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

Sat 29th Nov, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester United and their boss Danny Cowley will be looking to get one over on Steve Cotterill and his Cheltenham Town side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair go head to head at the JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two. Stats for our tip of over 2.5 goals are shown below, including head-to-head history. Flipping the market using the tabs below changes all statistics and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This League Two fixture, with Colchester and Cheltenham going head-to-head, offers great potential in the widely used over market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Strikers for both will look to take advantage of an open match and, having studied the relevant stats and odds, we're confident that a bet on over 2.5 goals is the best option.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.55.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 60%	12/25 3%	11/20
Draw 21%	29/10 4%	16/5
Cheltenham 19%	21/4 9%	19/4
Colchester 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1 7%	13/2
Colchester 2-0 9%	6/1	11/2
Colchester 1-0 9%	6/1	11/2
Colchester 3-1 7%	12/1	10/1
Colchester 3-0 6%	10/1	17/2
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	14/1
Cheltenham 2-1 5%	18/1	14/1
Cheltenham 1-0 5%	14/1	11/1
Draw 0-0 4%	10/1	9/1
Colchester 3-2 4%	25/1	20/1
Colchester 4-1 3%	22/1	18/1
Colchester 4-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Cheltenham 2-0 3%	33/1	22/1
Cheltenham 3-2 2%	50/1	33/1
Over 2.5 Goals 60%	17/20	4/5
Under 2.5 Goals 40%	19/20	10/11
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/9	4/9
Away 1st Goal 42%	15/8	21/10
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1	17/2
BTTS - Yes 57%	10/11 4%	10/11
BTTS - No 43%	4/5 2%	4/5
BTTS - Home Win 30%	12/5 3%	12/5
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 11%	11/1	17/2
Home/draw 81%	1/8 1%	2/15
Away/draw 40%	13/8 11%	7/5
Home/away 79%	1/4	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	11/4	5/2
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	2/1 8%	2/1
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	4/11 2%	4/11
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	5/1	9/2
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/8	1/8
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	12/1	10/1
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/25	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/20	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	10/1	9/1
Home DNB 74%	2/11	1/5
Away DNB 34%	7/2	16/5
Colchester win to nil 30%	6/4	-
Cheltenham win to nil 9%	10/1	-
Colchester / Colchester 35%	13/10 3%	13/10
Colchester / Cheltenham 2%	40/1	33/1
Colchester / Draw 5%	14/1	14/1
Draw / Colchester 19%	10/3	16/5
Draw / Cheltenham 7%	11/1	10/1
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	19/4
Cheltenham / Colchester 4%	20/1	16/1
Cheltenham / Cheltenham 9%	9/1	15/2
Cheltenham / Draw 5%	16/1	14/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 17 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 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 4 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Colchester have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 8 games at home winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Cheltenham are in 21st position in the League Two on 17 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Cheltenham have conceded 30 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 4 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 Cheltenham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	17	10	2	5	8	32	Mar 28	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	Apr 11
2	Swindon	17	9	4	4	6	31	Apr 10	d 0-00-0	Dec 29	Dec 9
3	Bromley	17	8	6	3	8	30	l 0-2A	Mar 21	l 1-2A	Feb 17
4	MK Dons	17	8	5	4	14	29	Jan 1	Mar 17	Feb 7	l 5-0A
5	Notts C	17	8	4	5	9	28	Apr 25	w 1-3A	l 1-2A	Mar 21
6	Chesterfield	17	7	7	3	4	28	w 6-2F	Jan 10	l 0-2A	Apr 3
7	Gillingham	17	7	6	4	6	27	Dec 6	Dec 29	Jan 27	d 1-1F
8	Crewe	17	8	3	6	4	27	d 1-1A	Jan 31	Mar 17	Jan 1
9	Grimsby	17	7	5	5	8	26	Jan 27	w 1-2A	Jan 24	l 7-1F
10	Cambridge	17	7	5	5	3	26	l 1-2F	Feb 17	Apr 6	l 1-0A
11	Fleetwood	17	7	5	5	2	26	Jan 24	l 4-2F	w 2-0F	Jan 10
12	Salford	17	8	2	7	-2	26	Feb 28	Dec 13	Feb 21	d 1-1F
13	Colchester	17	6	6	5	5	24	-	-	May 2	Nov 29
14	Barnet	17	6	6	5	3	24	Feb 21	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	Feb 14
15	Oldham	17	5	8	4	4	23	Apr 3	d 1-1F	l 0-3A	Jan 17
16	Tranmere	17	4	8	5	2	20	d 1-1A	Apr 6	Mar 28	l 3-2A
17	Barrow	17	5	4	8	-5	19	l 0-2A	Feb 14	Mar 6	Dec 19
18	Accrington	17	4	6	7	-2	18	Jan 4	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	Jan 31
19	Crawley	17	4	5	8	-7	17	Mar 13	Dec 26	Jan 4	l 2-0A
20	Bristol R	17	5	2	10	-15	17	d 1-1A	Jan 17	w 1-0F	Apr 25
21	Cheltenham	17	5	2	10	-16	17	Nov 29	May 2	-	-
22	Shrewsbury	17	4	4	9	-13	16	Feb 7	w 0-2F	Dec 26	Mar 14
23	Harrogate	17	4	3	10	-11	15	w 3-1A	Apr 18	Dec 13	Feb 27
24	Newport	17	3	2	12	-15	11	Dec 20	Mar 7	Apr 18	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Colchester	2 - 1	Walsall
Colchester	1 - 0	Morecambe
Colchester	0 - 2	Accrington
Colchester	1 - 1	Doncaster

