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

Sat 14th Nov, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester United are in League Two action on Saturday afternoon, as Danny Cowley attempts to outsmart Gareth Ainsworth and his Gillingham side at the JobServe Community Stadium. In this preview you'll find odds for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall records can be found, while you'll also find head-to-head history later on in the preview.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Colchester and Gillingham will score 2 or more goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Danny Cowley or Gareth Ainsworth has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s of late either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.29 equating to about a 74% probability.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 37%	11/10	-
Draw 26%	23/10	-
Gillingham 37%	11/5	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	-
Colchester 1-0 9%	7/1	-
Gillingham 1-0 9%	9/1	-
Colchester 2-1 8%	8/1	-
Gillingham 2-1 8%	11/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	10/1	-
Colchester 2-0 6%	10/1	-
Gillingham 2-0 6%	16/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	-
Colchester 3-1 4%	16/1	-
Gillingham 3-1 4%	25/1	-
Colchester 3-0 3%	18/1	-
Gillingham 3-0 3%	33/1	-
Colchester 3-2 2%	25/1	-
Gillingham 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	19/20	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	17/20	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	4/5	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	6/5	-
No 1st Goal 5%	10/1	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	8/11	-
BTTS - No 46%	1/1	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	10/3	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	11/2	-
Home/draw 63%	4/11	-
Away/draw 63%	7/10	-
Home/away 74%	1/3	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	2/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	5/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	9/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	1/3	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	11/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/9	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	14/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/20	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	10/1	-
Home DNB 56%	8/15	-
Away DNB 55%	11/8	-
Colchester win to nil 20%	11/4	-
Gillingham win to nil 19%	5/1	-
Colchester / Colchester 24%	5/2	-
Colchester / Gillingham 3%	28/1	-
Colchester / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Colchester 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Gillingham 11%	13/2	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Gillingham / Colchester 4%	22/1	-
Gillingham / Gillingham 15%	9/2	-
Gillingham / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 13 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Colchester have conceded 19 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Colchester have played 6 games at home, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 6 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Gillingham lay in 8th place on 20 points in the League Two league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 19 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Gillingham have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Gillingham have played 7 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 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 Gillingham
Results by League Table

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

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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 - 3	Walsall
Colchester	0 - 0	Exeter
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

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
H	Colchester	1 - 3	Walsall
A	Colchester	0 - 2	Northampton
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Exeter
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Gillingham
Accrington	3 - 1	Gillingham
Rotherham	1 - 4	Gillingham
York	3 - 0	Gillingham
Rochdale	1 - 4	Gillingham
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Gillingham
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Gillingham
Barnet	6 - 2	Gillingham
Cheltenham	2 - 1	Gillingham
Salford	0 - 0	Gillingham
Walsall	2 - 2	Gillingham
Crawley	2 - 0	Gillingham
Cambridge	5 - 0	Gillingham
Barrow	0 - 1	Gillingham
Chesterfield	1 - 0	Gillingham
Crewe	1 - 0	Gillingham
Notts C	1 - 0	Gillingham
Harrogate	0 - 3	Gillingham
Swindon	2 - 0	Gillingham
Fleetwood	2 - 1	Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Gillingham	2 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Gillingham	1 - 4	Grimsby
H	Gillingham	1 - 1	Port Vale
A	Gillingham	1 - 3	Accrington
A	Gillingham	4 - 1	Rotherham
H	Gillingham	0 - 0	Newport
A	Gillingham	0 - 3	York
H	Gillingham	3 - 0	Bristol R
H	Gillingham	2 - 0	Tranmere
A	Gillingham	4 - 1	Rochdale
A	Gillingham	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Gillingham	1 - 1	Northampton
A	Gillingham	0 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Gillingham	0 - 3	Walsall
H	Gillingham	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Gillingham	2 - 6	Barnet
H	Gillingham	1 - 4	Grimsby
A	Gillingham	1 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Gillingham	0 - 0	Salford
H	Gillingham	2 - 0	Accrington

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester have drawn with Gillingham in 3 consecutive league meetings

Colchester

Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

3 / 9

COU

GIL

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

Gillingham

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

4 / 9

COU

GIL

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

Goal Statistics

	Colchester 23rd	Gillingham 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 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 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Gillingham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Colchester have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Gillingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

COU

GIL

19%

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Games scored	9		10
Failed to score	4		4
Scored first	6		6
Goals scored	12		20
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	9		5
Conversion rate for	11		19
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+19%

COU

GIL

12%

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Games conceded	11		10
Clean sheets	2		4
Conceded first	6		6
Goals conceded	19		19
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.6
KickOff rating		+12%

