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

JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Swindon Town pay League Two counterparts Colchester United a visit on Friday evening, as Ian Holloway guides his side into an away clash with Danny Cowley & co. at the JobServe Community Stadium. We've got odds from leading bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Colchester United's next match is v Notts C at 15:00 on Saturday 25th April
Swindon Town's next match is v Grimsby at 12:30 on Saturday 25th April
The last English League Two meeting between Colchester and Swindon was on Friday 10th April 2026
English League Two
April 10th 2026
Colchester 3
0 Swindon
 
A. Read 48'
W. Goodwin 54'
H. Anderson 69'
 
COU
SWI
Shots On
10
1
Shots Off
7
2
Corners
10
1
Possession
65%
35%
Fouls
10
6
Yellow/red cards
1/0
0/1
 
ColchesterSwindon
 
M. Macey
R. Hunt
E. Iandolo (F. Back 90')
J. Tucker
F. Terry
J. Payne
A. Readfootball icon (R. Akachukwu 62')
F. Barbrook
H. Andersonfootball icon
W. Goodwinfootball icon (J. Williams 79')
O. Edwards (S. Tovide 79')
C. Ripley
(F. Mabete 74') W. Wright
J. Knight-Lebel
J. Batty
J. Ball
(O. Clarke 59') T. Nichols
(O. Palmer 59') A. Borland
(B. Bodin 74') A. Drinan
(F. Holman 59') D. Hoilett
J. McGregor
D. Oldaker

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our best tip on this match, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Colchester and Swindon's latest form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.20.

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Win / Draw / Win
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
Double Chance
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 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.30.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Colchester
41%
5/41/50
Draw
26%
27/101/50
Swindon
33%
9/51/50
Draw 1-1
12%
6/17/1
Colchester 1-0
10%
17/229/10
Swindon 1-0
9%
10/18/1
Colchester 2-1
9%
17/27/1
Swindon 2-1
8%
10/125/1
Draw 0-0
7%
12/116/5
Colchester 2-0
7%
11/16/4
Swindon 2-0
5%
14/125/1
Draw 2-2
5%
12/133/1
Colchester 3-1
4%
16/110/1
Colchester 3-0
3%
20/11/3
Swindon 3-1
3%
20/190/1
Colchester 3-2
2%
22/180/1
Swindon 3-0
2%
28/170/1
Swindon 3-2
2%
25/1100/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
8/1110/21
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
43/406/4
Home 1st Goal
49%
5/611/20
Away 1st Goal
46%
21/2016/5
No 1st Goal
5%
12/116/5
BTTS - Yes
53%
8/1311/1
BTTS - No
47%
6/51/40
BTTS - Home Win
19%
10/38/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2125/1
BTTS - Away Win
15%
4/11/50
Home/draw
67%
2/51/50
Away/draw
59%
8/13125/1
Home/away
74%
2/71/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
2/92/9
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
3/129/10
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
7/410/3
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
2/52/11
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
9/222/1
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/71/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
10/180/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/201/200
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/251/5
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/110/3
Home DNB
59%
4/67/10
Away DNB
51%
11/1021/20
Colchester win to nil
22%
10/3-
Swindon win to nil
18%
9/2-
Colchester / Colchester
22%
11/49/2
Colchester / Swindon
3%
25/150/1
Colchester / Draw
6%
12/122/1
Draw / Colchester
14%
5/121/20
Draw / Swindon
12%
6/113/2
Draw / Draw
15%
9/213/5
Swindon / Colchester
4%
22/128/1
Swindon / Swindon
18%
15/420/1
Swindon / Draw
6%
12/125/1
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 6 and won 6. Colchester have conceded 29 goals, scored 28, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Colchester have played 20 games at home, winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Swindon lay in 5th place on 74 points in the League Two league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 34 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored 56 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Swindon have conceded 36 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Swindon have played 21 away games, winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Colchester
Swindon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley44231562584 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
2
MK Dons44231383882 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Cambridge44211583078 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
4
Salford4424515877 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3F
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-2A
5
Notts C44237142176 
Apr 25
w
 
1-3A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
6
Swindon44229131675 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
7
Grimsby442111122074 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
Apr 25
8
Chesterfield44191691273 
w
 
6-2F
l
 
3-0A
May 2
w
 
1-2F
9
Barnet441913121270 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
10
Crewe4419916866 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-3F
11
Oldham441714131465 
l
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
12
Walsall44181115465 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
13
Colchester441712151163 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
14
Fleetwood44151415-159 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
15
Bristol R4418422-1358 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-3F
16
Accrington44141020-852 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-0A
17
Cheltenham44141020-1952 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
18
Gillingham44121418-1650 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
19
Shrewsbury4413922-2648 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
20
Tranmere44101024-2240 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
21
Crawley4481422-2438 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
22
Newport4410727-3137 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
23
Barrow449926-2936 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1A
w
 
