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

Fri 3rd Apr, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Danny Cowley welcomes Micky Mellon to the JobServe Community Stadium on Friday afternoon, as their Colchester United and Oldham Athletic troops do battle in the League Two. Our predictions are based on in-depth statistical analysis of each side, across 17 of the main markets. The data and the odds are unique to each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included across the board.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 43%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Oldham 29%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Oldham 1-0 10%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 8%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 8%	-	-
Oldham 2-1 7%	-	-
Oldham 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Colchester 3-0 4%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 4%	-	-
Oldham 3-1 2%	-	-
Colchester 3-2 2%	-	-
Oldham 3-0 2%	-	-
Oldham 3-2 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 7%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 45%	-	-
BTTS - No 55%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 71%	-	-
Away/draw 57%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 62%	-	-
Away DNB 49%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 27%	-	-
Oldham win to nil 18%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 37 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Colchester have conceded 24 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Colchester have played 18 games at home, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Oldham lay in 11th place on 55 points in the League Two league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 3 games. They have scored 32 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Oldham have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Oldham have played 18 away games, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 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 Oldham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	38	21	13	4	25	76	l 0-2A	Mar 21	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
2	MK Dons	38	21	11	6	38	74	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	Apr 6	d 0-00-0
3	Cambridge	37	19	12	6	27	69	l 1-2F	d 1-1A	l 0-3A	w 0-1F
4	Notts C	37	20	7	10	23	67	Apr 25	w 1-3A	Mar 24	l 3-1A
5	Salford	38	21	4	13	7	67	l 0-1A	l 4-3F	Apr 18	l 1-0A
6	Swindon	38	20	6	12	17	66	Apr 10	d 0-00-0	l 1-2A	l 3-0A
7	Grimsby	37	16	11	10	11	59	l 0-1A	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
8	Chesterfield	38	15	14	9	8	59	w 6-2F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	w 0-3F
9	Crewe	38	16	9	13	7	57	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	Mar 28
10	Walsall	38	16	9	13	6	57	Mar 28	w 0-2F	l 0-1A	w 1-2F
11	Oldham	36	14	13	9	12	55	Apr 3	d 1-1F	-	-
12	Barnet	38	14	12	12	4	54	w 4-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 3-2F
13	Colchester	37	14	11	12	10	53	-	-	d 1-1A	Apr 3
14	Fleetwood	38	13	12	13	1	51	w 2-1F	l 4-2F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
15	Accrington	37	13	9	15	-3	48	Apr 14	l 1-0A	May 2	l 1-0A
16	Gillingham	37	11	12	14	-11	45	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	w 0-3F
17	Cheltenham	37	11	9	17	-19	42	w 2-0F	May 2	w 2-1A	w 0-3F
18	Shrewsbury	38	11	8	19	-22	41	w 2-0F	w 0-2F	d 2-2A	Apr 11
19	Bristol R	38	12	4	22	-21	40	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0
20	Tranmere	38	9	9	20	-20	36	d 1-1A	Apr 6	w 3-1F	w 1-3F
21	Crawley	38	6	13	19	-23	31	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	w 2-0F	d 2-2A
22	Newport	38	8	7	23	-27	31	w 4-1F	w 1-2F	w 3-0F	Apr 25
23	Harrogate	38	7	9	22	-28	30	w 3-1A	Apr 18	Mar 21	w 0-1F
24	Barrow	37	7	8	22	-22	29	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	Apr 14

