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

Mon 29th Dec, 19:45 BST, Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Monday evening at the Priestfield Stadium, and it’s a League Two clash between Gillingham and Colchester United. Gareth Ainsworth and Danny Cowley going all-out to ensure victory. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've searched our extensive database and pulled out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Gillingham 39%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Colchester 35%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Gillingham 1-0 10%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 10%	-	-
Gillingham 2-1 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 8%	-	-
Gillingham 2-0 7%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Gillingham 3-1 4%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 3%	-	-
Gillingham 3-0 3%	-	-
Colchester 3-0 2%	-	-
Gillingham 3-2 2%	-	-
Colchester 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 46%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 54%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	-	-
Home/draw 65%	-	-
Away/draw 61%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 57%	-	-
Away DNB 53%	-	-
Gillingham win to nil 21%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 19%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Gillingham have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 8 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 31 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Gillingham have played 10 games at home winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Colchester are in 12th position in the League Two on 28 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 16 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Colchester have conceded 16 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 3 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	Gillingham Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	20	12	3	5	11	39	w 1-0F	Apr 3	Mar 28	w 0-2F
2	Notts C	20	11	4	5	13	37	w 1-0F	Jan 4	Apr 25	w 1-3A
3	Swindon	20	11	4	5	9	37	Mar 17	Jan 1	Apr 10	d 0-00-0
4	Bromley	20	10	6	4	9	36	Jan 31	d 2-2A	l 0-2A	Mar 21
5	MK Dons	20	9	6	5	14	33	Jan 10	l 3-2A	Jan 1	Mar 17
6	Salford	20	10	3	7	0	33	l 1-2A	Apr 11	Feb 28	l 4-3F
7	Chesterfield	20	8	8	4	5	32	w 4-1F	Feb 17	w 6-2F	Jan 10
8	Crewe	20	9	4	7	6	31	w 1-0F	Feb 14	d 1-1A	Jan 31
9	Cambridge	20	8	7	5	4	31	Dec 26	Mar 14	l 1-2F	Feb 17
10	Gillingham	20	7	9	4	6	30	-	-	d 0-00-0	Dec 29
11	Fleetwood	20	8	6	6	3	30	Mar 7	Dec 20	Jan 24	l 4-2F
12	Colchester	20	7	7	6	6	28	Dec 29	d 0-00-0	-	-
13	Barnet	20	7	7	6	5	28	d 1-1A	Apr 25	Feb 21	d 1-1F
14	Grimsby	20	7	6	7	5	27	Apr 18	l 1-0A	Jan 27	w 1-2A
15	Tranmere	20	6	8	6	3	26	Feb 7	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 6
16	Oldham	20	5	9	6	2	24	Feb 21	w 0-1F	Apr 3	d 1-1F
17	Accrington	20	6	6	8	0	24	Apr 6	d 1-1A	Jan 4	l 1-0A
18	Barrow	20	5	6	9	-8	21	d 2-2F	Feb 28	l 0-2A	Feb 14
19	Cheltenham	20	6	3	11	-17	21	d 1-1A	Jan 27	w 2-0F	May 2
20	Shrewsbury	20	4	7	9	-13	19	May 2	d 3-3A	Feb 7	w 0-2F
21	Crawley	20	4	6	10	-10	18	d 2-2F	Mar 28	Mar 13	Dec 26
22	Harrogate	20	4	5	11	-13	17	l 0-1A	Jan 24	w 3-1A	Apr 18
23	Bristol R	20	5	2	13	-23	17	Mar 21	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	Jan 17
24	Newport	20	3	4	13	-17	13	Jan 17	w 1-3A	Dec 20	Mar 7

