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

JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester United and their manager Danny Cowley will be looking to get one over on John Doolan and his Accrington Stanley side on Tuesday evening, as the pair clash at the JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two. Below you'll find predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. All is accessible using the tabs below.

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Colchester United's next match is v Cheltenham at 15:00 on Saturday 2nd May
Accrington Stanley's next match is v Oldham at 15:00 on Saturday 2nd May
The last English League Two meeting between Colchester and Accrington was on Tuesday 14th April 2026
English League Two
April 14th 2026
Colchester 2
1 Accrington
 
W. Goodwin 43'33' S. Whalley
J. Payne 86'
 
COU
ASY
Shots On
7
3
Shots Off
5
6
Corners
6
2
Possession
72%
28%
Fouls
10
9
Yellow/red cards
4/0
1/0
 
ColchesterAccrington
 
M. Macey
R. Hunt
J. Tucker
K. Vincent-Young (S. Tovide 64')
F. Terry
J. Paynefootball icon
A. Read
F. Barbrook (R. Akachukwu 76')
H. Anderson
O. Edwards (S. Kuffour 89')
W. Goodwinfootball icon (K. Lisbie 76')
O. Wright
F. Sass
F. Rawson
L. Coyle
I. Sinclair
(P. Madden 78') football iconS. Whalley
D. Matthews
C. O'Brien
L. Batterfield
C. Brown
J. Woods

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It's not the news we want to be reporting, but we don't predict a thriller here. The statistics suggest Colchester and Accrington both struggle to score on a consistent basis, and the odds point towards a tie with fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think that's a great shout and, in the absence of obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals seems a good bet.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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 1.85.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Colchester
51%
4/7
3%
1/1000
8%
Draw
28%
14/5
6%
33/1
5%
Accrington
22%
9/2
10%
150/1
19%
Colchester 1-0
16%
11/2
7%
10/3
8%
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2
7%
4/9
Draw 0-0
11%
9/1
9%
4/1
Colchester 2-0
11%
6/1
7%
11/2
7%
Accrington 1-0
9%
12/118/5
10%
Colchester 2-1
9%
15/22/7
6%
Colchester 3-0
5%
10/1
8%
11/1
17%
Accrington 2-1
5%
18/1
12%
8/1
Colchester 3-1
4%
12/19/2
Accrington 2-0
4%
28/1
12%
15/2
12%
Draw 2-2
3%
18/1
12%
17/2
15%
Colchester 4-0
2%
22/1
12%
25/1
10%
Colchester 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
28/1
Colchester 4-1
1%
25/128/1
17%
Accrington 3-1
1%
40/150/1
31%
Over 2.5 Goals
38%
19/20
3%
8/5
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
62%
17/20
3%
10/21
Home 1st Goal
53%
1/2
2%
3/5
4%
Away 1st Goal
39%
15/8
5%
23/10
11%
No 1st Goal
8%
9/1
9%
4/1
BTTS - Yes
41%
10/11
4%
1/3
2%
BTTS - No
59%
4/5
2%
21/10
4%
BTTS - Home Win
17%
11/4
4%
1/20
5%
BTTS - Draw
16%
9/2
10%
8/1
9%
BTTS - Away Win
8%
11/1
20%
55/1
19%
Home/draw
79%
1/71/1000
4%
Away/draw
49%
13/10
10%
12/1
10%
Home/away
72%
1/41/66
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
64%
3/10
1%
1/6
Under 1.5 Goals
36%
12/5
3%
19/5
Over 3.5 Goals
18%
12/5
5%
19/4
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
82%
3/10
2%
1/8
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
6/1
8%
33/1
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
1/10
1%
1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
14/1100/1
8%
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/331/300
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
1/16
1%
1/7
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
9/1
9%
17/4
Home DNB
70%
1/5
4%
2/9
8%
Away DNB
41%
10/3
15%
14/5
23%
Colchester win to nil
34%
6/4
9%
-
Accrington win to nil
14%
9/1
11%
-
Colchester / Colchester
32%
7/5
8%
33/1
9%
Colchester / Accrington
2%
40/1100/1
17%
Colchester / Draw
6%
14/180/1
8%
Draw / Colchester
18%
10/3
4%
9/1
9%
Draw / Accrington
8%
10/1
10%
25/1
11%
Draw / Draw
15%
9/214/1
5%
Accrington / Colchester
4%
22/1
10%
17/5
Accrington / Accrington
10%
9/1
18%
6/5
23%
Accrington / Draw
5%
16/123/10
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Colchester have outscored their opponents by 56 goals to 41 goals.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 21 games at home winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 33 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Accrington are in 16th position in the League Two on 51 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 6 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 10 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 4 and won 8. Accrington have conceded 36 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Colchester
Accrington
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
MK Dons45241384185 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
2
Bromley45231572384 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
3
Cambridge45221583381 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
4
Salford45255151080 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
5
Notts C45247142279 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3A
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
6
Grimsby452211122477 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
7
Chesterfield45201691476 
w
 
6-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
3-3F
8
Swindon45229141275 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-0F
d
 
2-2F
9
Barnet452013121673 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
10
Crewe4519917666 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
11
Oldham451714141365 
l
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
May 2
12
Walsall45181116265 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-3A
d
 
