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

Rodney Parade, Newport

Saturday afternoon at the Rodney Parade, and it’s a League Two clash between Newport County and Colchester United. David Robert Hughes and Danny Cowley going all-out to ensure the win. This preview has odds for seventeen different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you explore. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall records can be found, while there's also head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.

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Newport County's next match is v Barnet at 15:00 on Saturday 14th March
Colchester United's next match is v Crawley at 19:45 on Friday 13th March

The last English League Two meeting between Newport and Colchester was on Saturday 7th March 2026

English League Two

March 7th 2026

Newport 1	2 Colchester

L. Jenkins 90'	58' H. Anderson
	64' J. Payne

	NEW COU
Shots On	3 7
Shots Off	6 6
Corners	8 2
Possession	47% 53%
Fouls	18 7

Newport	Colchester

C. Evans (Cole Lewis Jarvis 90') M. Baker S. Sprangler M. Smith (H. Biggins 69') B. Kamwa C. Baker-Richardson T. Davies (L. Jenkins 70') R. Delaney J. Wright G. Garner (B. Lloyd 57') M. Spellman (N. Opoku 70')	M. Macey J. Tucker T. Flanagan K. Vincent-Young (A. Read 75') T. Bishop F. Barbrook (J. Gordon 89') H. Anderson (W. Goodwin 89') S. Tovide (J. Payne 35') M. Mbick F. Terry (J. Williams 89') K. Lisbie

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our tip on this one, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Newport and Colchester's latest form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.33.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of Colchester coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Newport 30%	29/10	125/1
Draw 26%	12/5	22/1
Colchester 44%	9/10	1/500
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	17/4
Colchester 1-0 11%	11/2	7/5
Colchester 2-1 9%	8/1	15/2
Newport 1-0 8%	10/1	5/1
Colchester 2-0 8%	15/2	2/7
Draw 0-0 7%	8/1	13/8
Newport 2-1 7%	12/1	22/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	50/1
Newport 2-0 5%	20/1	20/1
Colchester 3-1 4%	16/1	28/1
Colchester 3-0 4%	16/1	19/4
Newport 3-1 3%	33/1	70/1
Colchester 3-2 3%	28/1	150/1
Newport 3-2 2%	40/1	125/1
Newport 3-0 2%	40/1	60/1
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	43/40	19/4
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	8/11	1/9
Home 1st Goal 45%	6/4	5/2
Away 1st Goal 50%	4/6	6/5
No 1st Goal 5%	8/1	13/8
BTTS - Yes 53%	5/6	10/1
BTTS - No 47%	5/6	1/33
BTTS - Home Win 14%	15/2	125/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	15/4	50/1
BTTS - Away Win 20%	10/3	13/2
Home/draw 56%	10/11	90/1
Away/draw 70%	1/4	1/1000
Home/away 74%	3/10	1/1000
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1/3	1/2
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	9/4	29/20
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	11/4	33/1
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	1/4	1/1000
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	7/1	100/1
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/12	1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	16/1	1/50
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/40	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/16	4/9
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	9/1	13/8
Home DNB 48%	7/4	9/5
Away DNB 63%	2/5	2/5
Newport win to nil 16%	11/2	-
Colchester win to nil 24%	9/4	-
Newport / Newport 11%	11/2	22/1
Newport / Colchester 4%	22/1	55/1
Newport / Draw 5%	14/1	40/1
Draw / Newport 9%	15/2	18/5
Draw / Colchester 17%	15/4	8/5
Draw / Draw 16%	4/1	29/20
Colchester / Newport 2%	33/1	80/1
Colchester / Colchester 29%	21/10	14/1
Colchester / Draw 6%	14/1	33/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Newport have played 35 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 21 games, drawn 7 and won 6. Newport have conceded 61 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 14 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Newport have played 17 games at home, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 29 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 12th place on 49 points in the League Two league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 17 away games, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

