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Colchester United v Tranmere Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 2nd Aug, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

It's an away trip for Andy Woodman's Tranmere Rovers side on Saturday afternoon, as they make their way to the JobServe Community Stadium for a League Two showdown with Danny Cowley's Colchester United. We have odds from leading bookmakers for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Colchester and Tranmere combined during 90 minutes. Up to date form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this conclusion, and we're suggest there's a 80% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.17.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 38%	13/8 7%	22/1
Draw 28%	2/1 3%	17/4
Tranmere 34%	9/5 10%	2/11
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	17/4
Colchester 1-0 12%	5/1 8%	9/2
Tranmere 1-0 11%	11/2 11%	1/2
Draw 0-0 10%	5/1	17/4
Colchester 2-1 8%	10/1	22/1
Tranmere 2-1 7%	11/1	16/1
Colchester 2-0 7%	10/1 6%	17/2
Tranmere 2-0 6%	11/1 11%	19/4
Draw 2-2 4%	20/1 11%	60/1
Colchester 3-1 3%	28/1 12%	90/1
Colchester 3-0 3%	28/1 12%	20/1
Tranmere 3-1 3%	28/1	60/1
Tranmere 3-0 2%	28/1	28/1
Colchester 3-2 2%	40/1	150/1
Tranmere 3-2 2%	40/1	150/1
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	15/8	8/1
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	2/5	1/20
Home 1st Goal 48%	21/20 6%	11/10
Away 1st Goal 46%	6/5 9%	5/4
No 1st Goal 6%	5/1	17/4
BTTS - Yes 47%	5/4	29/10
BTTS - No 53%	4/7	2/9
BTTS - Home Win 15%	6/1 11%	20/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	4/1
BTTS - Away Win 14%	13/2 12%	14/1
Home/draw 66%	2/5 3%	18/5
Away/draw 62%	4/9 5%	1/500
Home/away 72%	4/11 1%	1/7
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	4/7 3%	29/20
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	5/4 8%	1/2
Over 3.5 Goals 20%	5/1	33/1
Under 3.5 Goals 80%	1/8	1/1000
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	14/1	80/1
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/33	1/200
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	28/1 11%	125/1
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/100	1/300
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/8	2/15
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	5/1	17/4
Home DNB 58%	4/5 7%	3/4
Away DNB 54%	10/11 9%	19/20
Colchester win to nil 23%	11/4 8%	-
Tranmere win to nil 20%	3/1 8%	-
Colchester / Colchester 19%	7/2 10%	90/1
Colchester / Tranmere 3%	33/1	125/1
Colchester / Draw 6%	14/1	125/1
Draw / Colchester 14%	5/1 5%	28/1
Draw / Tranmere 13%	5/1 12%	28/1
Draw / Draw 19%	3/1	22/1
Tranmere / Colchester 3%	33/1	17/2
Tranmere / Tranmere 17%	15/4 14%	2/5
Tranmere / Draw 6%	14/1	3/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

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 Tranmere
Results by League Table

	TEAM	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Newport	Dec 20	Mar 7	Sep 13	Jan 4
2	Colchester	-	-	Apr 6	Aug 2
3	Walsall	Mar 28	Nov 15	Jan 17	Sep 20
4	Crewe	Sep 6	Jan 31	Dec 13	Feb 28
5	Notts C	Apr 25	Nov 22	Aug 30	Feb 21
6	Salford	Feb 28	Dec 13	Jan 31	Sep 6
7	Shrewsbury	Feb 7	Aug 16	Aug 9	Apr 3
8	Grimsby	Jan 27	Oct 11	May 2	Nov 29
9	Tranmere	Aug 2	Apr 6	-	-
10	Crawley	Mar 13	Dec 26	Feb 14	Aug 23
11	Oldham	Apr 3	Aug 9	Mar 7	Dec 20
12	Bristol R	Sep 20	Jan 17	Apr 18	Oct 18
13	Cambridge	Aug 19	Feb 17	Sep 27	Jan 24
14	Chesterfield	Oct 4	Jan 10	Oct 25	Apr 11
15	Swindon	Apr 10	Oct 25	Mar 21	Nov 8
16	Bromley	Nov 8	Mar 21	Jan 10	Oct 4
17	Gillingham	Dec 9	Dec 29	Aug 16	Feb 7
18	Fleetwood	Jan 24	Sep 27	Dec 26	Mar 14
19	Barnet	Feb 21	Aug 30	Oct 11	Jan 27
20	MK Dons	Jan 1	Mar 17	Nov 22	Apr 25
21	Cheltenham	Nov 29	May 2	Nov 15	Mar 28
22	Barrow	Aug 23	Feb 14	Dec 29	Dec 9
23	Harrogate	Oct 18	Apr 18	Mar 17	Jan 1
24	Accrington	Jan 4	Sep 13	Feb 17	Aug 19