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gillingham	2 - 2	Barrow
Gillingham	1 - 1	Barnet
Gillingham	2 - 2	Crawley
Gillingham	1 - 2	Salford
Gillingham	1 - 1	Cheltenham
Gillingham	0 - 1	Harrogate
Gillingham	1 - 0	Notts C
Gillingham	1 - 0	Crewe
Gillingham	4 - 1	Chesterfield
Gillingham	1 - 0	Walsall
Gillingham	1 - 1	Swindon
Gillingham	1 - 0	AFC Wim
Gillingham	1 - 0	MK Dons
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Gillingham	0 - 0	Walsall
Gillingham	1 - 0	Bradford
Gillingham	1 - 0	Morecambe
Gillingham	1 - 2	Fleetwood
Gillingham	0 - 0	Crewe
Gillingham	1 - 2	Notts C

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Gillingham	2 - 2	Barrow
A	Gillingham	0 - 0	Colchester
A	Gillingham	3 - 3	Shrewsbury
H	Gillingham	1 - 1	Barnet
H	Gillingham	2 - 2	Crawley
A	Gillingham	1 - 0	Bristol R
H	Gillingham	1 - 2	Salford
A	Gillingham	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Gillingham	1 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Gillingham	2 - 3	MK Dons
H	Gillingham	0 - 1	Harrogate
A	Gillingham	3 - 1	Newport
H	Gillingham	1 - 0	Notts C
A	Gillingham	2 - 2	Bromley
A	Gillingham	1 - 0	Oldham
H	Gillingham	1 - 0	Crewe
H	Gillingham	4 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Gillingham	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Gillingham	1 - 0	Walsall
A	Gillingham	1 - 1	Accrington

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Salford	4 - 3	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 3	Colchester
Walsall	0 - 2	Colchester
Swindon	0 - 0	Colchester
Grimsby	1 - 2	Colchester
Fleetwood	4 - 2	Colchester
Accrington	1 - 0	Colchester
Barnet	1 - 1	Colchester
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Colchester
Oldham	1 - 1	Colchester
Salford	4 - 1	Colchester
Doncaster	3 - 0	Colchester
Newport	0 - 2	Colchester
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Bradford	4 - 1	Colchester
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Colchester
MK Dons	0 - 1	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 1	Colchester
Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 3	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	3 - 4	Salford
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Colchester	3 - 1	Notts C
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Walsall
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Swindon
H	Colchester	3 - 1	Harrogate
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
A	Colchester	2 - 4	Fleetwood
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Accrington
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Barnet
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Barrow
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Cambridge
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Oldham
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Gillingham

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

4 / 8

GIL

COU

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

Colchester

Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

3 / 9

GIL

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Colchester	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Gillingham
	0 - 2	Gillingham
Colchester	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Gillingham
Colchester	3 - 0
Colchester	2 - 1
Colchester	5 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Gillingham 10th	Colchester 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Gillingham will score no more than 1 goal	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Gillingham have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	+21 Colchester have scored 21% more goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

GIL

COU

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Games scored	17		15
Failed to score	3		5
Scored first	8		9
Goals scored	28		31
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.6
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	15		19
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+1%

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GIL

COU

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Games conceded	14		15
Clean sheets	6		5
Conceded first	11		9
Goals conceded	22		25
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+7%

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

Gillingham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	5	3	7
R Hutton	B Dack	R Hutton	J Andrews

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Hutton DEF	20		3	3 1
R McKenzie MID	20	2		1 -
S Gale MID	19	1	1	6 -
E Coleman MID	18		1	4 -
B Dack MID	18	5		4 -
E Nevitt FWD	18	2		5 -
M Clark DEF	17	2	2	3 1
J Andrews FWD	17	3		7 -
A Smith DEF	16		1	4 -
J Williams MID	16	1		2 1
A Rowe MID	15	1		2 -
G Morris GLK	14		1	1 -
S Vokes FWD	14	1	1	1 -
A Little MID	11	2	1	1 -
S. Palmer-Houlden FWD	11	1		-
N Khumbeni MID	9		1	1 -
G McCleary FWD	8		1	1 -
J Turner GLK	7			-
S Ogie DEF	7			2 -
M. Wyllie FWD	7	1		-
L Cirino DEF	6	1		3 -
J Smith FWD	5	1		-
T. Akomeah DEF	3			-
C Masterson DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	12	3	10
B Dack	J Andrews	R Hutton	R Hutton