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	Newport Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	36	19	13	4	23	70	Mar 17	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	Mar 21
2	MK Dons	35	18	11	6	32	65	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	Mar 18
3	Cambridge	35	18	11	6	22	65	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	l 1-2F	d 1-1A
4	Notts C	35	19	7	9	20	64	d 1-1F	Apr 6	Apr 25	w 1-3A
5	Swindon	36	19	6	11	16	63	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	Apr 10	d 0-00-0
6	Salford	35	18	4	13	3	58	l 0-1A	w 1-3F	l 0-1A	l 4-3F
7	Grimsby	35	15	11	9	11	56	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	l 0-1A	w 1-2A
8	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	10	56	w 2-1F	l 4-1A	w 6-2F	l 3-0A
9	Crewe	36	16	8	12	10	56	w 2-0F	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
10	Barnet	36	14	11	11	5	53	d 0-00-0	Mar 14	w 4-1F	d 1-1F
11	Walsall	35	15	8	12	4	53	l 2-4F	Mar 21	Mar 28	w 0-2F
12	Colchester	35	14	10	11	11	52	l 1-2A	l 4-1A	-	-
13	Oldham	34	12	13	9	8	49	Apr 25	l 3-0A	Apr 3	d 1-1F
14	Fleetwood	35	13	10	12	2	49	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	l 4-2F
15	Accrington	35	13	8	14	1	47	l 1-4A	w 0-1F	-	l 1-0A
16	Gillingham	34	11	12	11	0	45	l 1-3F	l 3-2F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
17	Shrewsbury	36	11	8	17	-19	41	Mar 28	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	w 0-2F
18	Cheltenham	34	10	7	17	-21	37	l 0-2A	Apr 18	w 2-0F	May 2
19	Tranmere	36	9	8	19	-17	35	w 3-1A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 6
20	Bristol R	35	10	4	21	-23	34	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
21	Crawley	36	6	11	19	-23	29	Apr 3	w 1-2F	Mar 13	d 1-1A
22	Barrow	34	7	7	20	-18	28	d 2-2F	May 2	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
23	Newport	36	7	7	22	-27	28	-	-	w 4-1F	w 1-2F
24	Harrogate	36	6	9	21	-30	27	Apr 11	w 0-3F	w 3-1A	Apr 18

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport	3 - 1	Tranmere
Newport	0 - 2	Cambridge
Newport	0 - 0	Grimsby
Newport	1 - 4	Accrington
Newport	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Newport	2 - 0	Crewe
Newport	0 - 0	Barnet
Newport	0 - 2	Fleetwood
Newport	2 - 2	Barrow
Newport	2 - 4	Walsall
Newport	0 - 2	Cheltenham
Newport	0 - 1	Swindon
Newport	1 - 3	Gillingham
Newport	2 - 3	Bristol R
Newport	1 - 2	MK Dons
Newport	0 - 1	Salford
Newport	1 - 1	Notts C
Newport	1 - 4	Tranmere
Newport	0 - 0	Walsall
Newport	0 - 2	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Newport	3 - 1	Tranmere
A	Newport	0 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Newport	0 - 2	Cambridge
A	Newport	3 - 1	Salford
A	Newport	0 - 1	MK Dons
A	Newport	0 - 2	Swindon
H	Newport	0 - 0	Grimsby
A	Newport	0 - 3	Bristol R
H	Newport	1 - 4	Accrington
H	Newport	2 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Newport	2 - 3	Gillingham
A	Newport	1 - 2	Bromley
H	Newport	2 - 0	Crewe
H	Newport	0 - 0	Barnet
A	Newport	1 - 4	Colchester
H	Newport	0 - 2	Fleetwood
A	Newport	2 - 2	Crewe
H	Newport	2 - 2	Barrow
A	Newport	0 - 3	Oldham
A	Newport	0 - 1	Shrewsbury

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chesterfield	3 - 0	Colchester
Cambridge	1 - 1	Colchester
Barrow	1 - 0	Colchester
Crewe	1 - 0	Colchester
Bristol R	0 - 1	Colchester
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Crawley	1 - 1	Colchester
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	0 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Salford
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Barnet
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Cambridge
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Barrow
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Crewe
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Bristol R
H	Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Newport

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

1 / 8

NEW

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
	0 - 2	Colchester
Newport	2 - 1
Newport	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Colchester
Newport	2 - 1
Newport	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Colchester

Newport

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 10

5 / 10

Clean sheets

5 / 10

4 / 10

NEW

COU

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

Goal Statistics

	Newport 23rd	Colchester 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Newport will score no more than 1 goal	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-20 Newport have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted	-8 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.9 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

NEW

COU

22%

better

view stats

Games scored	21		24
Failed to score	14		10
Scored first	12		15
Goals scored	35		48
Avg. goals scored	1		1.4
Avg. shots per game	7		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		18
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+22%

NEW

COU

19%

better

view stats

Games conceded	29		26
Clean sheets	6		8
Conceded first	20		17
Goals conceded	61		38
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.2
KickOff rating		+19%