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere	3 - 2	Cheltenham
Newport	0 - 2	Cheltenham
Gillingham	1 - 1	Cheltenham
Grimsby	7 - 1	Cheltenham
Crawley	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Salford	1 - 1	Cheltenham
MK Dons	5 - 0	Cheltenham
Cambridge	1 - 0	Cheltenham
Bromley	3 - 0	Cheltenham
Notts C	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Crewe	2 - 3	Cheltenham
Morecambe	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Tranmere	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Swindon	3 - 3	Cheltenham
AFC Wim	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Bradford	3 - 0	Cheltenham
Newport	0 - 3	Cheltenham
Fleetwood	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Accrington	0 - 0	Cheltenham
Harrogate	2 - 0	Cheltenham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cheltenham	1 - 0	Bristol R
A	Cheltenham	2 - 3	Tranmere
H	Cheltenham	1 - 2	Notts C
H	Cheltenham	1 - 0	Walsall
A	Cheltenham	2 - 0	Newport
A	Cheltenham	1 - 1	Gillingham
H	Cheltenham	2 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Cheltenham	1 - 7	Grimsby
H	Cheltenham	0 - 3	Oldham
A	Cheltenham	0 - 2	Crawley
H	Cheltenham	1 - 0	Accrington
A	Cheltenham	1 - 1	Salford
H	Cheltenham	0 - 1	Barnet
H	Cheltenham	1 - 2	Bromley
A	Cheltenham	0 - 5	MK Dons
H	Cheltenham	0 - 2	Chesterfield
A	Cheltenham	0 - 1	Cambridge
A	Cheltenham	0 - 3	Bromley
H	Cheltenham	3 - 2	Carlisle
A	Cheltenham	2 - 1	Notts C

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester

Cheltenham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

2 / 7

COU

CHT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Cheltenham
Colchester	3 - 0
	1 - 4	Cheltenham
Colchester	2 - 0
Colchester	3 - 1

Cheltenham

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

6 / 7

Clean sheets

1 / 7

2 / 7

COU

CHT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cheltenham
	0 - 1	Colchester
Cheltenham	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Colchester
Cheltenham	3 - 1
	0 - 3	Colchester
Cheltenham	4 - 3

Goal Statistics

	Colchester 13th	Cheltenham 21st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 13% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 15% There is a 60% probability that Colchester will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Cheltenham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+3 Cheltenham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	2.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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CHT

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Games scored	13		11
Failed to score	4		6
Scored first	7		8
Goals scored	26		14
Avg. goals scored	1.5		0.8
Avg. shots per game	8		6
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	19		14
Avg. XG for	1.5		0.8
KickOff rating		+23%

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CHT

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Games conceded	14		12
Clean sheets	3		5
Conceded first	9		9
Goals conceded	21		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		13
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.9
KickOff rating		+2%

Colchester v Cheltenham 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
17	6	4	4
J Tucker	H Anderson	J Payne	A Read

