Walker MID	1	10	6	16
B Halliday DEF	1	6		7
C Oduor MID	1	3		3
C Johnson DEF				1
O Adaramola DEF		1	1	2
B Khela MID		1		1
S Walker GLK				1
J Benn MID			3	11
T Leigh MID		6		3
P Huntington DEF		2		1
C Kelly DEF		1		3
T Wright MID		1	2	13
A Baldwin DEF		2	1	5
R Crichlow DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1813	94	280
R Smallwood	R Smallwood	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Smallwood MID	1813	94	184
J Shepherd DEF	1300	59	280
B Halliday DEF	1150	66	161
A Baldwin DEF	946	31	135
S Walker GLK	865		18
B Pointon MID	725	32	113
L Richards MID	598	26	92
C Kelly DEF	560	22	80
J Walker MID	529	35	125
N Byrne DEF	528	22	71
T Wright MID	520	25	60
A Pattison MID	503	15	56
A Sarcevic MID	463	35	103
C Kavanagh FWD	379	13	74
A Cook FWD	317	6	180
J Benn MID	299	19	47
P Huntington DEF	296	13	82
C Oduor MID	275	14	54
T Leigh MID	200	5	45
B Khela MID	175	17	31
C Johnson DEF	129	6	33
O Adaramola DEF	128	22	41
M Mellon FWD	106	6	26
G Lapslie MID	101	4	27
R Crichlow DEF	75	2	13

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	10	9	14
M Macey	L Taylor	J Payne	E Iandolo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	37			3 -
J Payne MID	37	7	9	3 -
E Iandolo DEF	36		3	12 2
M Egbo DEF	36	1	1	7 -
J Gordon FWD	34	3		4 -
L Taylor FWD	33	10	2	8 -
T Flanagan DEF	32			8 -
A Read MID	31	1	2	2 -
O Edwards FWD	30	6	2	4 1
H Anderson FWD	29	2	1	-
J. McDonnell MID	27	1		13 -
T Bishop MID	23	1	1	2 -
S Tovide FWD	23	7	5	4 -
F Kelleher DEF	19	1		1 -
O. Thorn FWD	18		3	3 -
R Hunt DEF	17			3 -
T Simpson FWD	11			3 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	6			-
J Tucker DEF	6			1 -
A Scully FWD	6			-
F Terry DEF	1			-
K. Aboh FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	27	9	44
L Taylor	J Payne	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Taylor FWD	10	24	2	19
J Payne MID	7	27	9	44
S Tovide FWD	7	19	5	12
O Edwards FWD	6	13	2	14
J Gordon FWD	3	8		5
H Anderson FWD	2	9	1	5
T Bishop MID	1	6	1	9
M Egbo DEF	1	7	1	15
A Read MID	1	6	2	18
J. McDonnell MID	1	4		7
F Kelleher DEF	1	3
A Scully FWD		1
T Simpson FWD		3		1
R Hunt DEF				1
O. Thorn FWD			3	7
T Flanagan DEF		2		4
E Iandolo DEF		9	3	10
K. Aboh FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1717	112	300
E Iandolo	J. McDonnell	J. McDonnell

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	1717	60	224
T Flanagan DEF	1492	28	154
J Payne MID	1177	61	180
J. McDonnell MID	1142	112	300
M Egbo DEF	1079	43	130
M Macey GLK	991	1	11
T Bishop MID	772	39	94
A Read MID	679	34	82
F Kelleher DEF	657	8	78
L Taylor FWD	589	14	92
O Edwards FWD	510	31	110
R Hunt DEF	407	23	48
J Gordon FWD	370	40	134
H Anderson FWD	336	35	93
S Tovide FWD	209	7	97
O. Thorn FWD	132	16	39
T Simpson FWD	56	2	16
J Tucker DEF	39		7
A Scully FWD	36	2	8
K Vincent-Young DEF	29	2	5
F Terry DEF	27	1	6
K. Aboh FWD	8

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Port Vale v Morecambe

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Barrow v Chesterfield

Harrogate v Gillingham

Morecambe v Cheltenham

Tue 1st Apr, 19:45

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Tue 1st Apr, 19:45

Gillingham v Colchester

Chesterfield v Carlisle

Tue 1st Apr, 19:45

Barrow v Salford

Tue 1st Apr, 19:45

Accrington v Fleetwood

Tue 1st Apr, 19:45

Notts C v MK Dons

Wed 2nd Apr, 19:45

Bradford City v Colchester United : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Bradford have played 37 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Colchester are in 7th position in the League Two on 58 points having played 37 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Bradford v Colchester League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

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