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

Sat 20th Dec, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester United are in League Two action on Saturday afternoon, as Danny Cowley looks to get one over on David Robert Hughes and his Newport County side at the JobServe Community Stadium. Recent form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all shown below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We're tipping , but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 49%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Newport 26%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 11%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 9%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 9%	-	-
Newport 1-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Newport 2-1 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 5%	-	-
Colchester 3-0 5%	-	-
Newport 2-0 4%	-	-
Colchester 3-2 3%	-	-
Newport 3-1 2%	-	-
Colchester 4-1 2%	-	-
Newport 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	-	-
Home/draw 74%	-	-
Away/draw 52%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 66%	-	-
Away DNB 44%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 27%	-	-
Newport win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 19 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 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Colchester have outscored their opponents by 28 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 10 games at home winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Newport are in 24th position in the League Two on 13 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Newport have conceded 35 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 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 Newport
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	19	12	2	5	11	38	Mar 28	w 0-2F	l 2-4F	Mar 21
2	Notts C	19	10	4	5	11	34	Apr 25	w 1-3A	d 1-1F	Apr 6
3	Swindon	19	10	4	5	6	34	Apr 10	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	Jan 9
4	Bromley	19	9	6	4	8	33	l 0-2A	Mar 21	Mar 17	Jan 1
5	MK Dons	19	9	5	5	14	32	Jan 1	Mar 17	l 1-2F	Feb 14
6	Cambridge	19	8	6	5	4	30	l 1-2F	Feb 17	Feb 21	l 2-0A
7	Salford	19	9	3	7	-1	30	Feb 28	Dec 13	l 0-1A	Feb 17
8	Gillingham	19	7	8	4	6	29	d 0-00-0	Dec 29	l 1-3F	Jan 17
9	Chesterfield	19	7	8	4	3	29	w 6-2F	Jan 10	Jan 24	l 4-1A
10	Colchester	19	7	7	5	7	28	-	-	Mar 7	Dec 20
11	Barnet	19	7	7	5	7	28	Feb 21	d 1-1F	Dec 26	Mar 14
12	Crewe	19	8	4	7	3	28	d 1-1A	Jan 31	Dec 29	d 2-2A
13	Grimsby	19	7	6	6	7	27	Jan 27	w 1-2A	Feb 7	l 2-1A
14	Fleetwood	19	7	6	6	1	27	Jan 24	l 4-2F	Dec 13	Feb 28
15	Tranmere	19	6	8	5	6	26	d 1-1A	Apr 6	Jan 4	d 1-1A
16	Accrington	19	6	6	7	1	24	Jan 4	l 1-0A	Jan 27	w 0-1F
17	Oldham	19	5	8	6	2	23	Apr 3	d 1-1F	Apr 25	l 3-0A
18	Barrow	19	5	5	9	-8	20	l 0-2A	Feb 14	d 2-2F	May 2
19	Cheltenham	19	6	2	11	-17	20	w 2-0F	May 2	l 0-2A	Apr 18
20	Shrewsbury	19	4	6	9	-13	18	Feb 7	w 0-2F	Mar 28	l 1-0A
21	Crawley	19	4	5	10	-10	17	Mar 13	Dec 26	Apr 3	w 1-2F
22	Bristol R	19	5	2	12	-20	17	d 1-1A	Jan 17	l 2-3A	Jan 31
23	Harrogate	19	4	4	11	-13	16	w 3-1A	Apr 18	Apr 11	w 0-3F
24	Newport	19	3	4	12	-15	13	Dec 20	Mar 7	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	2 - 2	Newport
Oldham	3 - 0	Newport
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Newport
Harrogate	0 - 3	Newport
Accrington	0 - 1	Newport
Chesterfield	4 - 1	Newport
Tranmere	1 - 1	Newport
Cambridge	2 - 0	Newport
Grimsby	2 - 1	Newport
Crawley	1 - 2	Newport
Fleetwood	2 - 0	Newport
MK Dons	0 - 0	Newport
Carlisle	3 - 2	Newport
Grimsby	1 - 0	Newport
Accrington	5 - 0	Newport
Chesterfield	2 - 1	Newport
Doncaster	3 - 0	Newport
Crewe	0 - 3	Newport
Salford	1 - 1	Newport
Port Vale	3 - 2	Newport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Newport	2 - 2	Crewe
H	Newport	2 - 2	Barrow
A	Newport	0 - 3	Oldham
A	Newport	0 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Newport	2 - 4	Walsall
A	Newport	3 - 0	Harrogate
H	Newport	0 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Newport	1 - 0	Accrington
H	Newport	0 - 1	Swindon
A	Newport	1 - 4	Chesterfield
H	Newport	1 - 3	Gillingham
A	Newport	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Newport	2 - 3	Bristol R
A	Newport	0 - 2	Cambridge
H	Newport	1 - 2	MK Dons
H	Newport	0 - 1	Salford
A	Newport	1 - 2	Grimsby
A	Newport	2 - 1	Crawley
H	Newport	1 - 1	Notts C
H	Newport	1 - 4	Tranmere

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester

Newport

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 9

4 / 9

Clean sheets

5 / 9

4 / 9

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

Newport

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

1 / 8

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
	0 - 2	Colchester
Newport	2 - 1
Newport	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Colchester
Newport	2 - 1
Newport	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Colchester United's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Newport County have conceded in each of their last 5 League Two outings. A PG of 1.6 for D. Cowley's side suggests that run should continue.

