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

Tue 15th Dec, 19:45 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Saturday afternoon sees Danny Cowley’s Colchester United and Jon Brady’s Port Vale go head to head in a League Two clash at the JobServe Community Stadium. We've got bespoke statistics for every major market, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 63%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Port Vale 13%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 18%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 15%	-	-
Draw 0-0 11%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 8%	-	-
Colchester 3-0 8%	-	-
Port Vale 1-0 6%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 5%	-	-
Colchester 4-0 3%	-	-
Port Vale 2-1 3%	-	-
Draw 2-2 2%	-	-
Colchester 4-1 2%	-	-
Port Vale 2-0 2%	-	-
Colchester 3-2 1%	-	-
Colchester 5-0 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 38%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 62%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 60%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 33%	-	-
No 1st Goal 7%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 36%	-	-
BTTS - No 64%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 13%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 4%	-	-
Home/draw 87%	-	-
Away/draw 37%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 65%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 35%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 18%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 82%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Home DNB 80%	-	-
Away DNB 30%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 45%	-	-
Port Vale win to nil 9%	-	-

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.

Port Vale lay in 19th place on 15 points in the League Two league table having played 12 matches. Port Vale have won all their 1 games against teams below them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games. Port Vale are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 4 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Port Vale have conceded 2 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Port Vale have played 6 away games, winning 0, drawing 1 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 0.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 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 Port Vale
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	Feb 13	l 1-0A
2	Barnet	13	7	5	1	10	26	Mar 29	Dec 26	Mar 20	Nov 21
3	Walsall	13	5	7	1	9	22	l 1-3A	Jan 30	Apr 17	l 2-0A
4	Crewe	14	5	7	2	0	22	d 1-1F	Feb 20	d 0-00-0	Feb 6
5	Cheltenham	14	6	3	5	-2	21	d 1-1F	Apr 17	Mar 29	Dec 26
6	Grimsby	14	5	5	4	6	20	May 8	Dec 1	w 1-0F	Apr 13
7	York	14	5	5	4	3	20	Nov 28	May 1	Jan 23	l 2-0A
8	Gillingham	14	5	5	4	1	20	Nov 14	Feb 27	Jan 19	d 1-1A
9	Accrington	14	4	7	3	6	19	Mar 6	d 2-2F	Nov 14	Feb 27
10	Chesterfield	14	5	4	5	3	19	Jan 19	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	Jan 16
11	Tranmere	14	4	7	3	2	19	Mar 20	Nov 21	d 1-1F	Mar 13
12	Exeter	14	5	4	5	2	19	d 0-00-0	Jan 16	w 1-0F	Feb 20
13	Swindon	14	5	4	5	-2	19	Feb 13	l 3-1F	Feb 9	l 3-1F
14	Newport	14	4	6	4	3	18	Apr 13	l 1-0A	Nov 28	May 1
15	Shrewsbury	14	5	3	6	-5	18	Apr 24	d 2-2F	Apr 10	Dec 12
16	Fleetwood	14	4	5	5	0	17	Dec 19	Jan 9	Jan 1	Mar 26
17	Bristol R	14	5	1	8	-6	16	Feb 9	l 2-0A	Dec 29	Apr 3
18	Oldham	14	4	3	7	-4	15	w 2-1A	Mar 13	Mar 6	l 2-0A
19	Port Vale	12	4	3	5	-4	15	Dec 15	Apr 27	-	-
20	Rochdale	14	4	3	7	-9	15	w 1-0F	Feb 6	w 4-2F	Jan 30
21	Northampton	13	3	5	5	-1	14	Jan 23	l 2-0A	Nov 24	Apr 24
22	Rotherham	14	2	6	6	-7	12	Jan 1	Mar 26	Dec 19	Jan 9
23	Colchester	13	2	6	5	-7	12	-	-	Apr 27	Dec 15
24	Crawley	12	2	3	7	-8	9	Dec 29	Apr 3	May 8	Dec 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

