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

Sat 23rd Aug, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

the JobServe Community Stadium is the setting on Saturday afternoon, as Danny Cowley's Colchester United host Andrew Pierce's Barrow in the League Two. League Two statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. There's so much to explore, with data visualisations and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for seventeen major betting markets using the tabs.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There is 80% chance of Colchester and Barrow 3 goals or less combined during this League Two game according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's where the smart money should go. Calculations are made based on 20-game form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.17.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 43%	23/20	23/20
Draw 28%	9/4	23/10
Barrow 30%	23/10	12/5
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	5/1
Colchester 1-0 12%	11/2	5/1
Barrow 1-0 10%	7/1	13/2
Draw 0-0 9%	13/2	6/1
Colchester 2-1 9%	17/2	15/2
Colchester 2-0 8%	17/2	15/2
Barrow 2-1 7%	11/1	10/1
Barrow 2-0 5%	14/1	12/1
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	14/1
Colchester 3-1 4%	20/1	14/1
Colchester 3-0 4%	20/1	14/1
Barrow 3-1 2%	33/1	22/1
Colchester 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Barrow 3-0 2%	40/1	25/1
Barrow 3-2 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	13/10	13/10
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	3/5	4/7
Home 1st Goal 50%	4/5	4/5
Away 1st Goal 44%	13/10	7/5
No 1st Goal 6%	13/2	6/1
BTTS - Yes 47%	1/1	21/20
BTTS - No 53%	8/11	7/10
BTTS - Home Win 17%	9/2	19/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	18/5
BTTS - Away Win 12%	13/2	6/1
Home/draw 70%	1/3	3/10
Away/draw 57%	4/6	4/6
Home/away 72%	1/3	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	2/5	4/9
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	7/4	13/8
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	10/3	16/5
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	1/5	1/5
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	9/1	15/2
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/16	1/18
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	20/1	16/1
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/66	1/200
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/12	1/12
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	7/1	6/1
Home DNB 62%	8/15	8/15
Away DNB 49%	11/8	11/8
Colchester win to nil 26%	12/5	-
Barrow win to nil 17%	4/1	-
Colchester / Colchester 23%	13/5	12/5
Colchester / Barrow 3%	33/1	25/1
Colchester / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Colchester 16%	4/1	19/5
Draw / Barrow 11%	6/1	6/1
Draw / Draw 18%	7/2	10/3
Barrow / Colchester 3%	28/1	20/1
Barrow / Barrow 14%	5/1	9/2
Barrow / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

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	Crewe	4	4	0	0	8	12	Sep 6	Jan 31	Sep 20	Jan 17
2	Grimsby	4	3	1	0	5	10	Jan 27	Oct 11	Nov 8	Mar 21
3	Chesterfield	4	3	0	1	2	9	Oct 4	Jan 10	Apr 6	l 1-0A
4	Salford	4	3	0	1	1	9	Feb 28	Dec 13	Jan 1	Mar 17
5	MK Dons	4	2	2	0	7	8	Jan 1	Mar 17	l 0-2A	Apr 3
6	Gillingham	4	2	2	0	4	8	Dec 9	Dec 29	Feb 28	Dec 13
7	Bromley	4	2	2	0	3	8	Nov 8	Mar 21	Mar 28	Nov 15
8	Harrogate	4	2	2	0	2	8	Oct 18	Apr 18	Feb 17	l 1-0A
9	Cambridge	4	2	1	1	1	7	l 1-2F	Feb 17	Nov 22	Apr 25
10	Fleetwood	4	2	1	1	0	7	Jan 24	Sep 27	Aug 30	Feb 21
11	Walsall	4	2	0	2	0	6	Mar 28	Nov 15	Apr 18	Oct 18
12	Swindon	4	2	0	2	-1	6	Apr 10	Oct 25	Sep 6	Jan 31
13	Tranmere	3	1	2	0	4	5	d 1-1A	Apr 6	Dec 9	Dec 29
14	Colchester	4	1	2	1	1	5	-	-	Feb 14	Aug 23
15	Notts C	4	1	1	2	1	4	Apr 25	Nov 22	w 2-1F	Feb 7
16	Newport	4	1	1	2	-1	4	Dec 20	Mar 7	May 2	Nov 29
17	Oldham	4	0	3	1	-1	3	Apr 3	d 1-1F	Jan 27	Oct 11
18	Barnet	4	1	0	3	-3	3	Feb 21	Aug 30	Oct 25	Apr 11
19	Barrow	4	1	0	3	-3	3	Aug 23	Feb 14	-	-
20	Accrington	3	0	1	2	-3	1	Jan 4	Sep 13	Mar 14	Dec 26
21	Bristol R	4	0	1	3	-4	1	Sep 20	Jan 17	Jan 4	Sep 13
22	Crawley	4	0	1	3	-5	1	Mar 13	Dec 26	Jan 24	Sep 27
23	Shrewsbury	4	0	1	3	-9	1	Feb 7	w 0-2F	Oct 4	Jan 10
24	Cheltenham	4	0	0	4	-9	0	Nov 29	May 2	Dec 19	Mar 6

