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

Tue 3rd Dec, 19:45 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Mark Kennedy guides his Swindon Town team to the JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two on Tuesday evening, with Danny Cowley's Colchester United their rivals. This preview has the best odds for seventeen different betting markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you go through them. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall records can be explored, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 75% chance of Colchester and Swindon 3 goals or less combined during this League Two game according to our predictive algorithm and, in the absense of a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Calculations are made based on recent form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can go with it at a best price of 1.33.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 45%	19/20 11%	11/10 7%
Draw 26%	12/5 3%	12/5 3%
Swindon 28%	27/10 16%	5/2 17%
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1 8%
Colchester 1-0 11%	7/1 6%	6/1 7%
Colchester 2-1 9%	15/2 6%	7/1
Swindon 1-0 9%	11/1 20%	8/1
Colchester 2-0 8%	17/2 14%	8/1 10%
Draw 0-0 8%	10/1 10%	15/2 11%
Swindon 2-1 7%	12/1 8%	9/1 5%
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	11/1
Swindon 2-0 5%	18/1 12%	14/1 15%
Colchester 3-1 4%	14/1 12%	12/1 13%
Colchester 3-0 4%	16/1 19%	14/1 12%
Swindon 3-1 2%	28/1 12%	20/1 11%
Colchester 3-2 2%	25/1	18/1
Swindon 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1 13%
Swindon 3-0 2%	40/1 21%	25/1 13%
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	9/10 3%	10/11 4%
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	9/10 3%	5/6 4%
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/13 6%	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	6/4 9%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	10/1 10%	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	8/11	3/4 1%
BTTS - No 49%	1/1	19/20 5%
BTTS - Home Win 20%	3/1 11%	3/1 5%
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2 4%	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 13%	6/1 17%	5/1 14%
Home/draw 72%	2/7 5%	3/10 4%
Away/draw 55%	4/5 8%	8/11 7%
Home/away 74%	3/10 2%	3/10 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	2/7	3/10 1%
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	5/2	23/10 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	9/4	11/5 7%
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1/3	1/3
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	11/2	5/1 4%
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/9	1/9 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	12/1 13%	11/1 9%
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/25 1%	1/40 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/20 1%	1/18 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	10/1 10%	15/2 11%
Home DNB 64%	4/9 8%	1/2 7%
Away DNB 47%	13/8 16%	29/20 14%
Colchester win to nil 26%	5/2 13%	-
Swindon win to nil 16%	11/2 18%	-
Colchester / Colchester 25%	11/5 11%	9/4 7%
Colchester / Swindon 3%	33/1 17%	25/1 13%
Colchester / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Colchester 16%	4/1 9%	4/1 5%
Draw / Swindon 11%	7/1 14%	6/1 8%
Draw / Draw 16%	9/2	19/5 4%
Swindon / Colchester 4%	22/1 12%	18/1
Swindon / Swindon 14%	5/1 20%	9/2 20%
Swindon / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 18th place in the League Two league table. Colchester are unbeaten in 5 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 5 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 4 and lost no matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. They have been outscored by their opponents by 20 goals to 19 goals.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 8 games at home winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Swindon are in 23rd position in the League Two on 13 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Swindon have conceded 25 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 3 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 Swindon
Results by League Table

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

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Win / draw / win form

Swindon have not won in 6 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
Colchester	1 - 2	Salford
Colchester	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
Colchester	3 - 0	Tranmere
Colchester	1 - 1	Bromley
Colchester	0 - 1	Harrogate
Colchester	2 - 0	MK Dons
Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
Colchester	1 - 4	Doncaster
Colchester	2 - 0	Grimsby
Colchester	1 - 2	Stockport
Colchester	1 - 2	Wrexham
Colchester	2 - 1	Newport
Colchester	1 - 1	Walsall
Colchester	1 - 1	Accrington
Colchester	3 - 3	Forest Green
Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
Colchester	0 - 1	Gillingham
Colchester	2 - 1	Salford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Grimsby
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Barrow
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Salford
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Port Vale
A	Colchester	0 - 4	Walsall
H	Colchester	3 - 0	Tranmere
A	Colchester	3 - 3	Morecambe
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bromley
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Accrington
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Harrogate
H	Colchester	2 - 0	MK Dons
A	Colchester	2 - 4	AFC Wim
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Colchester	1 - 4	Doncaster
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Notts C

