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

Sat 2nd May, 15:00 BST, Jonny-Rocks Stadium, Cheltenham

We’ve League Two action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Steve Cotterill and his Cheltenham Town side host Danny Cowley’s Colchester United at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with League Two performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.


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Cheltenham
41%
--
Draw
27%
--
Colchester
31%
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Draw 1-1
13%
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Cheltenham 1-0
12%
--
Colchester 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Cheltenham 2-1
8%
--
Cheltenham 2-0
8%
--
Colchester 2-1
7%
--
Colchester 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Cheltenham 3-1
4%
--
Cheltenham 3-0
3%
--
Colchester 3-1
3%
--
Colchester 3-0
2%
--
Cheltenham 3-2
2%
--
Colchester 3-2
2%
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Over 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
49%
--
BTTS - No
51%
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BTTS - Home Win
17%
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BTTS - Draw
18%
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BTTS - Away Win
13%
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Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
59%
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Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
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Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
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Under 0.5 Goals
9%
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Home DNB
60%
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Away DNB
51%
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Cheltenham win to nil
24%
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Colchester win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Cheltenham have played 42 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 7 and won 8. Cheltenham have conceded 57 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 7 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cheltenham have played 20 games at home, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 25 goals, conceded 26 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 13th place on 63 points in the League Two league table having played 43 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 21 away games, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cheltenham
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley44231562584 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
2
MK Dons43221383679 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
3
Cambridge43211573178 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
4
Notts C43237132276 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
5-2F
Apr 25
w
 
1-3A
5
Swindon44229131675 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
6
Salford4323515774 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3F
7
Chesterfield43191591272 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
6-2F
l
 
3-0A
8
Grimsby421911121668 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
7-1F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
9
Barnet431813121167 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
10
Crewe43199151066 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
11
Oldham431714121565 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1F
12
Walsall44181115465 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
13
Colchester431712141263 
May 2
l
 
2-0A
-
-
14
Fleetwood43151315-158 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-2F
15
Bristol R4317422-1455 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
16
Accrington44141020-852 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
17
Gillingham43121417-1350 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
18
Cheltenham42131019-1849 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
May 2
19
Shrewsbury4313822-2647 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
20
Tranmere4291023-2337 
Apr 21
l
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
21
Crawley4381322-2437 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
22
Newport4310726-3037 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
23
Barrow449926-2936 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
24
Harrogate438926-3133 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-1A
l
 
