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

Tue 14th Apr, 19:45 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

the JobServe Community Stadium masses welcome Accrington Stanley's fans on Sunday afternoon, as Danny Cowley's Colchester United take on John Doolan's team in the League Two. Recent form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all published below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We're tipping under 3.5 goals, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a deluge of goals. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during the standard 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 50%	OFF	17/20
Draw 25%	OFF	5/2
Accrington 24%	OFF	16/5
Colchester 1-0 12%	6/1	11/2
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Colchester 2-0 9%	15/2	7/1
Colchester 2-1 9%	15/2	7/1
Draw 0-0 8%	17/2	15/2
Accrington 1-0 8%	11/1	17/2
Accrington 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1
Colchester 3-0 5%	14/1	11/1
Colchester 3-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Accrington 2-0 4%	20/1	16/1
Colchester 3-2 2%	28/1	20/1
Accrington 3-1 2%	33/1	25/1
Colchester 4-0 2%	28/1	22/1
Colchester 4-1 2%	33/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	19/20	19/20
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	17/20	3/4
Home 1st Goal 53%	8/13	8/13
Away 1st Goal 42%	6/4	13/8
No 1st Goal 5%	17/2	15/2
BTTS - Yes 50%	5/6	17/20
BTTS - No 50%	5/6	17/20
BTTS - Home Win 21%	3/1	29/10
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 11%	15/2	13/2
Home/draw 76%	2/9	2/9
Away/draw 50%	19/20	10/11
Home/away 75%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	2/7	3/10
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	5/2	11/5
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	12/5	12/5
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	3/10	2/7
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	6/1	11/2
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/10	1/10
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	14/1	12/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/33	1/40
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/20	1/20
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	10/1	8/1
Home DNB 68%	1/3	7/20
Away DNB 42%	9/4	2/1
Colchester win to nil 29%	2/1	-
Accrington win to nil 13%	6/1	-
Colchester / Colchester 28%	15/8	9/5
Colchester / Accrington 3%	33/1	28/1
Colchester / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Colchester 17%	15/4	18/5
Draw / Accrington 9%	8/1	15/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1
Accrington / Colchester 4%	22/1	18/1
Accrington / Accrington 12%	6/1	11/2
Accrington / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 35 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Colchester have outscored their opponents by 50 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 17 games at home winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored 28 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Accrington are in 15th position in the League Two on 47 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 6. Accrington have conceded 26 goals, scored 19, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 6 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	Colchester Accrington
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	36	19	13	4	23	70	l 0-2A	Mar 21	l 0-1A	l 2-1F
2	MK Dons	35	18	11	6	32	65	w 1-0F	Mar 18	l 0-2A	w 1-2F
3	Cambridge	35	18	11	6	22	65	l 1-2F	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
4	Notts C	35	19	7	9	20	64	Apr 25	w 1-3A	Mar 17	w 0-1F
5	Swindon	36	19	6	11	16	63	Apr 10	d 0-00-0	w 4-0F	Apr 18
6	Salford	35	18	4	13	3	58	l 0-1A	l 4-3F	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
7	Grimsby	35	15	11	9	11	56	l 0-1A	w 1-2A	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
8	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	10	56	w 6-2F	l 3-0A	Mar 21	d 3-3F
9	Crewe	36	16	8	12	10	56	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	Apr 3	l 2-0A
10	Barnet	36	14	11	11	5	53	w 4-1F	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	l 2-0A
11	Walsall	35	15	8	12	4	53	Mar 28	w 0-2F	l 1-3A	d 0-00-0
12	Colchester	35	14	10	11	11	52	-	-	w 1-0F	Apr 14
13	Oldham	34	12	13	9	8	49	Apr 3	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	May 2
14	Fleetwood	35	13	10	12	2	49	w 2-1F	l 4-2F	Apr 11	l 2-1F
15	Accrington	35	13	8	14	1	47	Apr 14	l 1-0A	-	-
16	Gillingham	34	11	12	11	0	45	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Apr 6
17	Shrewsbury	36	11	8	17	-19	41	w 2-0F	w 0-2F	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0
18	Cheltenham	34	10	7	17	-21	37	w 2-0F	May 2	w 3-1F	l 1-0A
19	Tranmere	36	9	8	19	-17	35	d 1-1A	Apr 6	d 1-1F	w 0-1F
20	Bristol R	35	10	4	21	-23	34	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 3-1F	Mar 28
21	Crawley	36	6	11	19	-23	29	Mar 13	d 1-1A	Apr 25	d 1-1F
22	Barrow	34	7	7	20	-18	28	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Mar 14
23	Newport	36	7	7	22	-27	28	w 4-1F	w 1-2F	l 0-1A	w 1-4F
24	Harrogate	36	6	9	21	-30	27	w 3-1A	Apr 18	w 1-0F	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley
Colchester	3 - 1	Harrogate
Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
Colchester	1 - 1	Bristol R
Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
Colchester	0 - 2	Barrow
Colchester	1 - 2	Cambridge
Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere
Colchester	0 - 0	Barrow
Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
Colchester	1 - 0	Notts C
Colchester	1 - 2	Grimsby
Colchester	3 - 0	Fleetwood
Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
Colchester	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Colchester	1 - 1	AFC Wim