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Accrington	2 - 2	Swindon
MK Dons	3 - 1	Swindon
Salford	2 - 1	Swindon
Cheltenham	2 - 3	Swindon
Tranmere	1 - 1	Swindon
Port Vale	2 - 1	Swindon
Barrow	1 - 1	Swindon
Crewe	0 - 0	Swindon
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Swindon
Grimsby	2 - 0	Swindon
Walsall	2 - 1	Swindon
Barrow	0 - 2	Swindon
Sutton	3 - 1	Swindon
Mansfield	3 - 2	Swindon
Stockport	0 - 0	Swindon
Gillingham	2 - 2	Swindon
Newport	2 - 1	Swindon
Crewe	2 - 1	Swindon
Crawley	3 - 1	Swindon
Tranmere	2 - 1	Swindon

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Swindon	2 - 3	Morecambe
A	Swindon	2 - 2	Accrington
A	Swindon	1 - 3	MK Dons
H	Swindon	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Swindon	1 - 2	Salford
H	Swindon	1 - 2	Doncaster
A	Swindon	3 - 2	Cheltenham
H	Swindon	0 - 0	Harrogate
A	Swindon	1 - 1	Tranmere
A	Swindon	1 - 2	Port Vale
H	Swindon	0 - 2	Carlisle
H	Swindon	4 - 0	Newport
A	Swindon	1 - 1	Barrow
H	Swindon	1 - 2	Notts C
A	Swindon	0 - 0	Crewe
H	Swindon	0 - 4	Walsall
A	Swindon	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Swindon	3 - 3	Morecambe
A	Swindon	0 - 2	Grimsby
A	Swindon	1 - 2	Walsall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester have not lost to Swindon in 6 consecutive home league meetings

Colchester

Swindon

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 15

10 / 15

Clean sheets

5 / 15

3 / 15

COU

SWI

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

Swindon

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 15

Clean sheets

5 / 15

COU

SWI

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

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Colchester United of late. It has been 10 League Two games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Tuesday evening against Swindon Town.

	Colchester 18th	Swindon 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Swindon will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Colchester have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-7 Swindon’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

COU

SWI

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Games scored	13		13
Failed to score	4		4
Scored first	5		5
Goals scored	19		20
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	12		15
Avg. XG for	1.1		1
KickOff rating		+4%

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COU

SWI

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Games conceded	12		14
Clean sheets	5		3
Conceded first	10		10
Goals conceded	22		28
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		5
Conversion rate against	16%		20%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+16%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	5	4
M Macey	L Taylor	J Payne	M Egbo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	17			2 -
E Iandolo DEF	17			3 -
M Egbo DEF	17			4 -
J Payne MID	17	2	5	2 -
J Gordon FWD	17	1		-
A Read MID	15	1	2	1 -
S Tovide FWD	15	3	5	3 -
T Flanagan DEF	13			4 -
R Hunt DEF	13			2 -
A Woodyard MID	13			3 -
H Anderson FWD	12	1		-
L Taylor FWD	12	5		3 -
T Hopper FWD	12			-
O Edwards FWD	11	2	1	3 -
A Donnelly DEF	10			-
B Goodliffe DEF	9	3		1 -
J. McDonnell MID	9	1		2 -
T Bishop MID	8		1	-
A Scully FWD	6			-
F Kelleher DEF	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	13	5	16
L Taylor	S Tovide	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Taylor FWD	5	10		12
S Tovide FWD	3	13	5	8
B Goodliffe DEF	3	4		1
O Edwards FWD	2	3	1	3
J Payne MID	2	10	5	16
H Anderson FWD	1	4		2
J Gordon FWD	1	4		3
A Read MID	1	5	2	14
J. McDonnell MID	1	1		4
A Scully FWD		1
T Bishop MID		5	1	1
A Donnelly DEF				4
T Hopper FWD		3		3
E Iandolo DEF		3		3
A Woodyard MID				4
R Hunt DEF				1
T Flanagan DEF		1		3
M Egbo DEF		4		8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
795	33	109
E Iandolo	J. McDonnell	E Iandolo

