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

JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Oldham Athletic are away on Saturday afternoon, as manager Micky Mellon takes his men to visit Colchester United and Danny Cowley at the JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with weighting applied to top teams. All the stats and infographics are designed specifically for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

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Colchester United's next match is v Swindon at 15:00 on Saturday 5th September
Oldham Athletic's next match is v Tranmere at 15:00 on Saturday 5th September
The last English League Two meeting between Colchester and Oldham was on Saturday 22nd August 2026
English League Two
August 22nd 2026
Colchester 2
1 Oldham
 
H. Anderson 63'20' K. Appiah-Forson
L. Temple (OG) 90'
 
COU
OLD
Shots On
4
2
Shots Off
9
1
Corners
8
2
Possession
64%
36%
Fouls
14
17
Yellow/red cards
2/0
5/1
 
ColchesterOldham
 
T. Lo-Tutala
R. Hunt (M. Sesay 46')
E. Iandolo
J. Tucker
S. Raggett
K. Vincent-Young (K. Connelly 82')
P. Digby (J. Williams 61')
J. Payne
H. Andersonfootball icon
B. Ihionvien (L. Chiwome 68')
O. Thorn
M. Hudson
G. Scott-Morriss
J. Robson
D. Daniels
football iconK. Appiah-Forson
O. Norburn
(E. Nevitt 62') M. Fondop-Talum
(N. Chilvers 72') K. Drummond
(T. Pett 52') F. Fawunmi
R. Delaney
(L. Temple 46') C. Kavanagh

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Colchester or Oldham are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 74% chance of two goals or more.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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 2.40.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Colchester
37%
8/5
17%
-
Draw
26%
12/5
5%
-
Oldham
37%
8/5
16%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
8%
-
Oldham 1-0
9%
8/1
5%
-
Colchester 1-0
9%
8/1
20%
-
Oldham 2-1
8%
9/1
8%
-
Colchester 2-1
8%
9/1
11%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
10/1
16%
-
Oldham 2-0
6%
12/1
12%
-
Colchester 2-0
6%
12/1
30%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
13%
-
Oldham 3-1
4%
20/1
19%
-
Colchester 3-1
4%
20/1-
Oldham 3-0
3%
25/1
15%
-
Colchester 3-0
3%
25/1
10%
-
Oldham 3-2
3%
28/1
15%
-
Colchester 3-2
3%
28/1
10%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
19/20
7%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
17/20
9%
-
Home 1st Goal
48%
20/21
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
20/21
7%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
10/1
16%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
8/11
7%
-
BTTS - No
45%
1/1
10%
-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
4%
-
BTTS - Away Win
18%
4/1
15%
-
Home/draw
63%
1/2
8%
-
Away/draw
63%
1/2
6%
-
Home/away
74%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
2/7
6%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
5/2
15%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
9/4
7%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
1/3
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
11/2
19%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/9
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
14/1
24%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/20
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1
16%
-
Home DNB
55%
5/6
10%
-
Away DNB
55%
5/6
11%
-
Colchester win to nil
19%
7/2
15%
-
Oldham win to nil
19%
7/2
9%
-
Colchester / Colchester
19%
10/3
14%
-
Colchester / Oldham
3%
25/1
10%
-
Colchester / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Colchester
14%
5/1
9%
-
Draw / Oldham
14%
5/1
7%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
10%
-
Oldham / Colchester
3%
25/1-
Oldham / Oldham
19%
10/3
18%
-
Oldham / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
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Win / draw / win League Two table
Won
Draw
Lost
Colchester
Oldham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bristol R5401612 
Feb 9
l
 
2-0A
Dec 1
May 8
2
Swindon5311210 
Feb 13
l
 
3-1F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 6
3
Barnet523049 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Jan 23
Oct 24
4
Tranmere523049 
Mar 20
Nov 21
Feb 13
l
 
2-0A
5
Walsall523049 
Oct 31
Jan 30
Jan 19
Oct 20
6
Fleetwood523039 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Feb 9
d
 
1-1F
7
Crewe523029 
Sep 12
Feb 20
Mar 26
Jan 1
8
Cheltenham522118 
Sep 19
Apr 17
Oct 17
Jan 16
9
York522118 
Nov 28
May 1
Dec 26
Mar 29
10
Oldham521227 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 13
-
-
11
Grimsby514017 
May 8
Dec 1
Apr 3
Dec 29
12
Colchester5212-27 
-
-
Mar 13
l
 
2-1F
13
Gillingham513106 
Nov 14
Feb 27
Dec 12
Apr 10
14
Northampton513106 
Jan 23
Oct 24
Apr 27
Oct 3
15
Salford5203-26 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Sep 26
Apr 24
16
Exeter512205 
Oct 17
Jan 16
Nov 21
Mar 20
17
Rotherham5122-15 
Jan 1
Mar 26
May 1
Nov 28
18
Chesterfield5122-15 
Jan 19
Oct 20
Sep 12
Feb 20
19
Accrington5122-25 
Mar 6
d
 
2-2F
Oct 10
Apr 13
20
Newport5113-14 
Apr 13
Oct 10
Jan 9
Dec 19
21
Crawley5113-34 
Dec 29
Apr 3
Oct 31
Jan 30
22
Rochdale5104-53 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 6
Apr 17
Sep 19
23
Shrewsbury5104-83 
Apr 24
Sep 26
Feb 27
Nov 14
24
Port Vale5023-52 
Oct 3
Apr 27
w
 