1-3F
24
Harrogate449926-3036 
w
 
3-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1A
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Colchester 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Colchester0 - 2Barrow
Colchester1 - 2Cambridge
Colchester1 - 1Tranmere
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HColchester0 - 1Grimsby
HColchester2 - 1Fleetwood
AColchester1 - 0Bristol R
HColchester1 - 0MK Dons
AColchester1 - 1Gillingham
AColchester1 - 1Crawley
Swindon 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge1 - 1Swindon
Tranmere0 - 1Swindon
Gillingham0 - 2Swindon
Crawley2 - 2Swindon
Barnet1 - 2Swindon
Shrewsbury3 - 1Swindon
Harrogate0 - 1Swindon
Notts C2 - 1Swindon
Bromley2 - 1Swindon
Cheltenham0 - 2Swindon
MK Dons1 - 0Swindon
Bristol R0 - 3Swindon
Chesterfield1 - 2Swindon
Fleetwood1 - 1Swindon
Accrington4 - 0Swindon
Newport0 - 1Swindon
Salford3 - 2Swindon
Barrow1 - 3Swindon
Crewe0 - 3Swindon
Oldham1 - 2Swindon
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSwindon2 - 1Walsall
ASwindon1 - 1Cambridge
HSwindon1 - 1Fleetwood
ASwindon1 - 0Tranmere
ASwindon2 - 0Gillingham
HSwindon1 - 2MK Dons
ASwindon2 - 2Crawley
HSwindon1 - 1Bristol R
HSwindon1 - 2Crewe
ASwindon2 - 1Barnet
ASwindon1 - 3Shrewsbury
HSwindon2 - 0Newport
HSwindon3 - 0Oldham
ASwindon1 - 0Harrogate
HSwindon3 - 1Barrow
ASwindon1 - 2Notts C
ASwindon1 - 2Bromley
HSwindon2 - 3Salford
HSwindon2 - 0Gillingham
ASwindon2 - 0Cheltenham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Colchester have beaten Swindon in 3 consecutive home league meetings
7
Colchester have not lost to Swindon in 7 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Colchester since 2004
Colchester
Swindon
Goals: Scored
25
15
Games: Scored
13 / 16
10 / 16
Clean sheets
6 / 16
3 / 16
COU
9
D
3
SWI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester4 - 0
Colchester3 - 1
Colchester1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Colchester3 - 1
Colchester1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 4Swindon
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Swindon
0 - 1Swindon
Colchester2 - 1
Colchester3 - 0
Colchester3 - 2
Colchester1 - 0
0 - 1Swindon
League games at Swindon since 2005
Swindon
Colchester
Goals: Scored
19
23
Games: Scored
11 / 17
11 / 17
Clean sheets
6 / 17
6 / 17
COU
6
D
6
SWI
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Swindon
Draw0 - 0Draw
Swindon3 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Swindon1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Colchester
Swindon3 - 0
2 - 3Colchester
1 - 2Colchester
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Colchester
Swindon2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Colchester
Swindon1 - 0
0 - 3Colchester
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Colchester United of late. It has been 6 League Two matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday evening against Swindon Town.

Colchester 13th Swindon 6th
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1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Swindon 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
+8
Swindon’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Colchester
PG (predicted goals)
Swindon
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
COU
SWI
24%
better
view stats
Games scored28
37
Failed to score13
5
Scored first17
22
Goals scored53
67
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.6
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
18
Avg. XG for1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
COU
SWI
5%
better
view stats
Games conceded31
29
Clean sheets10
13
Conceded first21
19
Goals conceded45
48
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+5%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
441369
J TuckerJ PayneJ PayneA Read
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Macey GLK43
3
-
R Hunt DEF371
4
-
J Tucker DEF4421
4
-
F Terry DEF131
-
E Iandolo DEF2112
8
-
A Read MID4363
9
-
F. Barbrook MID14
-
O Edwards MID3414
1
1
J Payne MID37136
6
-
H Anderson MID31104
2
-
W Goodwin FWD274
4
-
Subs
H Chamberlain GLK
-
F Back DEF5
2
-
S. Kuffour DEF3
-
R. Akachukwu MID131
-
S Tovide FWD4035
7
-
K. Lisbie FWD43114
9
-
J. Williams FWD331
1
-
Swindon League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
442149
C RipleyA DrinanW WrightT Nichols
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ripley GLK442
4
-
J. McGregor DEF3321
2
-
W Wright DEF3314
5
-
J. Knight-Lebel DEF281
4
-
J Batty DEF152
1
-
J Ball MID211
2
1
T Nichols MID381
9
-
A. Borland MID14
2
-
D Oldaker MID3814
2
-
J Hoilett MID1212
1
-
A Drinan FWD38214
5
1
Subs
L Ward GLK
-
F. Mabete DEF251
3
-
O Clarke MID2861
4
1
F Holman FWD2054
-
O Palmer FWD3982
2
-
M Olakigbe FWD1411
-
B Bodin FWD2641
1
-