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

Newport League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	5	3	7
M Baker	M Spellman	B Kamwa	M Spellman

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Wright GLK	25			1 -
C Evans DEF	25	1		4 -
M Baker DEF	28	1	2	4 -
R Delaney DEF	11	1		-
T Davies DEF	24		1	1 -
M Spellman MID	30	5	1	6 1
S Sprangler MID	8			3 -
M Smith MID	15		2	4 -
G Garner MID	22	2	1	2 -
B Kamwa FWD	30		3	1 -
C Baker-Richardson FWD	25	4	1	4 1
Subs
S MacDonald GLK				-
L. Jenkins DEF	29	1	2	4 -
H Biggins MID	12	1	1	3 -
B Lloyd MID	26	1	2	4 -
L Jamieson FWD	3			-
N Opoku FWD	23	5	2	2 1
Cole Lewis Jarvis FWD	7			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	14	3	8
M Spellman	M Spellman	B Kamwa	B Kamwa

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Spellman MID	5	14	1	1
Subs
N Opoku FWD	5	13	2	1
C Baker-Richardson FWD	4	9	1
G Garner MID	2	8	1	2
C Evans DEF	1	3		1
M Baker DEF	1	4	2	2
R Delaney DEF	1	6
Subs
L. Jenkins DEF	1	7	2	3
H Biggins MID	1	5	1	2
B Lloyd MID	1	4	2	1
T Davies DEF		2	1	1
M Smith MID		3	2	1
B Kamwa FWD		12	3	8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1098	47	209
M Baker	L. Jenkins	L. Jenkins

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Baker DEF	1098	39	153
Subs
L. Jenkins DEF	1072	47	209
J Wright GLK	905	1	17
C Evans DEF	658	45	110
T Davies DEF	621	40	113
B Kamwa FWD	483	17	90
Subs
B Lloyd MID	404	33	64
R Delaney DEF	393	18	81
S Sprangler MID	326	28	56
Subs
H Biggins MID	318	9	54
M Spellman MID	297	22	95
Subs
N Opoku FWD	286	10	61
C Baker-Richardson FWD	267	7	111
G Garner MID	266	11	38
M Smith MID	265	14	31
Subs
Cole Lewis Jarvis FWD	45		8
L Jamieson FWD	34	3	5

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	11	5	6
J Tucker	J Payne	S Tovide	K. Lisbie

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	34			3 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	29			4 -
J Tucker DEF	35	2	1	3 -
T Flanagan DEF	11			1 -
F Terry DEF	6		1	-
F. Barbrook MID	7			-
T Bishop MID	29		1	3 -
K. Lisbie MID	35	10	4	6 -
M. Mbick MID	22	7	2	2 -
H Anderson MID	22	8	4	2 -
S Tovide FWD	33	3	5	5 -
Subs
R Hunt DEF	29		1	3 -
J Payne MID	28	11	5	5 -
A Read MID	34	5	2	6 -
R. Akachukwu MID	6			-
J Gordon FWD	15		1	1 -
J. Williams FWD	25		1	1 -
W Goodwin FWD	19	2		3 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	28	5	10
J Payne	K. Lisbie	S Tovide	J Payne

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Payne MID	11	18	5	10
K. Lisbie MID	10	28	4	6
H Anderson MID	8	12	4	2
M. Mbick MID	7	17	2	3
Subs
A Read MID	5	14	2	9
S Tovide FWD	3	14	5	9
J Tucker DEF	2	7	1	1
Subs
W Goodwin FWD	2	6		1
K Vincent-Young DEF		2		2
F Terry DEF		1	1
T Bishop MID		8	1	5
Subs
R Hunt DEF		3	1	3
J Gordon FWD			1
J. Williams FWD		3	1	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1732	69	216
J Tucker	A Read	J Tucker

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	1732	17	216
Subs
A Read MID	1463	69	187
T Bishop MID	1128	55	133
Subs
J Payne MID	1007	38	117
R Hunt DEF	983	36	117
M Macey GLK	877		17
K Vincent-Young DEF	828	35	111
T Flanagan DEF	419	4	49
H Anderson MID	411	47	128
K. Lisbie MID	330	25	109
S Tovide FWD	311	10	109
M. Mbick MID	264	25	120
F Terry DEF	169	4	24
F. Barbrook MID	168	9	23
Subs
W Goodwin FWD	146	6	52
J. Williams FWD	122	6	33
R. Akachukwu MID	103	5	23
J Gordon FWD	86	9	28