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

Sat 3rd May, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester United and Barrow meet at the JobServe Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with both Danny Cowley and Andrew Pierce hoping for success in the League Two. In this preview you'll find odds for 17 different betting markets plus predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Maybe it'd be too strong to say that we expect Danny Cowley and Andrew Pierce to batten down the hatches here, but we do not expect a deluge of goals as Colchester and Barrow go head-to-head. The stats belowpoint towards there being under 2.5 goals (i.e. 2 goals of fewer in total), and we're saying that looks like a strong prediction. With best odds of 1.57 available on under 2.5 goals and neither side looking like strong favourites to win, that's the bet we recommend.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 47%	4/5 3%	-
Draw 28%	12/5	-
Barrow 25%	15/4 5%	-
Colchester 1-0 14%	9/2 15%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	-
Draw 0-0 10%	13/2 12%	-
Colchester 2-0 10%	13/2 6%	-
Barrow 1-0 9%	17/2 21%	-
Colchester 2-1 9%	8/1 6%	-
Barrow 2-1 6%	14/1 12%	-
Colchester 3-0 4%	14/1 15%	-
Barrow 2-0 4%	20/1 9%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	20/1 24%	-
Colchester 3-1 4%	16/1 13%	-
Colchester 3-2 2%	33/1 17%	-
Barrow 3-1 2%	40/1	-
Colchester 4-0 1%	33/1 17%	-
Colchester 4-1 1%	40/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 40%	27/20 13%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 60%	4/7 9%	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	8/15 2%	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	21/10 3%	-
No 1st Goal 7%	13/2 12%	-
BTTS - Yes 45%	6/5 15%	-
BTTS - No 55%	8/13 10%	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	15/4 19%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2 16%	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	10/1 10%	-
Home/draw 75%	2/11 1%	-
Away/draw 53%	19/20 3%	-
Home/away 72%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	4/9 8%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	13/8 19%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 20%	7/2 20%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 80%	2/11 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	10/1 38%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	1/20 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	22/1 35%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/80 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/12 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	7/1 6%	-
Home DNB 67%	3/10 1%	-
Away DNB 44%	12/5 3%	-
Colchester win to nil 30%	13/8 5%	-
Barrow win to nil 15%	6/1 13%	-
Colchester / Colchester 29%	15/8 5%	-
Colchester / Barrow 2%	40/1	-
Colchester / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Colchester 18%	7/2	-
Draw / Barrow 9%	8/1 5%	-
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4 5%	-
Barrow / Colchester 3%	25/1 13%	-
Barrow / Barrow 10%	7/1	-
Barrow / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 12 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 17 clean sheets and have failed to score in 9 fixtures. Both Colchester and Barrow have scored 52 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 22 games at home winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored 28 goals, kept 11 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Barrow are in 16th position in the League Two on 58 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 11 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 10 and won 9. Barrow have conceded 37 goals, scored 36, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 7 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 Barrow
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Doncaster	45	23	12	10	22	81	d 1-1A	l 3-0A	l 1-3A	l 1-0A
2	Port Vale	45	22	14	9	20	80	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	w 4-0F	w 0-1F
3	Bradford	45	21	12	12	18	75	d 1-1A	l 4-1A	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
4	Walsall	45	20	14	11	20	74	w 2-1A	l 4-0A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
5	Notts C	45	20	12	13	20	72	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	w 1-2F
6	AFC Wim	45	19	13	13	20	70	d 1-1A	l 4-2F	l 1-3A	d 2-2A
7	Salford	45	18	14	13	10	68	l 1-2A	l 4-1A	d 1-1F	l 3-0A
8	Grimsby	45	20	8	17	-5	68	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 3-0F	w 1-2F
9	Chesterfield	45	18	13	14	18	67	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
10	Colchester Home	45	16	18	11	5	66	-	-	d 1-1F	May 3
11	Bromley	45	16	15	14	2	63	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	d 3-3F	d 1-1F
12	Crewe	45	15	17	13	2	62	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
13	Swindon	45	15	16	14	8	61	w 4-0F	l 3-2A	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
14	Fleetwood	45	15	15	15	1	60	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0
15	Cheltenham	45	16	12	17	-7	60	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	l 3-2F
16	Barrow Away	45	15	13	17	2	58	May 3	d 1-1A	-	-
17	Gillingham	45	13	16	16	-6	55	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	l 2-0A
18	MK Dons	45	14	9	22	-14	51	w 2-0F	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	w 0-3F
19	Accrington	45	12	14	19	-15	50	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
20	Harrogate	45	13	11	21	-19	50	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
21	Newport	45	13	10	22	-21	49	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
22	Tranmere	45	11	15	19	-23	48	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
23	Carlisle	45	10	11	24	-27	41	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
24	Morecambe	45	10	6	29	-31	36	w 1-0F	d 3-3A	l 0-1A	d 2-2A