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Accrington
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Barnet
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Barrow

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Notts C	0 - 1	Accrington
Cambridge	2 - 0	Accrington
Harrogate	0 - 2	Accrington
Crawley	1 - 1	Accrington
Chesterfield	3 - 3	Accrington
Fleetwood	2 - 1	Accrington
Barnet	2 - 0	Accrington
MK Dons	1 - 2	Accrington
Cheltenham	1 - 0	Accrington
Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Accrington
Salford	2 - 1	Accrington
Crewe	2 - 0	Accrington
Walsall	0 - 1	Accrington
Salford	1 - 2	Accrington
Bromley	4 - 0	Accrington
Swindon	0 - 0	Accrington
Barrow	2 - 0	Accrington
Harrogate	2 - 1	Accrington
Tranmere	0 - 1	Accrington
Morecambe	2 - 0	Accrington

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Accrington	1 - 0	Notts C
H	Accrington	1 - 0	Harrogate
H	Accrington	2 - 1	Barrow
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Cambridge
H	Accrington	0 - 1	Bromley
A	Accrington	2 - 0	Harrogate
H	Accrington	1 - 0	Oldham
A	Accrington	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Accrington	3 - 1	Bristol R
A	Accrington	3 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Accrington	1 - 1	Tranmere
A	Accrington	1 - 2	Fleetwood
H	Accrington	4 - 0	Swindon
H	Accrington	0 - 1	Newport
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Barnet
H	Accrington	1 - 3	Walsall
A	Accrington	2 - 1	MK Dons
H	Accrington	1 - 0	Colchester
A	Accrington	0 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Accrington	0 - 0	Shrewsbury

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester

Accrington

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

2 / 4

ASY

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

Accrington

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

COU

ASY

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

Goal Statistics

Colchester United have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 5 consecutive League Two outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Accrington Stanley on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Colchester 12th	Accrington 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Accrington scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+4 Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-26 Accrington have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	19		17
Failed to score	5		7
Scored first	11		14
Goals scored	38		27
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		8
Conversion rate for	19		13
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+15%

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Games conceded	18		17
Clean sheets	6		7
Conceded first	11		9
Goals conceded	28		26
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+8%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	11	5	6
J Tucker	J Payne	S Tovide	A Read