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	795	25	109
T Flanagan DEF	607	14	66
J Payne MID	550	23	85
M Macey GLK	483		3
M Egbo DEF	435	19	53
A Donnelly DEF	433	2	29
A Read MID	381	18	45
A Woodyard MID	333	25	52
R Hunt DEF	301	16	35
J. McDonnell MID	271	33	60
L Taylor FWD	239	5	32
T Bishop MID	239	15	30
J Gordon FWD	223	25	66
B Goodliffe DEF	217	3	34
T Hopper FWD	163	9	68
S Tovide FWD	157	5	72
O Edwards FWD	151	9	35
F Kelleher DEF	117	2	18
H Anderson FWD	105	9	32
A Scully FWD	36	2	8

Swindon League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	2	4
W Wright	H Smith	T Sobowale	H Smith

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W Wright DEF	17	3	1	3 -
T Sobowale DEF	15		2	1 -
J Cotterill MID	15	1	1	3 -
A Drinan FWD	15	1		-
P Glatzel FWD	15	1	1	1 -
M Freckleton DEF	14		1	1 -
G Kilkenny MID	14	1		2 -
D Butterworth FWD	14	2		2 -
N Ofoborh MID	13			1 -
K Tshimanga FWD	13	1		-
J Bycroft GLK	12			-
G Cox DEF	12	1	2	3 -
H Smith FWD	11	5	1	3 1
J. McGregor MID	10	1	1	1 -
R Longelo DEF	9			2 -
O Clarke MID	9		1	4 -
J King DEF	8			2 -
G Hall DEF	8			1
S. McGurk FWD	8			-
J Cain MID	7			1 -
H Minturn DEF	6			-
D Barden GLK	5			1 -
R Delaney DEF	5	1	1	1 -
D. Mitchell MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	8	2	11
H Smith	H Smith	T Sobowale	G Cox

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Smith FWD	5	8	1	3
W Wright DEF	3	5	1	8
D Butterworth FWD	2	4		5
J Cotterill MID	1	4	1	4
K Tshimanga FWD	1	4		5
R Delaney DEF	1	1	1
A Drinan FWD	1	5		5
G Cox DEF	1	3	2	11
J. McGregor MID	1	1	1	3
G Kilkenny MID	1	1		7
P Glatzel FWD	1	5	1	4
N Ofoborh MID		1		4
T Sobowale DEF			2	5
M Freckleton DEF			1	3
R Longelo DEF				3
O Clarke MID		4	1	3
J King DEF		2		1
S. McGurk FWD				1
J Cain MID		1
H Minturn DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
893	39	100
W Wright	G Kilkenny	H Smith

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
W Wright DEF	893	17	94
M Freckleton DEF	703	13	71
G Kilkenny MID	590	39	75
T Sobowale DEF	519	19	66
J Bycroft GLK	406		4
J Cotterill MID	310	9	28
D Butterworth FWD	254	6	28
D Barden GLK	208	1	1
R Delaney DEF	199	6	33
J King DEF	196	11	27
G Cox DEF	190	26	56
H Smith FWD	186	3	100
N Ofoborh MID	184	16	44
H Minturn DEF	151	8	33
J. McGregor MID	146	19	51
O Clarke MID	136	12	38
A Drinan FWD	132	8	35
P Glatzel FWD	123	4	45
G Hall DEF	123	2	10
R Longelo DEF	94	9	25
K Tshimanga FWD	86	7	31
S. McGurk FWD	60	2	4
J Cain MID	45	3	6
D. Mitchell MID	3

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

Colchester have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 18th place in the League Two league table. Colchester are unbeaten in 5 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 5 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Swindon are in 23rd position in the League Two on 13 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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