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Win / draw / win form

Barrow have not lost in 6 consecutive away league games

Barrow have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Colchester	2 - 1	Walsall
Colchester	1 - 0	Morecambe
Colchester	0 - 2	Accrington
Colchester	1 - 1	Doncaster
Colchester	2 - 0	Gillingham
Colchester	0 - 0	Newport
Colchester	4 - 0	Swindon
Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
Colchester	1 - 2	Salford
Colchester	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
Colchester	3 - 0	Tranmere
Colchester	1 - 1	Bromley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	1 - 4	Salford
A	Colchester	0 - 3	Doncaster
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Newport
H	Colchester	1 - 0	Notts C
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Gillingham
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Grimsby
A	Colchester	1 - 4	Bradford
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barrow have not lost to Colchester in 6 consecutive league meetings

Colchester

Barrow

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

1 / 4

BRW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
	1 - 4	Barrow
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Barrow
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Barrow

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

0 / 5

COU

BRW

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

Goal Statistics

Barrow's defensive record is to be admired, Andrew Pierce's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive League Two games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Colchester United makes sense in this context.

	Colchester 10th	Barrow 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.9 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 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Barrow 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	-13 Barrow have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

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BRW

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Games scored	34		29
Failed to score	11		16
Scored first	18		22
Goals scored	52		52
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+4%

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COU

BRW

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Games conceded	25		32
Clean sheets	20		13
Conceded first	20		21
Goals conceded	47		50
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1
KickOff rating		+14%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
45	10	10	17
M Macey	L Taylor	J Payne	E Iandolo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	45			3 -
M Egbo DEF	44	1	2	9 -
E Iandolo DEF	43	1	3	15 2
J Payne MID	41	8	10	3 -
T Flanagan DEF	40			8 -
J Gordon FWD	40	3		4 -
A Read MID	39	1	2	3 -
O Edwards FWD	37	7	4	6 2
L Taylor FWD	37	10	2	8 -
J. McDonnell MID	32	1		13 -
H Anderson FWD	31	3	1	-
S Tovide FWD	28	7	5	5 -
F Kelleher DEF	27	2	1	2 -
T Bishop MID	26	1	1	2 -
O. Thorn FWD	25		4	4 -
R Hunt DEF	21			5 -
T Simpson FWD	19	1		5 -
A Scully FWD	14	1		-
K Vincent-Young DEF	9			-
J Tucker DEF	9			1 -
K. Aboh FWD	2			-
F Terry DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	31	10	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	8	31	10	44
O Edwards FWD	7	15	4	16
S Tovide FWD	7	20	5	12
H Anderson FWD	3	10	1	5
J Gordon FWD	3	8		5
F Kelleher DEF	2	4	1	1
A Read MID	1	9	2	19
E Iandolo DEF	1	10	3	11
A Scully FWD	1	2
J. McDonnell MID	1	4		7
M Egbo DEF	1	8	2	16
T Bishop MID	1	7	1	9
T Simpson FWD	1	5		1
K. Aboh FWD		1
R Hunt DEF				1
O. Thorn FWD		1	4	8
T Flanagan DEF		2		4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2075	133	350
E Iandolo	J. McDonnell	J. McDonnell

