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

Sat 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, Cng Stadium, Harrogate

The League Two is the focus for both Harrogate Town and Colchester United on Saturday afternoon, as bosses Simon Weaver and Danny Cowley go head to head at the Cng Stadium. Below you'll find unique stats for all of the main betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals
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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
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An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 45% chance of Colchester coming away with a win.

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Harrogate
26%
5/2-
Draw
29%
9/4-
Colchester
45%
19/20-
Colchester 1-0
15%
6/1-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Draw 0-0
12%
8/1-
Harrogate 1-0
10%
9/1-
Colchester 2-0
9%
8/1-
Colchester 2-1
8%
8/1-
Harrogate 2-1
6%
12/1-
Harrogate 2-0
5%
18/1-
Colchester 3-0
4%
16/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
14/1-
Colchester 3-1
3%
16/1-
Harrogate 3-1
2%
33/1-
Colchester 3-2
2%
28/1-
Harrogate 3-0
1%
40/1-
Colchester 4-0
1%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
36%
21/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
64%
3/4-
Home 1st Goal
41%
7/5-
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/6-
No 1st Goal
8%
8/1-
BTTS - Yes
42%
5/6-
BTTS - No
58%
5/6-
BTTS - Home Win
9%
13/2-
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
10/3-
Home/draw
55%
8/11-
Away/draw
74%
1/4-
Home/away
71%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
63%
1/3-
Under 1.5 Goals
37%
9/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
17%
11/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
83%
1/4-
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
7/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
1/12-
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
1/14-
Under 0.5 Goals
12%
8/1-
Home DNB
46%
13/8-
Away DNB
65%
4/9-
Harrogate win to nil
17%
11/2-
Colchester win to nil
30%
9/4-
Harrogate / Harrogate
13%
11/2-
Harrogate / Colchester
4%
22/1-
Harrogate / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Harrogate
10%
7/1-
Draw / Colchester
17%
4/1-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1-
Colchester / Harrogate
2%
33/1-
Colchester / Colchester
26%
11/5-
Colchester / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Harrogate have played 43 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

43 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 26 games, drawn 9 and won 8. Harrogate have conceded 66 goals, scored 35, failed to score in 18 matches and kept 7 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Harrogate have played 21 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 15 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 36 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 12 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 13th place on 60 points in the League Two league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 25 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 21 away games, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Harrogate
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley43231462583 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
2
MK Dons43221383679 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
4-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
3
Cambridge42211473177 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
4
Notts C43237132276 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
w
 
1-3A
5
Swindon43228131674 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1F
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
6
Salford4323515774 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3F
7
Chesterfield42181591169 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
6-2F
l
 
3-0A
8
Grimsby411911111768 
d
 
3-3F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
9
Barnet431813121167 
May 2
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
10
Crewe43199151066 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
11
Oldham421714111665 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1F
12
Walsall43171115262 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
13
Colchester421612141160 
Apr 18
l
 
3-1F
-
-
14
Fleetwood43151315-158 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-2F
15
Bristol R4317422-1455 
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
16
Accrington4214919-751 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 14
l
 
1-0A
17
Gillingham42121416-1250 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
18
Shrewsbury4313822-2647 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
19
Cheltenham41121019-1946 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
May 2
20
Tranmere4291023-2337 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
21
Crawley4381322-2437 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
22
Newport4310726-3037 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
23
Barrow428925-2833 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
24
Harrogate438926-3133 
-
-
w
 