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	0 - 1	MK Dons
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Crawley
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Newport
A	Colchester	0 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Salford
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Barnet
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Cambridge
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Barrow
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Crewe
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Bristol R
H	Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
A	Colchester	3 - 4	Salford
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chesterfield	0 - 3	Oldham
Tranmere	1 - 3	Oldham
Bromley	0 - 0	Oldham
Gillingham	0 - 3	Oldham
Swindon	3 - 0	Oldham
Barnet	3 - 2	Oldham
Walsall	1 - 2	Oldham
Grimsby	0 - 0	Oldham
Crawley	2 - 2	Oldham
Accrington	1 - 0	Oldham
Harrogate	0 - 1	Oldham
Salford	1 - 0	Oldham
Notts C	3 - 1	Oldham
Cheltenham	0 - 3	Oldham
Cambridge	0 - 1	Oldham
Fleetwood	1 - 1	Oldham
Bristol R	0 - 0	Oldham
MK Dons	0 - 0	Oldham
Tranmere	2 - 0	Oldham
Forest Green	2 - 0	Oldham

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
A	Oldham	3 - 0	Chesterfield
H	Oldham	1 - 0	Grimsby
A	Oldham	3 - 1	Tranmere
A	Oldham	0 - 0	Bromley
H	Oldham	2 - 0	Crawley
A	Oldham	3 - 0	Gillingham
H	Oldham	2 - 0	Bristol R
H	Oldham	1 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Oldham	0 - 3	Swindon
H	Oldham	0 - 3	Cambridge
A	Oldham	2 - 3	Barnet
H	Oldham	2 - 1	Cheltenham
H	Oldham	1 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Oldham	2 - 1	Walsall
A	Oldham	0 - 0	Grimsby
H	Oldham	3 - 1	Tranmere
A	Oldham	2 - 2	Crawley
H	Oldham	0 - 1	Walsall
A	Oldham	0 - 1	Accrington
H	Oldham	3 - 0	Newport

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Oldham have not lost to Colchester in 7 consecutive away league meetings

Colchester

Oldham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 13

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

6 / 13

COU

OLD

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

Oldham

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 15

13 / 15

Clean sheets

2 / 15

5 / 15

COU

OLD

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

Goal Statistics

Oldham Athletic's defensive record is to be admired, M. Mellon's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive League Two outings. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Colchester United makes sense in this context.

	Colchester 13th	Oldham 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Oldham scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-6 Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-1 Oldham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	25		24
Failed to score	12		12
Scored first	16		14
Goals scored	50		43
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		8
Conversion rate for	17		13
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+9%

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Games conceded	28		20
Clean sheets	9		16
Conceded first	18		16
Goals conceded	40		31
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		9
Conversion rate against	14%		11%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+21%

Colchester v Oldham 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
37	11	5	7
J Tucker	J Payne	S Tovide	K. Lisbie

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	37	2	1	3 -
K. Lisbie FWD	37	10	4	7 -
M Macey GLK	36			3 -
A Read MID	36	5	2	6 -
S Tovide FWD	35	3	5	6 -
R Hunt DEF	31		1	3 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	31			4 -
T Bishop MID	30		1	3 -
J Payne MID	30	11	5	6 -
H. Araujo DEF	28		1	3 -
J. Williams FWD	27		1	1 -
O Edwards FWD	27	1	1	1 1
H Anderson FWD	24	8	4	2 -
M. Mbick FWD	22	7	2	2 -
W Goodwin FWD	21	2		3 -
E Iandolo DEF	15	1		5 -
J Gordon FWD	15		1	1 -
T Flanagan DEF	13			2 -
D Gape MID	10			4 -
F. Barbrook MID	9			-
R. Akachukwu MID	8			-
F Terry DEF	7		1	-
F Back DEF	4			2 -
T Smith GLK	3			1 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
J Baldwin DEF	2			-
S. Kuffour DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	29	5	10
J Payne	K. Lisbie	S Tovide	A Read

