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

Sat 17th Oct, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester United are in League Two action on Saturday afternoon, as Danny Cowley aims to beat Matthew Taylor and his Exeter City side at the JobServe Community Stadium. All stats, including an in-depth look at the form of both sides and head-to-head records, will change as you click through each of the 17 major markets using the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our predictions will too.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Fans may not be thrilled to read this, but we don't predict a high-scoring affair here. The stats suggest Colchester and Exeter both are capable of keeping it tight at the back, 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, with no obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals feels like the right bet on this match.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 48%	11/10 2%	-
Draw 30%	23/10	-
Exeter 23%	12/5 3%	-
Colchester 1-0 17%	13/2	-
Draw 0-0 13%	17/2 5%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1 8%	-
Colchester 2-0 10%	9/1	-
Exeter 1-0 10%	9/1	-
Colchester 2-1 8%	8/1	-
Exeter 2-1 5%	11/1	-
Colchester 3-0 4%	18/1	-
Exeter 2-0 4%	16/1	-
Colchester 3-1 3%	16/1	-
Draw 2-2 3%	14/1	-
Colchester 4-0 1%	40/1	-
Colchester 3-2 1%	28/1	-
Exeter 3-1 1%	28/1	-
Colchester 4-1 1%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 33%	1/1	-
Under 2.5 Goals 67%	4/5	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/5 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 39%	5/4	-
No 1st Goal 9%	17/2 5%	-
BTTS - Yes 38%	4/5	-
BTTS - No 62%	10/11	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	7/2	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	10/3 4%	-
BTTS - Away Win 7%	6/1	-
Home/draw 77%	3/10 2%	-
Away/draw 52%	7/10 2%	-
Home/away 71%	1/3	-
Over 1.5 Goals 60%	3/10	-
Under 1.5 Goals 40%	12/5	-
Over 3.5 Goals 15%	5/2	-
Under 3.5 Goals 86%	2/7	-
Over 4.5 Goals 5%	6/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 95%	1/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	14/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 87%	1/16	-
Under 0.5 Goals 13%	9/1	-
Home DNB 68%	1/2	-
Away DNB 43%	6/4	-
Colchester win to nil 33%	5/2	-
Exeter win to nil 15%	5/1	-
Colchester / Colchester 24%	5/2 3%	-
Colchester / Exeter 3%	28/1	-
Colchester / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Colchester 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Exeter 11%	13/2	-
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	-
Exeter / Colchester 3%	25/1 13%	-
Exeter / Exeter 15%	9/2	-
Exeter / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 19th position in the league. Colchester are unbeaten at home after 4 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Colchester have conceded 12 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Colchester have played 4 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 3 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and scored in every home league game.

Exeter lay in 14th place on 12 points in the League Two league table having played 10 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 4 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 4 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Exeter have conceded 1 goal and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Exeter have played 5 away games, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 0.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

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 Exeter
Results by League Table

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

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	1 - 1	Cheltenham
Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
Colchester	1 - 0	Rochdale
Colchester	2 - 1	Oldham
Colchester	0 - 1	Notts C
Colchester	2 - 1	Accrington
Colchester	3 - 0	Swindon
Colchester	1 - 3	Oldham
Colchester	1 - 1	Walsall
Colchester	0 - 0	Crawley
Colchester	0 - 1	Salford
Colchester	4 - 1	Barnet
Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
Colchester	2 - 1	Fleetwood
Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Newport
A	Colchester	2 - 2	Shrewsbury
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
A	Colchester	1 - 3	Swindon
A	Colchester	0 - 2	Bristol R
H	Colchester	1 - 0	Rochdale
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Oldham
A	Colchester	2 - 2	Accrington
A	Colchester	4 - 1	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Notts C
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Harrogate
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Accrington
H	Colchester	3 - 0	Swindon
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Tranmere
H	Colchester	1 - 3	Oldham
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Walsall
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Bromley
A	Colchester	0 - 1	MK Dons
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Crawley

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Exeter
Bristol R	1 - 0	Exeter
Port Vale	1 - 0	Exeter
York	2 - 1	Exeter
Grimsby	1 - 0	Exeter
Burton	1 - 1	Exeter
Plymouth	2 - 2	Exeter
Blackpool	1 - 0	Exeter
Wigan	2 - 0	Exeter
Luton	3 - 2	Exeter
Barnsley	2 - 1	Exeter
Peterborough	3 - 3	Exeter
Mansfield	0 - 0	Exeter
Reading	2 - 2	Exeter
Port Vale	1 - 3	Exeter
Huddersfield	2 - 2	Exeter
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Exeter
Cardiff	1 - 0	Exeter
Bolton	2 - 1	Exeter
Bradford	1 - 0	Exeter

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Exeter	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Exeter	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Exeter	0 - 1	Bristol R
H	Exeter	0 - 0	Tranmere
A	Exeter	0 - 1	Port Vale
H	Exeter	0 - 0	Walsall
H	Exeter	1 - 1	Barnet
A	Exeter	1 - 2	York
H	Exeter	2 - 0	Accrington
A	Exeter	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Exeter	1 - 2	Bradford
A	Exeter	1 - 1	Burton
H	Exeter	3 - 3	Stockport
A	Exeter	2 - 2	Plymouth
H	Exeter	3 - 0	Doncaster
A	Exeter	0 - 1	Blackpool
H	Exeter	0 - 0	L Orient
A	Exeter	0 - 2	Wigan
A	Exeter	2 - 3	Luton
H	Exeter	0 - 4	Cardiff

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester

Exeter

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

0 / 10

COU

EXE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Exeter
Colchester	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	3 - 1
	2 - 3	Exeter
Colchester	2 - 0
Colchester	5 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Exeter

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

4 / 10

Clean sheets

6 / 10

1 / 10

EXE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
Exeter	2 - 0
Exeter	6 - 1
Exeter	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Exeter	3 - 0
Exeter	1 - 0
Exeter	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Exeter	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Exeter City's defensive record is to be admired, M. Taylor's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive League Two games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Colchester United makes sense in this context.