3-1A
Apr 18
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Harrogate have lost 3 consecutive home league games
5
Harrogate have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Harrogate 24TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
3
D
2
Lost
15
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Harrogate2 - 3Bristol R
Harrogate0 - 2Notts C
Harrogate0 - 1Salford
Harrogate1 - 1Cheltenham
Harrogate0 - 0Bromley
Harrogate2 - 1Cambridge
Harrogate0 - 1Swindon
Harrogate1 - 2Fleetwood
Harrogate0 - 3Gillingham
Harrogate0 - 2Tranmere
Harrogate0 - 4MK Dons
Harrogate0 - 2Accrington
Harrogate0 - 2Walsall
Harrogate0 - 1Oldham
Harrogate0 - 3Newport
Harrogate1 - 2Crewe
Harrogate2 - 0Shrewsbury
Harrogate0 - 1Crawley
Harrogate1 - 2Chesterfield
Harrogate1 - 0Barrow
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHarrogate1 - 2Newport
HHarrogate2 - 3Bristol R
AHarrogate3 - 1Grimsby
HHarrogate0 - 2Notts C
AHarrogate0 - 1Oldham
AHarrogate3 - 0Tranmere
HHarrogate0 - 1Salford
AHarrogate1 - 4MK Dons
HHarrogate1 - 1Cheltenham
HHarrogate0 - 0Bromley
AHarrogate1 - 0Barrow
AHarrogate1 - 1Chesterfield
HHarrogate2 - 1Cambridge
HHarrogate0 - 1Swindon
AHarrogate0 - 2Crawley
HHarrogate1 - 2Fleetwood
HHarrogate0 - 3Gillingham
AHarrogate0 - 1Shrewsbury
AHarrogate1 - 1Crewe
HHarrogate0 - 2Tranmere
Colchester 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere0 - 1Colchester
Bromley1 - 0Colchester
MK Dons1 - 0Colchester
Newport1 - 2Colchester
Chesterfield3 - 0Colchester
Cambridge1 - 1Colchester
Barrow1 - 0Colchester
Crewe1 - 0Colchester
Bristol R0 - 1Colchester
Gillingham1 - 1Colchester
Crawley1 - 1Colchester
Salford4 - 3Colchester
Notts C1 - 3Colchester
Walsall0 - 2Colchester
Swindon0 - 0Colchester
Grimsby1 - 2Colchester
Fleetwood4 - 2Colchester
Accrington1 - 0Colchester
Barnet1 - 1Colchester
Shrewsbury0 - 2Colchester
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester3 - 0Swindon
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Harrogate since 2021
Harrogate
Colchester
Goals: Scored
6
5
Games: Scored
4 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
1 / 5
HTO
2
D
1
COU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Harrogate
Draw0 - 0Draw
Harrogate1 - 0
1 - 3Colchester
1 - 2Colchester
Harrogate3 - 0
League games at Colchester since 2020
Colchester
Harrogate
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
5 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
1 / 6
HTO
2
COU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester3 - 1
0 - 1Harrogate
1 - 2Harrogate
Colchester2 - 1
Colchester1 - 0
Colchester2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Harrogate 24th Colchester 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
41%
1
37%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Harrogate scoring 1 goal or less
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
-48
Harrogate have scored 48% fewer goals at home than predicted
-11
Colchester have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
0.6
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Harrogate
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
0.9
1.3
Attack rating
HTO
COU
22%
better
view stats
Games scored25
29
Failed to score18
13
Scored first16
18
Goals scored35
56
Avg. goals scored0.8
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal9
6
Conversion rate for11
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
HTO
COU
18%
better
view stats
Games conceded36
31
Clean sheets7
11
Conceded first26
21
Goals conceded66
45
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
14%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+18%

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

Harrogate League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
405510
R SmithJ MuldoonR SmithJ Evans
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Smith FWD4225
1
-
J Evans MID4023
9
1
B Morris MID3922
8
-
J Muldoon FWD3051
4
-
J Slater DEF291
2
1
E Taylor MID2841
3
-
A O'Connor DEF271
7
-
W Burrell DEF2511
3
-
S Duke-McKenna MID2551
2
-
L Cass DEF221
1
-
S McCoulsky FWD2212
2
-
H. Gray GLK18
2
-
B Faulkner DEF18
-
C. Heffernan DEF181
1
-
E Acquah FWD18
1
-
L Gibson DEF162
1
-
C. Headman DEF152
6
-
B Fox MID151
3
-
Z Asare DEF14
1
-
L Sutton MID141
2
-
T. Brenan MID1331
2
-
G Thomson MID12
1
-
M Bennett FWD10
-
T Bradbury DEF9
1
-
E. Sutton FWD81
-
M Oxley GLK51
-
T Hill MID51
2
-
A Marsh FWD41
-
J Falkingham MID3
1
-
G Horton DEF2
-
S Waller GLK1
-
L. Barnes MID1
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
421268
J TuckerJ PayneJ PayneA Read
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Tucker DEF4221
3
-
M Macey GLK41
3
-
A Read MID4163
8
-
K. Lisbie FWD41114
8
-
S Tovide FWD3835
7
-
R Hunt DEF351
3
-
K Vincent-Young DEF35
4
-
J Payne MID35126
6
-
T Bishop MID341
3
-
O Edwards FWD3213
1
1
J. Williams FWD321
1
-
H Anderson FWD29104
2
-
H. Araujo DEF281
3
-
W Goodwin FWD253
3
-
M. Mbick FWD2272
2
-
E Iandolo DEF2012
8
-
T Flanagan DEF15
3
-
F. Barbrook MID12
-
F Terry DEF111
-
R. Akachukwu MID11
-
D Gape MID10
4
-
A. Akande FWD71
-
F Back DEF5
2
-
T Smith GLK3
1
-
B. Perry MID3
-
S. Kuffour DEF2
-