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

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. Recent form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all laid out below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping under 2.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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The last English League Two meeting between Colchester and Barrow was on Saturday 3rd May 2025

English League Two

May 3rd 2025

Colchester 0	0 Barrow

	COU BRW
Shots On	4 3
Shots Off	9 5
Corners	7 8
Possession	50% 50%
Fouls	6 11
Yellow/red cards	5/1

Colchester	Barrow

M. Macey R. Hunt (M. Egbo 58') F. Kelleher T. Flanagan E. Iandolo J. Tucker (K. Vincent-Young 58') T. Bishop J. Payne J. Gordon (A. Scully 58') S. Tovide (T. Simpson 68') O. Thorn (K. Lisbie 68')	W. Stanway N. Canavan B. Jackson I. Fletcher (K. Cameron 62') S. Foley R. Gotts M. Williams (B. Whitfield 62') E. Newby (K. Kouyate 75') E. Acauah (S. Barnes 80') C. Mahoney (C. Popov 80') T. Smith

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We're tipping a close-fought game here and, as such, our prediction is under 2.5 goals. That means we a suggesting 2 goals or less will be scored in total as Colchester and Barrow go head-to-head. Good performances all round will be required to deliver us a winner, but we trust both sides to deliver precisely that. The statistics and the odds below suggest it's a sound bet too.

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.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 47%	9/10 9%	-
Draw 28%	23/10 3%	-
Barrow 25%	10/3 13%	-
Colchester 1-0 14%	9/2 15%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	-
Draw 0-0 10%	6/1 18%	-
Colchester 2-0 9%	7/1	-
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%	18/1 12%	-
Colchester 3-1 4%	18/1 27%	-
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 51%	4/7 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	2/1	-
No 1st Goal 7%	6/1 18%	-
BTTS - Yes 45%	11/10 10%	-
BTTS - No 55%	4/6 7%	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	4/1 25%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1 5%	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	9/1	-
Home/draw 75%	1/5 3%	-
Away/draw 53%	10/11 5%	-
Home/away 72%	1/3 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	4/9 8%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	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%	1/10 3%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	6/1 18%	-
Home DNB 66%	1/3 3%	-
Away DNB 45%	9/4 7%	-
Colchester win to nil 30%	7/4	-
Barrow win to nil 15%	11/2 19%	-
Colchester / Colchester 27%	2/1 9%	-
Colchester / Barrow 2%	40/1	-
Colchester / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Colchester 18%	7/2	-
Draw / Barrow 10%	15/2 11%	-
Draw / Draw 18%	7/2 10%	-
Barrow / Colchester 3%	25/1 13%	-
Barrow / Barrow 11%	13/2 6%	-
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	46	24	12	10	23	84	d 1-1A	l 3-0A	l 1-3A	l 1-0A
2	Port Vale	46	22	14	10	19	80	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	w 4-0F	w 0-1F
3	Bradford	46	22	12	12	19	78	d 1-1A	l 4-1A	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
4	Walsall	46	21	14	11	21	77	w 2-1A	l 4-0A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
5	AFC Wim	46	20	13	13	21	73	d 1-1A	l 4-2F	l 1-3A	d 2-2A
6	Notts C	46	20	12	14	19	72	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	w 1-2F
7	Chesterfield	46	19	13	14	19	70	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
8	Salford	46	18	15	13	10	69	l 1-2A	l 4-1A	d 1-1F	l 3-0A
9	Grimsby	46	20	8	18	-6	68	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 3-0F	w 1-2F
10	Colchester Home	46	16	19	11	5	67	-	-	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0
11	Bromley	46	17	15	14	5	66	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	d 3-3F	d 1-1F
12	Swindon	46	15	17	14	8	62	w 4-0F	l 3-2A	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
13	Crewe	46	15	17	14	1	62	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
14	Fleetwood	46	15	15	16	0	60	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0
15	Cheltenham	46	16	12	18	-10	60	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	l 3-2F
16	Barrow Away	46	15	14	17	2	59	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	-	-
17	Gillingham	46	14	16	16	-5	58	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	l 2-0A
18	Harrogate	46	14	11	21	-18	53	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
19	MK Dons	46	14	10	22	-14	52	w 2-0F	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	w 0-3F
20	Tranmere	46	12	15	19	-20	51	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
21	Accrington	46	12	14	20	-16	50	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
22	Newport	46	13	10	23	-24	49	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
23	Carlisle	46	10	12	24	-27	42	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
24	Morecambe	46	10	6	30	-32	36	w 1-0F	d 3-3A	l 0-1A	d 2-2A