1-0A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Cheltenham 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cheltenham2 - 1Gillingham
Cheltenham1 - 1Cambridge
Cheltenham1 - 1Crewe
Cheltenham2 - 2Barrow
Cheltenham3 - 2Salford
Cheltenham2 - 3MK Dons
Cheltenham0 - 2Grimsby
Cheltenham3 - 0Crawley
Cheltenham0 - 2Swindon
Cheltenham3 - 1Shrewsbury
Cheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
Cheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 2Notts C
Cheltenham1 - 0Walsall
Cheltenham2 - 0Fleetwood
Cheltenham0 - 3Oldham
Cheltenham1 - 0Accrington
Cheltenham0 - 1Barnet
Cheltenham1 - 2Bromley
Cheltenham0 - 2Chesterfield
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCheltenham2 - 1Gillingham
ACheltenham4 - 0Walsall
HCheltenham1 - 1Cambridge
ACheltenham0 - 1Chesterfield
ACheltenham2 - 5Notts C
HCheltenham1 - 1Crewe
ACheltenham2 - 0Shrewsbury
ACheltenham2 - 2Fleetwood
HCheltenham2 - 2Barrow
ACheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
HCheltenham3 - 2Salford
ACheltenham1 - 1Bromley
ACheltenham0 - 0Barnet
HCheltenham2 - 3MK Dons
ACheltenham1 - 3Accrington
HCheltenham0 - 2Grimsby
ACheltenham1 - 2Oldham
HCheltenham3 - 0Crawley
ACheltenham1 - 4Crewe
HCheltenham0 - 2Swindon
Colchester 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere0 - 1Colchester
Bromley1 - 0Colchester
MK Dons1 - 0Colchester
Newport1 - 2Colchester
Chesterfield3 - 0Colchester
Cambridge1 - 1Colchester
Barrow1 - 0Colchester
Crewe1 - 0Colchester
Bristol R0 - 1Colchester
Gillingham1 - 1Colchester
Crawley1 - 1Colchester
Salford4 - 3Colchester
Notts C1 - 3Colchester
Walsall0 - 2Colchester
Swindon0 - 0Colchester
Grimsby1 - 2Colchester
Fleetwood4 - 2Colchester
Accrington1 - 0Colchester
Barnet1 - 1Colchester
Shrewsbury0 - 2Colchester
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester2 - 1Accrington
HColchester3 - 0Swindon
AColchester1 - 0Tranmere
HColchester1 - 3Oldham
HColchester1 - 1Walsall
AColchester0 - 1Bromley
AColchester0 - 1MK Dons
HColchester0 - 0Crawley
AColchester2 - 1Newport
AColchester0 - 3Chesterfield
HColchester0 - 1Salford
HColchester4 - 1Barnet
AColchester1 - 1Cambridge
AColchester0 - 1Barrow
HColchester2 - 0Shrewsbury
AColchester0 - 1Crewe
HColchester0 - 1Grimsby
HColchester2 - 1Fleetwood
AColchester1 - 0Bristol R
HColchester1 - 0MK Dons
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cheltenham since 2008
Cheltenham
Colchester
Goals: Scored
10
12
Games: Scored
5 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
2 / 7
CHT
3
D
1
COU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cheltenham
0 - 1Colchester
Cheltenham1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Colchester
Cheltenham3 - 1
0 - 3Colchester
Cheltenham4 - 3
League games at Colchester since 2009
Colchester
Cheltenham
Goals: Scored
12
9
Games: Scored
6 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
2 / 8
CHT
3
D
1
COU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester2 - 0
1 - 2Cheltenham
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Cheltenham
Colchester3 - 0
1 - 4Cheltenham
Colchester2 - 0
Colchester3 - 1
Goal Statistics
Cheltenham 18th Colchester 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Cheltenham will score no more than 1 goal
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Cheltenham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-11
Colchester have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Cheltenham
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.3
1.1
Attack rating
%
better
CHT
COU
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
CHT
COU
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Cheltenham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
421558
J DayI HutchinsonJ. ThomasL Young 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Day GLK42
3
-
L Young  MID4124
8
-
J Bickerstaff FWD4144
3
-
J Wilson DEF38
3
-
J. Thomas FWD3565
1
-
A. Jude-Boyd DEF331
6
2
J Tomkinson DEF311
6
-
I Hutchinson MID31153
8
-
B Stevenson MID29
2
-
R Broom MID26
1
-
G Miller FWD2641
1
-
R Cundy DEF2411
6
-
J Martin FWD244
1
-
S Sherring DEF202
1
C. Deeming MID142
-
J Davison FWD1412
2
-
H. Ashfield MID1321
2
-
G Harmon DEF10
1
-
G Nurse DEF91
1
-
F Willcox DEF6
1
-
M Faal FWD41
1
-
H. Tustin MID2
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
431369
J TuckerJ PayneJ PayneA Read
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Tucker DEF4321
4
-
M Macey GLK42
3
-
A Read MID4263
9
-
K. Lisbie FWD42114
8
-
S Tovide FWD3935
7
-
R Hunt DEF361
4
-
K Vincent-Young DEF36
4
-
J Payne MID36136
6
-
T Bishop MID341
3
-
O Edwards FWD3314
1
1
J. Williams FWD321
1
-
H Anderson FWD30104
2
-
H. Araujo DEF281
3
-
W Goodwin FWD264
4
-
M. Mbick FWD2272
2
-
E Iandolo DEF2012
8
-
T Flanagan DEF15
3
-
F. Barbrook MID13
-
F Terry DEF121
-
R. Akachukwu MID121
-
D Gape MID10
4
-
A. Akande FWD71
-
F Back DEF5
2
-
T Smith GLK3
1
-
S. Kuffour DEF3
-
B. Perry MID3
-