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

Tue 17th Feb, 19:45 BST, The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Cambridge United are in League Two action on Tuesday evening, as Neil Harris aims to beat Danny Cowley and his Colchester United side at The Abbey Stadium. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are included as well.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cambridge 47%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Colchester 27%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Cambridge 1-0 11%	-	-
Cambridge 2-1 9%	-	-
Cambridge 2-0 9%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Cambridge 3-1 5%	-	-
Cambridge 3-0 4%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 4%	-	-
Cambridge 3-2 3%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 2%	-	-
Colchester 3-2 2%	-	-
Cambridge 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 21%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 73%	-	-
Away/draw 53%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 65%	-	-
Away DNB 45%	-	-
Cambridge win to nil 26%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Cambridge have played 28 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 8 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 41 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Cambridge have played 14 games at home winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 23 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Colchester are in 13th position in the League Two on 42 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 3 and won 5. Colchester have conceded 17 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 3 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	Cambridge Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	29	17	8	4	21	59	w 2-1F	Apr 18	l 0-2A	Mar 21
2	Notts C	29	16	6	7	15	54	Apr 11	l 2-0A	Apr 25	w 1-3A
3	Cambridge	28	15	8	5	16	53	-	-	l 1-2F	Feb 17
4	Swindon	29	16	4	9	13	52	Apr 3	l 3-2F	Apr 10	d 0-00-0
5	Salford	29	16	4	9	6	52	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	Feb 28	l 4-3F
6	MK Dons	29	14	9	6	25	51	Feb 28	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	Mar 17
7	Walsall	29	14	7	8	9	49	w 2-0F	Mar 17	Mar 28	w 0-2F
8	Chesterfield	29	11	12	6	7	45	d 1-1F	w 0-1F	w 6-2F	-
9	Grimsby	28	12	8	8	9	44	-	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	w 1-2A
10	Crewe	30	12	8	10	8	44	w 2-1A	May 2	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
11	Barnet	29	11	10	8	7	43	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	Feb 21	d 1-1F
12	Accrington	29	12	7	10	5	43	w 2-0F	Mar 7	-	l 1-0A
13	Colchester	28	11	9	8	10	42	Feb 17	w 1-2A	-	-
14	Gillingham	28	9	11	8	3	38	Mar 14	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
15	Fleetwood	28	10	7	11	0	37	w 2-1A	w 1-2F	w 2-1F	l 4-2F
16	Oldham	27	8	11	8	2	35	l 0-1A	w 0-3F	Apr 3	d 1-1F
17	Tranmere	29	8	8	13	-7	32	w 4-2A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Apr 6
18	Cheltenham	28	9	3	16	-21	30	w 1-0F	Apr 6	w 2-0F	May 2
19	Bristol R	29	8	3	18	-21	27	Feb 14	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
20	Crawley	29	6	8	15	-15	26	w 3-1F	Feb 10	Mar 13	d 1-1A
21	Barrow	27	6	6	15	-14	24	Apr 25	w 0-2F	l 0-2A	Feb 14
22	Shrewsbury	28	5	8	15	-24	23	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	Feb 7	w 0-2F
23	Newport	28	5	5	18	-25	20	w 2-0F	Feb 21	w 4-1F	Mar 7
24	Harrogate	30	4	6	20	-29	18	d 1-1F	Feb 7	w 3-1A	Apr 18

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
Cambridge	4 - 2	Tranmere
Cambridge	2 - 0	Walsall
Cambridge	2 - 0	Accrington
Cambridge	1 - 1	Chesterfield
Cambridge	2 - 1	Crewe
Cambridge	0 - 0	Barnet
Cambridge	2 - 1	Bromley
Cambridge	3 - 1	Crawley
Cambridge	2 - 1	Fleetwood
Cambridge	0 - 1	Oldham
Cambridge	2 - 0	Newport
Cambridge	1 - 1	Harrogate
Cambridge	1 - 0	Cheltenham
Cambridge	1 - 2	Birmingham
Cambridge	1 - 2	L Orient
Cambridge	0 - 1	Charlton
Cambridge	2 - 2	Wrexham
Cambridge	1 - 1	Northampton
Cambridge	0 - 1	Peterborough