	Promotion
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	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Barrow have drawn 3 consecutive league games

Barrow have not lost in 6 consecutive 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

	Colchester 10th	Barrow 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 61% 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
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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		%

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
44	8	10	17
M Macey	J Payne	J Payne	E Iandolo

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	44			3 -
R Hunt DEF	20			6 -
F Kelleher DEF	28	2	1	2 -
T Flanagan DEF	39			9 -
E Iandolo DEF	42	1	3	15 2
J Tucker MID	10			1 -
T Bishop MID	25	1	1	2 -
O. Thorn MID	26		4	4 -
J Payne MID	40	8	10	3 -
J Gordon MID	39	3		4 -
S Tovide FWD	27	7	4	5 -
Subs
T Smith GLK				-
M Egbo DEF	43	1	2	9 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	10			-
A Read MID	37	1	1	3 -
K. Lisbie FWD	4			1 -
T Simpson FWD	20	1		5 -
A Scully FWD	15	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	28	10	45
J Payne	J Payne	J Payne	J Payne

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Payne MID	8	28	10	45
S Tovide FWD	7	18	4	12
J Gordon MID	3	7		4
F Kelleher DEF	2	4	1	1
E Iandolo DEF	1	9	3	11
T Bishop MID	1	7	1	9
R Hunt DEF				1
T Flanagan DEF		2		4
O. Thorn MID		1	4	9
Subs
M Egbo DEF	1	6	2	16
A Read MID	1	8	1	19
T Simpson FWD	1	5		1
A Scully FWD	1	2		1
K. Lisbie FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2051	79	288
E Iandolo	E Iandolo	E Iandolo

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	2051	79	288
T Flanagan DEF	1806	37	194
J Payne MID	1250	67	189
M Macey GLK	1187	1	12
T Bishop MID	959	42	102
F Kelleher DEF	947	16	107
R Hunt DEF	441	28	60
J Gordon MID	388	34	137
S Tovide FWD	229	8	103
O. Thorn MID	203	32	77
J Tucker MID	164	5	27
Subs
M Egbo DEF	1325	53	153
A Read MID	1009	54	136
T Simpson FWD	123	3	26
A Scully FWD	100	8	21
K Vincent-Young DEF	64	3	12
K. Lisbie FWD	14		10

Barrow League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
40	6	10	10
B Jackson	E Acquah	B Jackson	R Gotts

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W Stanway GLK	17			2 -
S Foley DEF	33	3	2	4 -
N Canavan DEF	33		1	3 -
M Williams DEF	18		1	4 -
B Jackson MID	42	1	10	4 -
I Fletcher MID	11	1	2	1 -
R Gotts MID	38	3	3	10 -
E Newby MID	41	3	5	5 -
C Mahoney FWD	26	1	1	1 -
E Acquah FWD	36	6		4 -
T Smith FWD	20	5		1 -
Subs
P Farman GLK	26			5 1
K Cameron DEF	17	1		1 1
S Barnes DEF	4			1 -
B Whitfield MID	17	2	5	1 -
K. Kouyate FWD	18		2	4 -
C. Popov FWD	11			2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	18	10	31
E Acquah	E Newby	B Jackson	B Jackson

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Acquah FWD	6	14		8
T Smith FWD	5	14
R Gotts MID	3	7	3	17
S Foley DEF	3	9	2	8
E Newby MID	3	18	5	23
B Jackson MID	1	12	10	31
I Fletcher MID	1	3	2	3
C Mahoney FWD	1	8	1	11
N Canavan DEF		1	1	1
M Williams DEF		1	1	2
Subs
B Whitfield MID	2	6	5	10
K Cameron DEF	1	2
P Farman GLK				1
K. Kouyate FWD		3	2	6
C. Popov FWD		2		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1336	72	192
B Jackson	R Gotts	B Jackson

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
B Jackson MID	1336	62	192
R Gotts MID	1220	72	184
N Canavan DEF	1056	33	175
E Newby MID	964	49	161
S Foley DEF	935	69	169
M Williams DEF	647	30	75
W Stanway GLK	542	2	9
C Mahoney FWD	495	15	42
E Acquah FWD	294	12	153
I Fletcher MID	204	9	34
T Smith FWD	135	7	32
Subs
P Farman GLK	733	1	18
K Cameron DEF	471	19	74
B Whitfield MID	240	8	32
K. Kouyate FWD	134	20	55
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

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

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