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Win / draw / win form

Barrow have failed to score in 4 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Cambridge
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Oldham
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Barrow
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Harrogate	1 - 0	Barrow
Chesterfield	1 - 0	Barrow
Colchester	0 - 0	Barrow
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Barrow	0 - 1	Harrogate
H	Barrow	2 - 1	Notts C
H	Barrow	0 - 2	MK Dons
A	Barrow	0 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Barrow	0 - 0	Colchester
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barrow have not lost to Colchester in 7 consecutive league meetings

Colchester

Barrow

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

2 / 5

BRW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	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

	Colchester 14th	Barrow 19th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Barrow will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-23 Barrow have scored 23% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

61%

better

COU

BRW

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Games scored	4		1
Failed to score	0		3
Scored first	3		1
Goals scored	5		2
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.5
Avg. shots per game	7		6
Avg. shots per goal	6		13
Conversion rate for	18		8
Avg. XG for	0.7		1
KickOff rating		+61%

36%

better

COU

BRW

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Games conceded	3		4
Clean sheets	1		0
Conceded first	1		3
Goals conceded	4		5
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		7
Conversion rate against	11%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.1
KickOff rating		+36%

Colchester v Barrow 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
4	1	1	2
M Macey	J Tucker	J Tucker	J Payne

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	4			1 -
J Tucker DEF	4	1	1	-
T Flanagan DEF	4			-
R Hunt DEF	4			-
K Vincent-Young DEF	4			-
T Bishop MID	4			-
A Read MID	4	1		-
A. Akande FWD	4		1	-
O Edwards FWD	4			-
O. Thorn FWD	4		1	-
J Payne MID	3		1	2 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
J. Williams FWD	3			-
S Tovide FWD	3	1		1 -
J. Powell DEF	2			-
H Anderson FWD	2			1 -
J Gordon FWD	2			-
D Gape MID	1			-
W Goodwin FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	1	1	1
J Tucker	J Tucker	J Tucker	O. Thorn

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Tucker DEF	1	1	1
A Read MID	1	1
S Tovide FWD	1	1
A. Akande FWD		1	1
O Edwards FWD		1
O. Thorn FWD		1	1	1
J Payne MID			1	1
J. Williams FWD		1
J. Powell DEF		1
H Anderson FWD		1
W Goodwin FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
215	8	25
T Flanagan	B. Perry	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Flanagan DEF	215	2	22
J Tucker DEF	207	3	25
R Hunt DEF	182	5	13
T Bishop MID	176	5	19
A Read MID	114	5	16
M Macey GLK	109		2
O Edwards FWD	79	5	10
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
J Payne MID	59	2	11
J. Powell DEF	57	3	7
K Vincent-Young DEF	55	2	14
O. Thorn FWD	45	3	6
A. Akande FWD	29	3	11
J. Williams FWD	25	3	12
J Gordon FWD	22	1	6
S Tovide FWD	19	1	12
H Anderson FWD	19	2	9
D Gape MID	19	2	3
W Goodwin FWD	14		3

Barrow League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	1	1	1
W Stanway	T Walker	T Barkhuizen	B Jackson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W Stanway GLK	4			-
C Raglan DEF	4			-
B Jackson DEF	4			1 -
N Canavan DEF	4			1 -
R Booty MID	4			-
S Smith MID	4			1 -
J Earing MID	4			-
E Newby MID	4			-
S Foley MID	4			-
T Barkhuizen FWD	4		1	1 -
T Walker FWD	4	1		-
I Cameron FWD	4			-
C Mahoney FWD	3			-
L. Shipley DEF	2	1		-
I Fletcher MID	2			1 -
R Harper MID	2			-
K Smith DEF	1			-
K Hemmings FWD	1			-
R Healey FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	1	1	1
T Walker	C Raglan	T Barkhuizen	B Jackson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Walker FWD	1	1
L. Shipley DEF	1	1
C Raglan DEF		1
B Jackson DEF		1		1
N Canavan DEF		1
E Newby MID		1
T Barkhuizen FWD		1	1	1
I Cameron FWD		1
C Mahoney FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
196	12	31
R Booty	R Booty	C Raglan

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Booty MID	196	12	22
C Raglan DEF	143	5	31
B Jackson DEF	139	8	26
W Stanway GLK	130		7
S Smith MID	114	7	18
T Barkhuizen FWD	92	2	13
N Canavan DEF	82	4	20
S Foley MID	81	8	15
I Cameron FWD	66	1	24
C Mahoney FWD	65	1	5
L. Shipley DEF	63	2	8
E Newby MID	46	3	12
T Walker FWD	37	2	12
R Harper MID	37	4	14
J Earing MID	32	2	12
I Fletcher MID	20	1	6
K Smith DEF	12
K Hemmings FWD	5	1	2
R Healey FWD	3		1