Colchester v Gillingham 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
13	3	5	2
T Lo-Tutala	M. Sesay	O. Thorn	E Iandolo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Lo-Tutala GLK	13			-
E Iandolo DEF	13	1	1	2 -
J Tucker DEF	13			1 -
O. Thorn FWD	13		5	1 -
R Hunt DEF	12	1		2 -
M. Sesay FWD	12	3	1	1 -
B Ihionvien FWD	12			2 -
J Payne MID	11	1	1	-
S Raggett DEF	9			-
K Vincent-Young DEF	9		1	1 -
J Williams MID	9			2 -
P Digby MID	9			1 -
L. Chiwome FWD	9			-
H Anderson FWD	9	2		1 -
J. Williams FWD	9	1		1
F Terry DEF	7			-
K Kouassi FWD	5	1		-
B Lubala FWD	4			2 -
S. Kuffour DEF	3			-
B. Perry MID	3	1		-
J Leake DEF	1			-
T Bishop MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	9	5	6
M. Sesay	M. Sesay	O. Thorn	O. Thorn

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M. Sesay FWD	3	9	1	3
H Anderson FWD	2	6
E Iandolo DEF	1	3	1	3
R Hunt DEF	1	1
J Payne MID	1	9	1	3
J. Williams FWD	1	3		2
K Kouassi FWD	1	2
B. Perry MID	1	2
J Tucker DEF		2
O. Thorn FWD		3	5	6
B Ihionvien FWD		4
S Raggett DEF		2
K Vincent-Young DEF			1
P Digby MID		1
L. Chiwome FWD				1
B Lubala FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
741	22	81
J Tucker	J Payne	E Iandolo

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	741	4	51
E Iandolo DEF	632	19	81
T Lo-Tutala GLK	519		9
J Payne MID	510	22	63
S Raggett DEF	419	1	57
R Hunt DEF	411	7	30
J Williams MID	354	16	48
M. Sesay FWD	281	16	63
F Terry DEF	254	3	16
K Vincent-Young DEF	242	5	27
P Digby MID	228	11	45
O. Thorn FWD	205	18	53
H Anderson FWD	161	15	46
J. Williams FWD	88	2	25
B Lubala FWD	78	4	13
B Ihionvien FWD	70	6	42
K Kouassi FWD	61	3	32
L. Chiwome FWD	43	4	18
S. Kuffour DEF	43	9	15
B. Perry MID	39	6	12
J Leake DEF	7	2	7
T Bishop MID	1

Gillingham League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	6	3	4
A Smith	R Hale	N Freeman	L. Dobbs

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Smith DEF	14	1	1	1 -
O Beckles DEF	14	1		2 -
N Freeman MID	14		3	-
J Brophy MID	14	3	1	2 -
R Hale FWD	14	6	1	3 -
O. Wright GLK	12			-
L. Dobbs DEF	12	1		4 -
R McKenzie MID	12			4 -
H. Waldock MID	12	1	1	1 -
G McCleary FWD	11		2	3 -
S. Kendall FWD	10	2		-
L. Sillah FWD	9	2	1	1 -
J. Daley DEF	8			2 -
C. McManus DEF	8	1	1	3 -
A Little MID	7			3 -
W Goodwin FWD	7			1 -
T Eaves FWD	6	1		-
E Coleman MID	5			2 -
B Dack MID	5			-
E King MID	4		1	1 -
C Antwi MID	3			-
M.Luxton MID	3			-
Z. Albarus MID	3			1 1
K Harris MID	2			2 -
L Gordon DEF	1			-
Z Obiero MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	3	3
R Hale	R Hale	N Freeman	N Freeman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Hale FWD	6	15	1	1
J Brophy MID	3	4	1
S. Kendall FWD	2	3
L. Sillah FWD	2	2	1
A Smith DEF	1	2	1
O Beckles DEF	1	3
L. Dobbs DEF	1	1
H. Waldock MID	1	2	1	2
C. McManus DEF	1	2	1	1
T Eaves FWD	1	2
N Freeman MID		2	3	3
G McCleary FWD		1	2	2
J. Daley DEF		1
A Little MID		1		2
W Goodwin FWD		6		1
E King MID			1	1
K Harris MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
660	30	88
O Beckles	O Beckles	O Beckles

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Beckles DEF	660	30	88
O. Wright GLK	497		5
J Brophy MID	484	21	70
A Smith DEF	435	15	65
L. Dobbs DEF	406	15	84
N Freeman MID	379	27	65
R McKenzie MID	260	12	37
R Hale FWD	247	5	33
H. Waldock MID	175	10	40
A Little MID	171	4	23
C. McManus DEF	165	20	46
J. Daley DEF	149	7	24
E King MID	128	8	13
G McCleary FWD	111	5	15
L. Sillah FWD	103	10	57
E Coleman MID	56	5	16
Z. Albarus MID	48	11	23
W Goodwin FWD	46	2	21
T Eaves FWD	30		20
S. Kendall FWD	27	1	4
K Harris MID	24	2	3
C Antwi MID	18	1	5
L Gordon DEF	17	1	3
B Dack MID	15	1	1
M.Luxton MID	8	2	5
Z Obiero MID	1		1