2-0F
Mar 6
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Colchester 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester0 - 1Notts C
Colchester2 - 1Accrington
Colchester3 - 0Swindon
Colchester1 - 3Oldham
Colchester1 - 1Walsall
Colchester0 - 0Crawley
Colchester0 - 1Salford
Colchester4 - 1Barnet
Colchester2 - 0Shrewsbury
Colchester0 - 1Grimsby
Colchester2 - 1Fleetwood
Colchester1 - 0MK Dons
Colchester4 - 1Newport
Colchester0 - 0Gillingham
Colchester2 - 0Cheltenham
Colchester0 - 2Bromley
Colchester3 - 1Harrogate
Colchester6 - 2Chesterfield
Colchester1 - 1Bristol R
Colchester1 - 1Crewe
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AColchester2 - 2Accrington
AColchester4 - 1Cheltenham
HColchester0 - 1Notts C
AColchester0 - 1Harrogate
HColchester2 - 1Accrington
HColchester3 - 0Swindon
AColchester1 - 0Tranmere
HColchester1 - 3Oldham
HColchester1 - 1Walsall
AColchester0 - 1Bromley
AColchester0 - 1MK Dons
HColchester0 - 0Crawley
AColchester2 - 1Newport
AColchester0 - 3Chesterfield
HColchester0 - 1Salford
HColchester4 - 1Barnet
AColchester1 - 1Cambridge
AColchester0 - 1Barrow
HColchester2 - 0Shrewsbury
AColchester0 - 1Crewe
Oldham 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport3 - 2Oldham
Barrow3 - 2Oldham
Shrewsbury1 - 0Oldham
Colchester1 - 3Oldham
Crewe2 - 1Oldham
Chesterfield0 - 3Oldham
Tranmere1 - 3Oldham
Bromley0 - 0Oldham
Gillingham0 - 3Oldham
Swindon3 - 0Oldham
Barnet3 - 2Oldham
Walsall1 - 2Oldham
Grimsby0 - 0Oldham
Crawley2 - 2Oldham
Accrington1 - 0Oldham
Harrogate0 - 1Oldham
Salford1 - 0Oldham
Notts C3 - 1Oldham
Cheltenham0 - 3Oldham
Cambridge0 - 1Oldham
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HOldham2 - 0Port Vale
HOldham3 - 0Accrington
AOldham2 - 3Newport
HOldham1 - 2Salford
AOldham2 - 3Barrow
AOldham0 - 1Shrewsbury
HOldham1 - 1MK Dons
AOldham3 - 1Colchester
AOldham1 - 2Crewe
HOldham3 - 0Notts C
HOldham1 - 0Harrogate
AOldham3 - 0Chesterfield
HOldham1 - 0Grimsby
AOldham3 - 1Tranmere
AOldham0 - 0Bromley
HOldham2 - 0Crawley
AOldham3 - 0Gillingham
HOldham2 - 0Bristol R
HOldham1 - 1Fleetwood
AOldham0 - 3Swindon
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Colchester since 2005
Colchester
Oldham
Goals: Scored
15
17
Games: Scored
8 / 14
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
6 / 14
COU
3
D
7
OLD
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
1 - 3Oldham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 2Oldham
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Oldham
0 - 2Oldham
Colchester4 - 1
Colchester1 - 0
Colchester1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Oldham since 2004
Oldham
Colchester
Goals: Scored
17
19
Games: Scored
10 / 15
13 / 15
Clean sheets
2 / 15
5 / 15
COU
5
D
8
OLD
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Oldham
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Colchester
Oldham5 - 2
0 - 1Colchester
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Colchester
0 - 2Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Colchester
Oldham1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Colchester 12th Oldham 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Oldham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+21
Oldham have scored 21% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season
Colchester
PG (predicted goals)
Oldham
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
0%
better
COU
OLD
view stats
Games scored1
1
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
1
Goals scored2
2
Avg. goals scored2
2
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal4
4
Conversion rate for29
25
Avg. XG for0.9
1.3
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
COU
OLD
50%
better
view stats
Games conceded1
0
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded2
0
Avg. goals conceded2
0
Avg. shots/game conceded15
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
0
Conversion rate against13%
0%
Avg. XG against2.2
0.6
KickOff rating
+50%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4121
T Lo-TutalaE IandoloO. ThornK Vincent-Young
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Lo-Tutala GLK4
-
K Vincent-Young DEF41
1
-
J Tucker DEF4
1
-
S Raggett DEF4
-
E Iandolo DEF41
1
-
P Digby MID3
-
R Hunt MID41
1
-
O. Thorn MID42
-
J Payne MID41
-
H Anderson MID41
-
B Ihionvien FWD4
-
Subs
T Smith GLK
-
F Terry DEF2
-
S. Kuffour DEF
-
M. Sesay MID3
-
L. Chiwome FWD4
-
J. Williams FWD31
-
K. Connelly FWD2
-
Oldham League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4332
M HudsonC KavanaghC KavanaghO Norburn
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Hudson GLK4
1
-
G Scott-Morriss DEF4
1
D Daniels DEF4
1
-
R Delaney DEF4
-
J Robson DEF41
-
F. Fawunmi MID4
1
-
O Norburn MID41
2
-
K Appiah-Forson MID41
-
K. Drummond MID41
-
C Kavanagh FWD433
1
-
M Fondop FWD411
-
Subs
A. Wilson GLK
-
M Monthe DEF2
-
L Temple DEF1
-
T Pett MID4
-
N Chilvers MID2
-
R Woods MID2
-
E Nevitt FWD41
1
-