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	17	2	1	2 -
A Read MID	17	1	2	4 -
M Macey GLK	16			2 -
T Bishop MID	16			1 -
S Tovide FWD	15	2	1	1 -
R Hunt DEF	14			1 -
J. Williams FWD	14			1 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	13			2 -
J Payne MID	13	4	4	4 -
H Anderson FWD	13	6	2	1 -
O Edwards FWD	12			1
H. Araujo DEF	11		1	1 -
M. Mbick FWD	11	4	1	-
J. Powell DEF	9			-
T Flanagan DEF	9			1 -
J Gordon FWD	9		1	-
E Iandolo DEF	7			4 -
A. Akande FWD	6		1	-
D Gape MID	4			1 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
W Goodwin FWD	3	1		-
T Smith GLK	2			1 -
J Baldwin DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	10	4	6
H Anderson	M. Mbick	J Payne	J Payne

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
819	35	109
J Tucker	T Bishop	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	819	10	109
T Bishop MID	677	35	86
A Read MID	675	33	92
H. Araujo DEF	497	13	63
R Hunt DEF	427	14	39
M Macey GLK	408		6
J Payne MID	397	21	60
T Flanagan DEF	386	4	43
E Iandolo DEF	338	10	39
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
K Vincent-Young DEF	297	19	45
H Anderson FWD	225	31	82
O Edwards FWD	222	13	32
M. Mbick FWD	162	15	58
S Tovide FWD	99	5	49
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
J. Williams FWD	72	3	20
J Gordon FWD	66	6	20
D Gape MID	66	8	16
T Smith GLK	49		1
A. Akande FWD	37	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	34		1
W Goodwin FWD	15		4

Cheltenham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	4	2	5
J Day	I Hutchinson	E Archer	L Young

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Day GLK	17			-
E Archer FWD	17		2	2 -
L Young MID	16	2		5 -
J Bickerstaff FWD	16		1	2 -
L Kinsella MID	15			1 -
A. Jude-Boyd DEF	14		1	3 -
R Broom MID	14			1 -
J Wilson DEF	13			1 -
J Martin FWD	13	3		1 -
J. Thomas FWD	11	1	1	1 -
S Sherring DEF	10	1		-
D Power DEF	10			1 -
I Hutchinson MID	10	4	1	3 -
L Angol FWD	9			3 1
T. Taylor MID	8			-
G Miller FWD	8	1		-
G Harmon DEF	7			1 -
B Stevenson MID	7			-
J Tomkinson DEF	6	1		2 -
J. Mažionis DEF	6			3 -
F Willcox DEF	6			1 -
S Bennett MID	6			2 -
H Pell MID	3			1 1
R Cundy DEF	1			-
T Backwell MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	7	2	3
I Hutchinson	I Hutchinson	E Archer	L Young

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Hutchinson MID	4	7	1	2
J Martin FWD	3	6
L Young MID	2	5		3
J. Thomas FWD	1	3	1	2
S Sherring DEF	1	1
G Miller FWD	1	3
J Tomkinson DEF	1	1
E Archer FWD		2	2	1
J Bickerstaff FWD		4	1	2
A. Jude-Boyd DEF		2	1	1
R Broom MID		2		2
J Wilson DEF		1
L Angol FWD		1		1
G Harmon DEF				1
J. Mažionis DEF		3
S Bennett MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
552	37	115
J Day	E Archer	E Archer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Day GLK	552		7
L Young MID	546	23	66
J Wilson DEF	446	14	43
E Archer FWD	400	37	115
A. Jude-Boyd DEF	372	25	73
S Sherring DEF	349	18	51
I Hutchinson MID	334	19	41
J Tomkinson DEF	285	15	31
B Stevenson MID	272	16	44
L Kinsella MID	240	22	62
J. Thomas FWD	212	16	76
R Broom MID	189	15	30
J Martin FWD	141	7	28
S Bennett MID	139	10	53
J Bickerstaff FWD	119	5	38
D Power DEF	114	15	38
F Willcox DEF	92	11	37
G Harmon DEF	81	5	12
G Miller FWD	77	4	43
J. Mažionis DEF	73	8	41
L Angol FWD	66	7	53
H Pell MID	43	1	6
T. Taylor MID	40	2	14
R Cundy DEF	25	1	8
T Backwell MID	2	2	3