A truly dreadful PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Exeter City fans, as should a 8 League Two matches run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Colchester 19th	Exeter 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 4+ There is a 65% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal	0 47% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 83% probability of Exeter scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Colchester have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Exeter’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

38%

better

COU

EXE

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Games scored	7		5
Failed to score	2		5
Scored first	6		3
Goals scored	10		6
Avg. goals scored	1.1		0.6
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		13
Conversion rate for	13		8
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+38%

COU

EXE

36%

better

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Games conceded	8		5
Clean sheets	1		5
Conceded first	3		5
Goals conceded	13		6
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		14
Conversion rate against	15%		7%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.2
KickOff rating		+36%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	3	4	2
T Lo-Tutala	M. Sesay	O. Thorn	E Iandolo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Lo-Tutala GLK	9			-
E Iandolo DEF	9	1	1	2 -
R Hunt DEF	9	1		1 -
J Tucker DEF	9			1 -
J Payne MID	9		1	-
H Anderson FWD	9	2		1 -
O. Thorn FWD	9		4	1 -
S Raggett DEF	8			-
M. Sesay MID	8	3	1	-
B Ihionvien FWD	8			1 -
J. Williams FWD	6	1		1
L. Chiwome FWD	6			-
K Vincent-Young DEF	5		1	1 -
J Williams MID	5			1 -
P Digby MID	5			-
K Kouassi FWD	5	1		-
F Terry DEF	4			-
S. Kuffour DEF	2			-
B Lubala FWD	2			1 -
J Leake DEF	1			-
T Bishop MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	7	4	5
M. Sesay	J Payne	O. Thorn	O. Thorn

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M. Sesay MID	3	6	1	2
H Anderson FWD	2	6
E Iandolo DEF	1	2	1	2
R Hunt DEF	1	1
J. Williams FWD	1	3
K Kouassi FWD	1	2
J Tucker DEF		2
J Payne MID		7	1	3
O. Thorn FWD		1	4	5
S Raggett DEF		2
B Ihionvien FWD		4
L. Chiwome FWD				1
K Vincent-Young DEF			1
B Lubala FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
499	21	57
J Tucker	J Payne	E Iandolo

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	499	2	31
J Payne MID	455	21	57
E Iandolo DEF	442	12	57
S Raggett DEF	385	1	50
T Lo-Tutala GLK	337		7
R Hunt DEF	310	6	23
J Williams MID	211	9	30
M. Sesay MID	181	14	42
H Anderson FWD	161	15	46
K Vincent-Young DEF	157	4	20
O. Thorn FWD	144	10	40
P Digby MID	121	8	20
K Kouassi FWD	61	3	32
F Terry DEF	53	1	3
B Ihionvien FWD	47	6	26
J. Williams FWD	45		13
S. Kuffour DEF	40	10	16
L. Chiwome FWD	28	4	12
B Lubala FWD	26	1	5
J Leake DEF	7	2	7
T Bishop MID	1

Exeter League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	2	2	3
J Bycroft	J Fitzwater	G. Birch	J Doyle-Hayes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bycroft GLK	10			-
J Fitzwater DEF	10	2		1 -
C. Cummins MID	10			2 -
J Gordon FWD	10			2 -
L. Samuel DEF	9			-
T Perry MID	9			2 -
J Doyle-Hayes MID	9			3 -
G Edwards FWD	9		1	2 -
E James DEF	8			1 -
L Woodhouse DEF	8		1	1 -
E. Sutherland MID	8			-
R Cole MID	8	1		1 -
G. Birch MID	8		2	-
V Harper MID	7			1 -
S Cox FWD	6	1		-
J. Taylor DEF	5			-
A Oluwabori FWD	5		1	-
D Rose FWD	4			-
L. Oakes DEF	2			-
A Scully FWD	2	1		-
A. Matthews FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	2	5
J Fitzwater	J Gordon	G. Birch	R Cole

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Fitzwater DEF	2	3
R Cole MID	1	6		5
S Cox FWD	1	3
A Scully FWD	1	2		1
J Bycroft GLK				1
C. Cummins MID		3		2
J Gordon FWD		6		1
L. Samuel DEF				1
T Perry MID				2
J Doyle-Hayes MID				1
G Edwards FWD		3	1	2
E James DEF		1
L Woodhouse DEF			1	1
E. Sutherland MID		1		1
G. Birch MID			2	3
A Oluwabori FWD			1
D Rose FWD		1
L. Oakes DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
356	20	80
J Fitzwater	L Woodhouse	C. Cummins

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Fitzwater DEF	356	16	64
J Doyle-Hayes MID	342	9	34
J Bycroft GLK	311		4
C. Cummins MID	309	17	80
L Woodhouse DEF	293	20	56
L. Samuel DEF	235	10	22
R Cole MID	227	7	16
E James DEF	185	3	48
G Edwards FWD	139	13	37
T Perry MID	124	8	23
E. Sutherland MID	118	8	20
J. Taylor DEF	117	4	32
V Harper MID	113	16	33
J Gordon FWD	109	7	57
D Rose FWD	60	2	43
G. Birch MID	50	2	23
A Scully FWD	30	1	4
S Cox FWD	24	3	9
A Oluwabori FWD	18		8
L. Oakes DEF	6
A. Matthews FWD	1