	Colchester 10th	Newport 24th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Newport will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-1 Newport’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	14		13
Failed to score	5		6
Scored first	8		8
Goals scored	28		20
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	19		15
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.1
KickOff rating		+17%

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Games conceded	14		17
Clean sheets	5		2
Conceded first	9		11
Goals conceded	21		35
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+27%

Colchester v Newport 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
19	6	4	4
J Tucker	H Anderson	H Anderson	A Read

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	19	2	1	2 -
A Read MID	19	1	2	4 -
M Macey GLK	18			2 -
T Bishop MID	17			1 -
S Tovide FWD	17	2	1	1 -
J. Williams FWD	16			1 -
R Hunt DEF	15			1 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	15			2 -
H Anderson FWD	15	6	4	2 -
O Edwards FWD	14			1
H. Araujo DEF	13		1	1 -
J Payne MID	13	4	4	4 -
M. Mbick FWD	13	5	1	-
J Gordon FWD	10		1	-
E Iandolo DEF	9			4 -
T Flanagan DEF	9			1 -
J. Powell DEF	9			-
A. Akande FWD	6		1	-
D Gape MID	5			2 -
W Goodwin FWD	5	1		-
B. Perry MID	3			-
T Smith GLK	2			1 -
J Baldwin DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	11	4	6
H Anderson	M. Mbick	H Anderson	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Anderson FWD	6	9	4	2
M. Mbick FWD	5	11	1	2
J Payne MID	4	9	4	6
J Tucker DEF	2	3	1	1
S Tovide FWD	2	8	1	4
A Read MID	1	6	2	4
W Goodwin FWD	1	2
T Bishop MID		2		3
J. Williams FWD		3		2
R Hunt DEF		1		2
K Vincent-Young DEF				1
O Edwards FWD		1		2
H. Araujo DEF		1	1	1
J Gordon FWD			1
E Iandolo DEF		1		4
J. Powell DEF		3		1
A. Akande FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
905	37	125
J Tucker	T Bishop	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	905	12	125
A Read MID	758	34	101
T Bishop MID	706	37	91
H. Araujo DEF	578	14	70
R Hunt DEF	457	16	42
M Macey GLK	452		6
E Iandolo DEF	429	11	47
J Payne MID	397	21	60
T Flanagan DEF	386	4	43
K Vincent-Young DEF	361	20	50
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
H Anderson FWD	265	37	92
O Edwards FWD	238	13	32
M. Mbick FWD	191	18	67
S Tovide FWD	118	7	55
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
J. Williams FWD	75	4	21
J Gordon FWD	68	7	21
D Gape MID	67	8	17
T Smith GLK	49		1
A. Akande FWD	37	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	34		1
W Goodwin FWD	25		6

Newport League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	3	4	5
L. Jenkins	C Baker-Richardson	K. Whitmore	K. Whitmore

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L. Jenkins DEF	19		1	4 -
C Antwi MID	18	2		1 -
B Kamwa FWD	18		1	-
C Evans DEF	16			2 -
C Baker-Richardson FWD	16	3	1	2 1
M. Reindorf FWD	16		1	2 -
H. Ogunneye DEF	15	1		3 -
K. Whitmore MID	14	3	4	5 -
M Spellman FWD	14	1	1	3 -
S Braybroke MID	13		1	3 -
G Garner FWD	13	2	1	2 -
T Davies DEF	12			1 -
M Baker DEF	12	1	1	2 -
B Lloyd MID	12		1	1 -
N Tzanev GLK	11			-
J. Thomas DEF	9			-
J Wright GLK	8			1 -
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	7	1		2 -
J Clarke DEF	7			-
N Opoku FWD	7	2	1	-
C Brennan DEF	6			-
M Smith MID	6		1	2 -
A Odimayo DEF	5			-
L Shephard DEF	2	1		-
J. Warner DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	7	4	6
C Baker-Richardson	B Kamwa	K. Whitmore	B Kamwa

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Baker-Richardson FWD	3	6	1
K. Whitmore MID	3	5	4	1
C Antwi MID	2	5		1
G Garner FWD	2	7	1	2
N Opoku FWD	2	5	1
H. Ogunneye DEF	1	2		2
M Spellman FWD	1	5	1
M Baker DEF	1	1	1	1
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	1	2		1
L Shephard DEF	1	1
L. Jenkins DEF		5	1	1
B Kamwa FWD		7	1	6
C Evans DEF		2		1
M. Reindorf FWD		7	1	1
S Braybroke MID		2	1	4
T Davies DEF		2
B Lloyd MID		2	1	1
J. Thomas DEF				1
C Brennan DEF		1
M Smith MID		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
788	40	152
L. Jenkins	S Braybroke	L. Jenkins

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L. Jenkins DEF	788	34	152
S Braybroke MID	641	40	80
M Baker DEF	538	19	78
T Davies DEF	410	19	58
C Evans DEF	389	27	62
N Tzanev GLK	389		5
H. Ogunneye DEF	361	25	68
C Antwi MID	316	22	54
J Wright GLK	296		7
B Kamwa FWD	266	8	45
K. Whitmore MID	240	14	58
B Lloyd MID	236	21	40
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	233	9	30
J. Thomas DEF	195	22	38
J Clarke DEF	168	2	31
M. Reindorf FWD	167	9	48
A Odimayo DEF	162	2	19
C Baker-Richardson FWD	156	1	69
G Garner FWD	153	6	23
M Smith MID	114	6	10
M Spellman FWD	106	9	31
N Opoku FWD	71	4	10
C Brennan DEF	64	3	13
L Shephard DEF	46	4	11
J. Warner DEF	20