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Payne MID	11	18	5	10
K. Lisbie FWD	10	29	4	6
H Anderson FWD	8	12	4	2
M. Mbick FWD	7	17	2	3
A Read MID	5	14	2	10
S Tovide FWD	3	16	5	9
J Tucker DEF	2	7	1	1
W Goodwin FWD	2	6		1
O Edwards FWD	1	3	1	2
E Iandolo DEF	1	3		5
R Hunt DEF		4	1	3
K Vincent-Young DEF		2		2
T Bishop MID		8	1	4
H. Araujo DEF		2	1	1
J. Williams FWD		3	1	5
J Gordon FWD			1
F Terry DEF		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1823	72	231
J Tucker	A Read	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	1823	19	231
A Read MID	1582	72	198
H. Araujo DEF	1398	33	165
T Bishop MID	1170	58	138
J Payne MID	1055	42	124
R Hunt DEF	1049	38	128
M Macey GLK	927		19
K Vincent-Young DEF	904	36	124
E Iandolo DEF	690	20	92
T Flanagan DEF	493	7	63
H Anderson FWD	444	48	132
O Edwards FWD	429	26	62
K. Lisbie FWD	352	27	124
S Tovide FWD	329	11	117
M. Mbick FWD	264	25	120
F Terry DEF	211	5	28
F. Barbrook MID	210	10	26
F Back DEF	168	7	21
W Goodwin FWD	154	6	55
J. Williams FWD	134	6	35
R. Akachukwu MID	121	6	30
D Gape MID	110	12	25
J Gordon FWD	86	9	28
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
T Smith GLK	55		1
J Baldwin DEF	34		1

Oldham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	7	4	9
M Hudson	M Mellon	R Woods	J Robson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Hudson GLK	36		2	2 -
M Monthe DEF	36	2	1	3 -
J Robson DEF	34		2	9 -
D Daniels DEF	33			2 -
R Woods MID	33		4	6 1
K. Drummond FWD	33	4	1	3 -
M Fondop FWD	32	5	3	4 1
T Pett MID	30	2		2 -
J Caprice DEF	26		3	8 -
K. Payne MID	25	1		2 -
L Hannant MID	25	1		3 -
J Garner FWD	20	3	1	7 -
J Hawkes MID	16	4		2 -
M Mellon FWD	16	7	1	1 -
J Stevens FWD	16	6	4	2 -
W Sutton DEF	14	1		1
O Hammond MID	14		2	-
R Ogle DEF	12	1		2 -
T Conlon MID	11		2	4 -
K. Taylor MID	9			-
C Kavanagh FWD	8	2		2 -
D Simeu DEF	6			-
J Leake DEF	3			1 -
F Jaló FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	26	4	10
M Mellon	M Mellon	R Woods	R Woods

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Mellon FWD	7	26	1	2
J Stevens FWD	6	11	4	2
M Fondop FWD	5	22	3	5
K. Drummond FWD	4	17	1	3
J Hawkes MID	4	7
J Garner FWD	3	7	1	3
M Monthe DEF	2	5	1	1
T Pett MID	2	9		4
C Kavanagh FWD	2	10
K. Payne MID	1	7
L Hannant MID	1	8
W Sutton DEF	1	2
R Ogle DEF	1	2		1
M Hudson GLK			2	2
J Robson DEF		6	2	9
D Daniels DEF		6
R Woods MID		5	4	10
J Caprice DEF			3	5
O Hammond MID		3	2	2
T Conlon MID		2	2	2
K. Taylor MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1280	70	254
M Hudson	T Pett	M Fondop

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Hudson GLK	1280	1	27
R Woods MID	1249	40	146
J Robson DEF	1053	65	235
T Pett MID	979	70	154
M Monthe DEF	944	49	222
D Daniels DEF	854	31	188
M Fondop FWD	574	21	254
J Caprice DEF	443	34	76
L Hannant MID	427	13	69
T Conlon MID	411	21	81
K. Payne MID	375	43	74
K. Drummond FWD	349	53	120
W Sutton DEF	341	23	87
J Stevens FWD	300	9	47
R Ogle DEF	295	22	57
J Garner FWD	245	13	132
J Hawkes MID	185	9	21
M Mellon FWD	154	5	49
O Hammond MID	132	5	14
C Kavanagh FWD	129	3	13
D Simeu DEF	70	2	14
J Leake DEF	54	7	18
K. Taylor MID	47	6	15
F Jaló FWD	5		1