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cambridge	3 - 0	Oldham
H	Cambridge	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Cambridge	4 - 2	Tranmere
A	Cambridge	2 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Walsall
A	Cambridge	1 - 0	Chesterfield
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	Gillingham
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Accrington
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	MK Dons
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Cambridge	2 - 1	Crewe
A	Cambridge	2 - 0	Barrow
H	Cambridge	0 - 0	Barnet
A	Cambridge	0 - 0	Salford
A	Cambridge	0 - 2	Notts C
H	Cambridge	2 - 1	Bromley
A	Cambridge	0 - 2	Shrewsbury
H	Cambridge	3 - 1	Crawley
A	Cambridge	0 - 0	Tranmere
H	Cambridge	2 - 1	Fleetwood

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	1 - 0	Colchester
Bristol R	0 - 1	Colchester
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Crawley	1 - 1	Colchester
Salford	4 - 3	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 3	Colchester
Walsall	0 - 2	Colchester
Swindon	0 - 0	Colchester
Grimsby	1 - 2	Colchester
Fleetwood	4 - 2	Colchester
Accrington	1 - 0	Colchester
Barnet	1 - 1	Colchester
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Colchester
Oldham	1 - 1	Colchester
Salford	4 - 1	Colchester
Doncaster	3 - 0	Colchester
Newport	0 - 2	Colchester
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Bradford	4 - 1	Colchester
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Crewe
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Bristol R
H	Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
A	Colchester	3 - 4	Salford
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Colchester	3 - 1	Notts C
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Walsall
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Swindon
H	Colchester	3 - 1	Harrogate
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
A	Colchester	2 - 4	Fleetwood
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bristol R

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cambridge have not lost to Colchester in 5 consecutive league meetings

Cambridge

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

CMU

COU

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

Colchester

Cambridge

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

1 / 6

CMU

COU

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

Goal Statistics

Cambridge United have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 12 consecutive League Two matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Colchester United on Tuesday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Cambridge 8th	Colchester 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Cambridge will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-4 Cambridge’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+4 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	21		21
Failed to score	7		7
Scored first	16		13
Goals scored	38		41
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	18		18
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.5
KickOff rating		+2%

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Games conceded	17		21
Clean sheets	11		7
Conceded first	9		13
Goals conceded	22		31
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.1
KickOff rating		+22%

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

Cambridge League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	6	7	5
J Eastwood	B Knight	J Brophy	P Mpanzu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Eastwood GLK	28			2 -
K Watts DEF	28	4		2 -
J Brophy MID	27	3	7	3 -
P Mpanzu MID	27	3	1	5 -
S Kaikai FWD	26	4	2	1 -
B Purrington DEF	24		1	2 -
L. Bennett DEF	23			3 -
M Jobe DEF	23	2		2 1
L Appéré FWD	22	5	1	1 -
J Gibbons DEF	21	2	3	3 -
D Ball MID	18			4 -
B Knight FWD	18	6	1	2 -
A Mayor DEF	17	2	1	2 -
E Kachunga FWD	17		1	1 -
S McLoughlin DEF	16	1		-
S Lavery FWD	15	4		5 -
M Morrison DEF	14		1	2 -
K Kouassi FWD	13	2	1	-
G Hoddle MID	12			2 -
K Smith MID	10			3 -
Z Rossi DEF	5		1	-
G McConnell MID	4		1	-
Z Bradshaw DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	14	7	15
B Knight	L Appéré	J Brophy	J Brophy