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Dack MID	5	11		3
J Andrews FWD	3	12		1
R McKenzie MID	2	5
E Nevitt FWD	2	8		1
M Clark DEF	2	4	2	3
A Little MID	2	2	1
S Gale MID	1	3	1	1
J Williams MID	1	2		1
A Rowe MID	1	4
S Vokes FWD	1	9	1	2
S. Palmer-Houlden FWD	1	6		1
M. Wyllie FWD	1	1
L Cirino DEF	1	1
J Smith FWD	1	3
R Hutton DEF		2	3	10
E Coleman MID		3	1
A Smith DEF		1	1
G Morris GLK			1	1
N Khumbeni MID		1	1	1
G McCleary FWD		3	1	2
J Turner GLK				1
S Ogie DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
515	43	159
S Gale	E Coleman	J Andrews

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Gale MID	515	36	119
R Hutton DEF	477	28	75
G Morris GLK	462	1	7
M Clark DEF	433	41	79
R McKenzie MID	422	24	105
E Coleman MID	415	43	112
A Little MID	363	22	59
B Dack MID	335	23	47
J Williams MID	317	21	57
A Smith DEF	314	19	85
J Andrews FWD	253	7	159
J Turner GLK	248		7
E Nevitt FWD	200	10	57
S Ogie DEF	168	13	65
G McCleary FWD	141	8	25
A Rowe MID	131	13	33
S Vokes FWD	117	1	58
S. Palmer-Houlden FWD	66	5	25
N Khumbeni MID	65	4	17
T. Akomeah DEF	62	4	19
C Masterson DEF	56	2	12
J Smith FWD	50	3	6
L Cirino DEF	31	4	17
M. Wyllie FWD	19	2	5

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	7	4	4
J Tucker	H Anderson	H Anderson	A Read

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	20	2	1	2 -
A Read MID	20	2	2	4 -
M Macey GLK	19			2 -
T Bishop MID	18			1 -
S Tovide FWD	18	2	2	1 -
R Hunt DEF	16			1 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	16			2 -
J. Williams FWD	16			1 -
H Anderson FWD	16	7	4	2 -
O Edwards FWD	15			1
H. Araujo DEF	14		1	1 -
M. Mbick FWD	14	5	1	-
J Payne MID	13	4	4	4 -
E Iandolo DEF	10	1		4 -
J Gordon FWD	10		1	-
J. Powell DEF	9			-
T Flanagan DEF	9			1 -
D Gape MID	6			2 -
W Goodwin FWD	6	1		-
A. Akande FWD	6		1	-
T Smith GLK	3			1 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
J Baldwin DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	13	4	6
H Anderson	M. Mbick	H Anderson	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Anderson FWD	7	10	4	2
M. Mbick FWD	5	13	1	2
J Payne MID	4	9	4	6
J Tucker DEF	2	4	1	1
A Read MID	2	7	2	4
S Tovide FWD	2	9	2	4
E Iandolo DEF	1	3		4
W Goodwin FWD	1	2
T Bishop MID		3		3
R Hunt DEF		1		2
K Vincent-Young DEF				1
J. Williams FWD		3		2
O Edwards FWD		1		2
H. Araujo DEF		1	1	1
J Gordon FWD			1
J. Powell DEF		3		1
A. Akande FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
924	42	129
J Tucker	T Bishop	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	924	12	129
A Read MID	788	38	107
T Bishop MID	737	42	99
H. Araujo DEF	597	14	77
M Macey GLK	479		8
R Hunt DEF	474	17	46
E Iandolo DEF	465	16	62
J Payne MID	397	21	60
K Vincent-Young DEF	387	22	56
T Flanagan DEF	386	4	43
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
H Anderson FWD	292	37	98
O Edwards FWD	241	13	32
M. Mbick FWD	199	19	77
S Tovide FWD	137	7	60
J. Williams FWD	76	4	22
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
D Gape MID	74	11	22
J Gordon FWD	68	7	21
T Smith GLK	55		1
A. Akande FWD	37	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	34		1
W Goodwin FWD	28		8