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	2075	81	290
T Flanagan DEF	1852	36	196
M Egbo DEF	1349	55	160
J. McDonnell MID	1306	133	350
J Payne MID	1278	67	196
M Macey GLK	1222	1	12
A Read MID	1027	54	137
T Bishop MID	949	44	108
F Kelleher DEF	908	15	101
O Edwards FWD	659	42	142
L Taylor FWD	656	15	105
R Hunt DEF	488	30	65
J Gordon FWD	410	43	148
H Anderson FWD	364	40	102
S Tovide FWD	251	8	114
O. Thorn FWD	194	29	71
J Tucker DEF	125	3	25
T Simpson FWD	119	3	26
A Scully FWD	89	7	18
K Vincent-Young DEF	51	2	8
F Terry DEF	27	1	6
K. Aboh FWD	9

Barrow League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
42	6	10	8
B Jackson	E Acquah	B Jackson	R Gotts

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Jackson DEF	44	1	10	4 -
E Newby MID	43	3	8	5 -
R Gotts MID	40	3	3	8 -
E Acquah FWD	38	6		4 -
N Canavan DEF	35		1	3 -
D Campbell MID	33	1		7 -
S Foley MID	33	3	2	3 -
T Vassell DEF	32	5		7 -
K Spence MID	32	5	1	5 -
P Farman GLK	29			4 1
C Mahoney FWD	28	1	2	1 -
A Pressley FWD	21	4	1	1 -
K. Kouyate FWD	20		2	4 -
T Smith FWD	19	5		1 -
M Williams MID	17		1	3 -
W Stanway GLK	16			2 -
K Cameron DEF	16	1		1 -
B Whitfield MID	16	2	5	1 -
I Fletcher MID	10	1	2	1 -
C. Popov FWD	10			2 -
L. Duru DEF	8	1		2 -
J Tiensia DEF	8			1 -
C Kirk FWD	7			2 -
S Barnes DEF	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	19	10	31
E Acquah	E Newby	B Jackson	B Jackson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Acquah FWD	6	15		8
T Vassell DEF	5	7		2
K Spence MID	5	15	1	18
T Smith FWD	5	13
A Pressley FWD	4	14	1	3
R Gotts MID	3	7	3	17
S Foley MID	3	9	2	8
E Newby MID	3	19	8	22
B Whitfield MID	2	6	5	9
K Cameron DEF	1	2
L. Duru DEF	1	2		1
B Jackson DEF	1	13	10	31
C Mahoney FWD	1	9	2	12
I Fletcher MID	1	2	2	3
D Campbell MID	1	9		7
C. Popov FWD		1		2
C Kirk FWD				2
J Tiensia DEF				2
K. Kouyate FWD		4	2	6
M Williams MID		1	1	2
P Farman GLK				1
N Canavan DEF		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1475	84	206
D Campbell	K Spence	B Jackson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Campbell MID	1475	66	159
B Jackson DEF	1424	72	206
R Gotts MID	1238	73	190
N Canavan DEF	1117	34	183
E Newby MID	994	50	170
T Vassell DEF	906	30	167
S Foley MID	890	65	163
K Spence MID	873	84	186
P Farman GLK	816	1	18
M Williams MID	596	29	74
C Mahoney FWD	524	18	49
W Stanway GLK	504	2	9
K Cameron DEF	468	17	73
E Acquah FWD	306	14	158
A Pressley FWD	273	9	172
B Whitfield MID	235	8	32
I Fletcher MID	167	5	28
K. Kouyate FWD	152	23	71
L. Duru DEF	132	17	44
T Smith FWD	120	6	31
J Tiensia DEF	93	8	28
C Kirk FWD	86	1	6
C. Popov FWD	59	5	17
S Barnes DEF	10		4

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

Colchester have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Barrow are in 16th position in the League Two on 58 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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