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	35	2	1	3 -
M Macey GLK	34			3 -
A Read MID	34	5	2	6 -
S Tovide FWD	33	3	5	5 -
R Hunt DEF	29		1	3 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	29			4 -
T Bishop MID	29		1	3 -
H. Araujo DEF	28		1	3 -
J Payne MID	28	11	5	5 -
O Edwards FWD	26	1	1	1 1
J. Williams FWD	25		1	1 -
H Anderson FWD	22	8	4	2 -
M. Mbick FWD	22	7	2	2 -
W Goodwin FWD	19	2		3 -
E Iandolo DEF	15	1		5 -
J Gordon FWD	15		1	1 -
T Flanagan DEF	11			1 -
D Gape MID	10			4 -
J. Powell DEF	9			-
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
11	18	5	10
J Payne	J Payne	S Tovide	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Payne MID	11	18	5	10
H Anderson FWD	8	12	4	2
M. Mbick FWD	7	17	2	3
A Read MID	5	14	2	9
S Tovide FWD	3	14	5	9
J Tucker DEF	2	7	1	1
W Goodwin FWD	2	6		1
O Edwards FWD	1	3	1	2
E Iandolo DEF	1	3		5
R Hunt DEF		3	1	3
K Vincent-Young DEF		2		2
T Bishop MID		8	1	5
H. Araujo DEF		2	1	1
J. Williams FWD		3	1	4
J Gordon FWD			1
J. Powell DEF		3		1
A. Akande FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1732	69	216
J Tucker	A Read	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	1732	17	216
A Read MID	1463	69	187
H. Araujo DEF	1398	33	165
T Bishop MID	1128	55	133
J Payne MID	1007	38	117
R Hunt DEF	983	36	117
M Macey GLK	877		17
K Vincent-Young DEF	828	35	111
E Iandolo DEF	690	20	92
O Edwards FWD	419	25	59
T Flanagan DEF	419	4	49
H Anderson FWD	411	47	128
S Tovide FWD	311	10	109
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
M. Mbick FWD	264	25	120
W Goodwin FWD	146	6	52
J. Williams FWD	122	6	33
D Gape MID	110	12	25
J Gordon FWD	86	9	28
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
T Smith GLK	55		1
A. Akande FWD	47	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	34		1

Accrington League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	6	7	12
O. Wright	P Madden	S Whalley	D Love

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
O. Wright GLK	32			1 -
D Matthews DEF	30	1		9 1
I. Heath FWD	30	4	4	5 -
I Sinclair MID	28	4	4	2 -
D Love DEF	27	1	2	11 1
S Conneely MID	26			6 -
A. Henderson MID	25	3	2	6 -
B. Ward DEF	23	2		2 -
P Madden FWD	23	6	1	4 -
F Rawson DEF	22	2		3 -
C Grant MID	22		1	3 -
S Whalley FWD	22	4	7	5 -
C O'Brien DEF	21			3 -
C Caton FWD	21	3		-
J Woods FWD	21	1		1 1
C Brown FWD	19		3	3 -
J Bauress MID	17			2 -
L Coyle MID	17		1	2 -
T Walton MID	10	5	1	4 -
J. Smith DEF	8			2 -
K Mooney FWD	5			-
M Kelly GLK	3			-
L. Pye DEF	3			-
D Martin MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	23	7	8
P Madden	I. Heath	S Whalley	S Whalley

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Madden FWD	6	15	1	2
T Walton MID	5	10	1	2
I. Heath FWD	4	23	4	6
I Sinclair MID	4	14	4	5
S Whalley FWD	4	11	7	8
A. Henderson MID	3	13	2	1
C Caton FWD	3	4
B. Ward DEF	2	6		1
F Rawson DEF	2	3		1
D Matthews DEF	1	6		1
D Love DEF	1	5	2	5
J Woods FWD	1	8
S Conneely MID		4
C Grant MID		6	1	1
C O'Brien DEF		1
C Brown FWD		6	3	3
J Bauress MID		3		1
L Coyle MID		3	1	2
J. Smith DEF		1
K Mooney FWD		1
L. Pye DEF				1
D Martin MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1023	49	334
D Matthews	D Love	D Matthews

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Matthews DEF	1023	39	334
O. Wright GLK	1020		11
B. Ward DEF	965	35	190
D Love DEF	848	49	88
S Conneely MID	725	32	127
I Sinclair MID	640	48	177
I. Heath FWD	629	32	112
S Whalley FWD	611	18	96
J Bauress MID	472	17	43
A. Henderson MID	468	23	89
C Grant MID	460	22	58
F Rawson DEF	456	24	199
L Coyle MID	444	29	84
C O'Brien DEF	371	40	87
P Madden FWD	337	14	72
J Woods FWD	247	18	102
J. Smith DEF	247	10	45
C Brown FWD	233	46	89
C Caton FWD	180	13	61
T Walton MID	172	9	81
M Kelly GLK	108		3
L. Pye DEF	75	13	22
D Martin MID	54	2	7
K Mooney FWD	19	2	11