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Newport

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	2 - 0	Port Vale
Salford	1 - 0	Port Vale
Swindon	3 - 1	Port Vale
Oldham	2 - 0	Port Vale
Stockport	1 - 2	Port Vale
Plymouth	2 - 1	Port Vale
Cardiff	1 - 0	Port Vale
Peterborough	1 - 3	Port Vale
Wycombe	4 - 0	Port Vale
Doncaster	1 - 0	Port Vale
Blackpool	3 - 2	Port Vale
Northampton	0 - 1	Port Vale
Stevenage	2 - 1	Port Vale
L Orient	0 - 1	Port Vale
Mansfield	3 - 0	Port Vale
Bradford	1 - 0	Port Vale
Huddersfield	5 - 0	Port Vale
Luton	2 - 2	Port Vale
Lincoln	1 - 0	Port Vale
Bolton	4 - 0	Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Port Vale	0 - 2	Walsall
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Salford
A	Port Vale	1 - 3	Swindon
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Crewe
H	Port Vale	1 - 1	Tranmere
A	Port Vale	0 - 2	Oldham
H	Port Vale	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Port Vale	2 - 1	Stockport
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Cardiff
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Wigan
A	Port Vale	3 - 1	Peterborough
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Barnsley
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Port Vale	0 - 4	Wycombe
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Bolton
A	Port Vale	2 - 3	Blackpool
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Huddersfield

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 11

8 / 11

Clean sheets

3 / 11

1 / 11

COU

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester	2 - 1
Colchester	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Port Vale
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Port Vale
Colchester	1 - 0
Colchester	2 - 1
Colchester	2 - 1

Port Vale

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

6 / 11

Clean sheets

5 / 11

3 / 11

COU

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Port Vale	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Port Vale	3 - 0
	0 - 3	Colchester
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Port Vale	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Colchester
Port Vale	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Colchester
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

A truly dismal PG of just 0.6 should cause concerns for Port Vale fans, as should a 8 League Two matches run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Colchester 23rd	Port Vale 19th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	0.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ There is a 80% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals	0 56% 1 33% 2 3 4+ There is a 56% probability that Port Vale will fail to score

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Colchester have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-29 Port Vale have scored 29% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	0.7 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

10%

better

COU

PTV

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Games scored	9		7
Failed to score	4		5
Scored first	6		6
Goals scored	12		10
Avg. goals scored	0.9		0.8
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	9		10
Conversion rate for	11		10
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+10%

COU

PTV

19%

better

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Games conceded	11		8
Clean sheets	2		4
Conceded first	6		5
Goals conceded	19		14
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1
KickOff rating		+19%

Colchester v Port Vale 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

Port Vale League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	3	1	4
J Lawrence-Gabriel	G Byers	J Lawrence-Gabriel	K Dempsey

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	12	1	1	3 -
K Dempsey MID	12	1	1	4 -
O. Lynch FWD	12	1		-
O Hernández FWD	12	2		-
C Hall DEF	11			-
J. Headley MID	11		1	1 -
G Hall MID	11		1	2 -
C Humphreys DEF	10			3 -
R. Walters MID	10			-
B Garrity MID	9			3 -
G Byers MID	9	3		3 -
K John DEF	7			-
B Waine FWD	7			-
J Smith GLK	6			-
M Marosi GLK	6			-
J Moon DEF	6			2 -
L Montsma DEF	6			1 -
M Watters FWD	6			-
L Gordon DEF	5			1 -
K. Figuora FWD	5	2		-
M. Asamoah FWD	3			-
M Craig MID	2			-
M Faal FWD	2			-
R Croasdale MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	1	5
G Byers	K Dempsey	J Lawrence-Gabriel	K Dempsey

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Byers MID	3	3
O Hernández FWD	2	6		1
K. Figuora FWD	2	4
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	1	2	1	2
K Dempsey MID	1	6	1	5
O. Lynch FWD	1	6
C Hall DEF		1
J. Headley MID		1	1
G Hall MID		3	1	2
C Humphreys DEF		1
B Garrity MID		1
K John DEF		1
B Waine FWD		3
J Moon DEF		1
L Montsma DEF		3
M Watters FWD		4
M Faal FWD		1
R Croasdale MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
461	20	80
C Hall	J Lawrence-Gabriel	J Lawrence-Gabriel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	461	5	47
C Humphreys DEF	446	10	40
K Dempsey MID	422	18	52
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	335	20	80
G Byers MID	334	10	24
J. Headley MID	269	12	43
J Moon DEF	226	8	38
J Smith GLK	224		7
B Garrity MID	211	7	49
M Marosi GLK	204		1
L Montsma DEF	177	9	34
K John DEF	150	10	25
O Hernández FWD	134	14	41
L Gordon DEF	132	2	17
G Hall MID	127	8	34
R. Walters MID	124	12	34
O. Lynch FWD	121	3	35
M Watters FWD	44	1	12
K. Figuora FWD	43	1	9
B Waine FWD	37	2	10
M Craig MID	32		2
M. Asamoah FWD	19	2	5
M Faal FWD	17		11
R Croasdale MID	6	2	2