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Win / draw / win form

Colchester have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	0 - 0	Barrow
Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
Colchester	1 - 0	Notts C
Colchester	1 - 2	Grimsby
Colchester	3 - 0	Fleetwood
Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
Colchester	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Colchester	1 - 1	AFC Wim
Colchester	2 - 1	Walsall
Colchester	1 - 0	Morecambe
Colchester	0 - 2	Accrington
Colchester	1 - 1	Doncaster
Colchester	2 - 0	Gillingham
Colchester	0 - 0	Newport
Colchester	4 - 0	Swindon
Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
Colchester	1 - 2	Salford
Colchester	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
Colchester	3 - 0	Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport	1 - 4	Tranmere
Barrow	0 - 0	Tranmere
Accrington	3 - 3	Tranmere
Harrogate	3 - 2	Tranmere
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Tranmere
Bradford	0 - 1	Tranmere
Grimsby	1 - 1	Tranmere
Notts C	2 - 1	Tranmere
Salford	2 - 0	Tranmere
Swindon	3 - 1	Tranmere
AFC Wim	2 - 0	Tranmere
Walsall	5 - 1	Tranmere
Morecambe	2 - 0	Tranmere
Doncaster	3 - 1	Tranmere
Chesterfield	3 - 0	Tranmere
Cheltenham	1 - 0	Tranmere
Crewe	3 - 1	Tranmere
Bromley	1 - 2	Tranmere
MK Dons	1 - 1	Tranmere
Colchester	3 - 0	Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Colchester have not lost to Tranmere in 5 consecutive league meetings

Colchester

Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

2 / 14

COU

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester	3 - 0
Colchester	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Tranmere
	1 - 2	Tranmere
	1 - 5	Tranmere
Colchester	4 - 2
Colchester	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Tranmere
Colchester	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Tranmere

Tranmere

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 14

7 / 14

Clean sheets

7 / 14

3 / 14

COU

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

Goal Statistics

	Colchester	Tranmere
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Tranmere 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	-6 Tranmere’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Colchester v Tranmere 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
0	0	0	0

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK				-
R Hunt DEF				-
J Tucker DEF				-
T Flanagan DEF				-
K Vincent-Young DEF				-
H Anderson MID				-
T Bishop MID				-
B. Perry MID				-
O Edwards MID				-
W Goodwin FWD				-
J. Williams FWD				-
Subs
T Smith GLK				-
F Terry DEF				-
A Read MID				-
A. Akande FWD				-
J Gordon FWD				-
K. Lisbie FWD				-
O. Thorn FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	0	0	0

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
0	0	0

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L McGee GLK				-
L O'Connor DEF				-
N Smith DEF				-
J Turnbull DEF				-
C Norman MID				-
R Smallwood MID				-
N Kenneh MID				-
P Brough MID				-
C Jennings FWD				-
J Davison FWD				-
O Patrick FWD				-
Subs
J Murphy GLK				-
C Whitaker MID				-
J Lowe MID				-
B. Blacker MID				-
S Solomon FWD				-
T. Harris FWD				-
K Dennis FWD				-