0-00-0
13
Colchester451712161063 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
14
Bristol R4519422-961 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-0A
15
Fleetwood45151515-160 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-2F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
16
Accrington45141120-853 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
17
Cheltenham45141021-2352 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
18
Gillingham45121419-2050 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
19
Shrewsbury45131022-2649 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
20
Tranmere45101025-2540 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
21
Newport4511727-3040 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-4F
22
Crawley4581522-2439 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
d
 
3-3F
d
 
1-1F
23
Harrogate4510926-2839 
w
 
3-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
24
Barrow459927-3236 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Colchester 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester3 - 0Swindon
Colchester1 - 3Oldham
Colchester1 - 1Walsall
Colchester0 - 0Crawley
Colchester0 - 1Salford
Colchester4 - 1Barnet
Colchester2 - 0Shrewsbury
Colchester0 - 1Grimsby
Colchester2 - 1Fleetwood
Colchester1 - 0MK Dons
Colchester4 - 1Newport
Colchester0 - 0Gillingham
Colchester2 - 0Cheltenham
Colchester0 - 2Bromley
Colchester3 - 1Harrogate
Colchester6 - 2Chesterfield
Colchester1 - 1Bristol R
Colchester1 - 1Crewe
Colchester0 - 2Barrow
Colchester1 - 2Cambridge
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AColchester1 - 1Gillingham
Accrington 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gillingham2 - 0Accrington
Bristol R2 - 0Accrington
Barrow0 - 0Accrington
Bromley2 - 1Accrington
Tranmere0 - 1Accrington
Grimsby1 - 0Accrington
Newport1 - 4Accrington
Walsall0 - 0Accrington
Notts C0 - 1Accrington
Cambridge2 - 0Accrington
Harrogate0 - 2Accrington
Crawley1 - 1Accrington
Chesterfield3 - 3Accrington
Fleetwood2 - 1Accrington
Barnet2 - 0Accrington
MK Dons1 - 2Accrington
Cheltenham1 - 0Accrington
Shrewsbury0 - 0Accrington
Salford2 - 1Accrington
Crewe2 - 0Accrington
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAccrington1 - 2Fleetwood
AAccrington0 - 2Gillingham
HAccrington2 - 0Crewe
AAccrington0 - 2Bristol R
HAccrington0 - 1Chesterfield
HAccrington0 - 4Notts C
AAccrington0 - 0Barrow
HAccrington1 - 1Cambridge
AAccrington1 - 2Bromley
HAccrington0 - 1Barnet
HAccrington0 - 2Shrewsbury
AAccrington1 - 0Tranmere
AAccrington0 - 1Grimsby
HAccrington1 - 0Salford
HAccrington3 - 1Cheltenham
AAccrington4 - 1Newport
AAccrington0 - 0Walsall
HAccrington0 - 2MK Dons
AAccrington1 - 0Notts C
HAccrington1 - 0Harrogate
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Colchester since 2016
Colchester
Accrington
Goals: Scored
2
6
Games: Scored
2 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
2 / 4
D
1
ASY
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
0 - 2Accrington
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Accrington
1 - 2Accrington
League games at Accrington since 2017
Accrington
Colchester
Goals: Scored
7
4
Games: Scored
4 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
1 / 5
COU
1
D
1
ASY
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Accrington
Accrington1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Colchester
Accrington3 - 1
Accrington2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Colchester 13th Accrington 16th
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1.4
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Accrington scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-24
Accrington have scored 24% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Colchester
PG (predicted goals)
Accrington
1.4
0.8
Attack rating
14%
better
COU
ASY
view stats
Games scored29
25
Failed to score13
17
Scored first18
21
Goals scored56
41
Avg. goals scored1.3
1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
12
Avg. XG for1.4
1
KickOff rating
+14%
Defence rating
COU
ASY
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded31
30
Clean sheets11
12
Conceded first21
18
Goals conceded45
48
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
13%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+4%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4513610
J TuckerJ PayneJ PayneA Read
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Macey GLK44
3
-
K Vincent-Young DEF38
5
-
J Tucker DEF4521
4
-
F Terry DEF141
-
R Hunt DEF381
4
-
A Read MID4463
10
-
F. Barbrook MID15
1
-
H Anderson MID32104
2
-
J Payne MID38136
6
-
O Edwards MID3514
1
1
W Goodwin FWD284
4
-
Subs
H Chamberlain GLK
-
F Back DEF5
2
-
S. Kuffour DEF4
-
R. Akachukwu MID141
-
S Tovide FWD4135
7
-
K. Lisbie FWD44114
9
-
J. Williams FWD341
1
-
Accrington League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4261012
O. WrightP MaddenS WhalleyD Matthews
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O. Wright GLK42
2
-
C O'Brien DEF30
3
-
F Rawson DEF322
3
-
D Matthews DEF3911
11
1
F. Sass DEF2711
3
-
L. Batterfield MID1211
1
1
L Coyle MID231
4
-
S Whalley MID32510
6
-
I Sinclair MID3754
2
-
J Woods MID315
4
1
C Brown FWD263
3
-
Subs
M Kelly GLK3
-
F. Tunstall MID
-
C. Hall MID2
-
D Martin MID101
3
-
S Conneely MID341
7
-
P Madden FWD3161
5
-