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Knight FWD	6	10	1	3
L Appéré FWD	5	14	1	4
K Watts DEF	4	8		2
S Kaikai FWD	4	11	2	11
S Lavery FWD	4	10
J Brophy MID	3	9	7	15
P Mpanzu MID	3	7	1	2
M Jobe DEF	2	3		1
J Gibbons DEF	2	4	3	3
A Mayor DEF	2	5	1	7
K Kouassi FWD	2	4	1	1
S McLoughlin DEF	1	2
B Purrington DEF		1	1
L. Bennett DEF		1		4
D Ball MID		2
E Kachunga FWD			1	1
M Morrison DEF		2	1	2
K Smith MID		3		1
Z Rossi DEF			1
G McConnell MID		2	1	2
Z Bradshaw DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1209	34	172
K Watts	B Purrington	K Watts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Watts DEF	1209	23	172
J Eastwood GLK	797	1	18
M Jobe DEF	781	12	165
J Brophy MID	707	26	80
P Mpanzu MID	693	29	103
D Ball MID	681	30	94
B Purrington DEF	618	34	97
J Gibbons DEF	597	23	92
L. Bennett DEF	535	29	125
S Kaikai FWD	490	31	96
M Morrison DEF	378	22	121
A Mayor DEF	371	21	60
G Hoddle MID	315	18	48
S McLoughlin DEF	284	13	41
B Knight FWD	282	6	57
K Smith MID	265	6	32
L Appéré FWD	230	13	92
K Kouassi FWD	155	5	79
E Kachunga FWD	115	2	33
S Lavery FWD	81	13	39
G McConnell MID	78	5	17
Z Rossi DEF	75	2	17
Z Bradshaw DEF	45	4	7

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	7	5	6
J Tucker	M. Mbick	J Payne	J Payne

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	28	2	1	2 -
M Macey GLK	27			2 -
A Read MID	27	3	2	4 -
S Tovide FWD	26	3	4	3 -
R Hunt DEF	24			2 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	23			2 -
O Edwards FWD	23	1	1	1 1
H. Araujo DEF	22		1	2 -
T Bishop MID	22			1 -
J Payne MID	21	6	5	6 -
M. Mbick FWD	20	7	2	2 -
J. Williams FWD	19			1 -
H Anderson FWD	19	7	4	2 -
E Iandolo DEF	15	1		5 -
W Goodwin FWD	13	1		1 -
J Gordon FWD	12		1	-
D Gape MID	10			4 -
J. Powell DEF	9			-
T Flanagan DEF	9			1 -
A. Akande FWD	7		1	-
T Smith GLK	3			1 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
J Baldwin DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	5	9
M. Mbick	M. Mbick	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M. Mbick FWD	7	17	2	3
H Anderson FWD	7	11	4	2
J Payne MID	6	11	5	9
A Read MID	3	10	2	6
S Tovide FWD	3	11	4	7
J Tucker DEF	2	6	1	1
O Edwards FWD	1	3	1	2
E Iandolo DEF	1	3		5
W Goodwin FWD	1	3		1
R Hunt DEF		2		3
K Vincent-Young DEF		2		1
H. Araujo DEF		2	1	1
T Bishop MID		6		3
J. Williams FWD		3		2
J Gordon FWD			1
J. Powell DEF		3		1
A. Akande FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1330	53	178
J Tucker	A Read	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	1330	14	178
A Read MID	1166	53	148
H. Araujo DEF	1066	24	122
T Bishop MID	855	47	114
R Hunt DEF	708	25	81
J Payne MID	697	30	88
M Macey GLK	695		11
E Iandolo DEF	690	20	92
K Vincent-Young DEF	614	28	86
T Flanagan DEF	386	4	43
O Edwards FWD	381	22	51
H Anderson FWD	355	43	114
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
M. Mbick FWD	254	24	114
S Tovide FWD	217	8	80
D Gape MID	109	12	25
W Goodwin FWD	91	2	35
J. Williams FWD	91	5	23
J Gordon FWD	77	8	25
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
T Smith GLK	55		1
A. Akande FWD	47	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	34		1