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

Sat 24th Oct, 12:30 BST, Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

Saturday lunch time sees Chris Hogg’s Northampton Town and Danny Cowley’s Colchester United go up against one another in a League Two battle at the Sixfields Stadium. We've got bespoke stats for the biggest betting markets, from from under 0.5 goals to over 5.5, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Northampton
43%
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Draw
29%
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Colchester
28%
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Northampton 1-0
14%
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Draw 1-1
13%
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Draw 0-0
12%
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Colchester 1-0
11%
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Northampton 2-0
9%
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Northampton 2-1
8%
--
Colchester 2-1
6%
--
Colchester 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Northampton 3-0
4%
--
Northampton 3-1
3%
--
Colchester 3-1
2%
--
Colchester 3-0
2%
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Northampton 3-2
2%
--
Colchester 3-2
1%
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Over 2.5 Goals
36%
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Under 2.5 Goals
64%
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Home 1st Goal
50%
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Away 1st Goal
43%
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No 1st Goal
8%
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BTTS - Yes
43%
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BTTS - No
57%
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BTTS - Home Win
15%
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BTTS - Draw
17%
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BTTS - Away Win
10%
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Home/draw
72%
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Away/draw
57%
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Home/away
71%
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Over 1.5 Goals
63%
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Under 1.5 Goals
37%
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Over 3.5 Goals
17%
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Under 3.5 Goals
83%
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Over 4.5 Goals
7%
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Under 4.5 Goals
93%
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Over 5.5 Goals
2%
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Under 5.5 Goals
98%
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Over 0.5 Goals
88%
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Under 0.5 Goals
12%
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Home DNB
63%
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Away DNB
48%
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Northampton win to nil
28%
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Colchester win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Northampton have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Northampton have conceded 6 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Northampton have played 4 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 2 goals, conceded 2 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 19th place on 10 points in the League Two league table having played 9 matches. Colchester have won all their 1 games against teams below them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games. Colchester are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 2 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 1 goal and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 5 away games, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Northampton
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Salford10613519 
Feb 27
Nov 14
Apr 10
Dec 12
2
Barnet8530918 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Mar 29
Dec 26
3
Crewe10460518 
Mar 13
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
Feb 20
4
Gillingham10442516 
Feb 6
d
 
1-1A
Nov 14
Feb 27
5
York9432615 
Apr 13
d
 
1-1F
Nov 28
May 1
6
Walsall9360615 
May 1
Nov 28
Oct 31
Jan 30
7
Chesterfield10433315 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Jan 19
Oct 20
8
Cheltenham10433015 
Dec 29
Apr 3
d
 
1-1F
Apr 17
9
Bristol R10505-215 
Jan 2
Mar 26
Feb 9
l
 
2-0A
10
Rochdale10424-114 
Nov 21
Mar 20
w
 
1-0F
Feb 6
11
Grimsby10343213 
Jan 16
Oct 17
May 8
Dec 1
12
Newport10343113 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 13
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
13
Tranmere10262012 
Oct 20
Jan 19
Mar 20
Nov 21
14
Exeter10334012 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Oct 17
Jan 16
15
Accrington10253-111 
Jan 30
Oct 31
Mar 6
d
 
2-2F
16
Fleetwood10253-111 
Dec 1
May 8
Dec 19
Jan 9
17
Swindon10325-511 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 6
Feb 13
l
 
3-1F
18
Shrewsbury10325-611 
Feb 20
l
 
2-0A
Apr 24
d
 
2-2F
19
Colchester9243-310 
Oct 24
Jan 23
-
-
20
Rotherham10244-410 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 17
Jan 1
Mar 26
21
Oldham9225-48 
-
Apr 27
w
 
2-1A
Mar 13
22
Port Vale8224-58 
Apr 24
-
-
Apr 27
23
Northampton8143-37 
-
-
Jan 23
Oct 24
24
Crawley8125-75 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 9
Dec 29
Apr 3
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Northampton 23RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton0 - 1Rotherham
Northampton1 - 0Newport
Northampton1 - 1Crawley
Northampton0 - 0Swindon
Northampton2 - 3Plymouth
Northampton0 - 1Barnsley
Northampton1 - 3Doncaster
Northampton1 - 3Wigan
Northampton0 - 2Burton
Northampton1 - 1Peterborough
Northampton0 - 1Port Vale
Northampton1 - 2L Orient
Northampton3 - 1Stevenage
Northampton0 - 2Reading
Northampton1 - 2Wycombe
Northampton0 - 0Stockport
Northampton3 - 1AFC Wim
Northampton1 - 1Huddersfield
Northampton1 - 3Cardiff
Northampton2 - 1Mansfield
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
1
Draw
5
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANorthampton1 - 1York
HNorthampton0 - 1Rotherham
ANorthampton0 - 2Shrewsbury
HNorthampton1 - 0Newport
HNorthampton1 - 1Crawley
ANorthampton1 - 1Gillingham
ANorthampton0 - 1Crewe
HNorthampton0 - 0Swindon
HNorthampton2 - 3Plymouth
HNorthampton0 - 1Barnsley
ANorthampton1 - 5Cardiff
HNorthampton1 - 3Doncaster
ANorthampton1 - 2Luton
HNorthampton1 - 3Wigan
ANorthampton0 - 1Bradford
ANorthampton1 - 4Mansfield
ANorthampton1 - 2Stockport
HNorthampton0 - 2Burton
ANorthampton0 - 1AFC Wim
HNorthampton1 - 1Peterborough
Colchester 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport1 - 0Colchester
Shrewsbury2 - 2Colchester
Swindon3 - 1Colchester
Bristol R2 - 0Colchester
Accrington2 - 2Colchester
Cheltenham1 - 4Colchester
Harrogate1 - 0Colchester
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
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AColchester0 - 1Newport
AColchester2 - 2Shrewsbury
HColchester1 - 1Cheltenham
HColchester1 - 1Crewe
AColchester1 - 3Swindon
AColchester0 - 2Bristol R
HColchester1 - 0Rochdale
HColchester2 - 1Oldham
AColchester2 - 2Accrington
AColchester4 - 1Cheltenham
HColchester0 - 1Notts C
AColchester0 - 1Harrogate
HColchester2 - 1Accrington
HColchester3 - 0Swindon
AColchester1 - 0Tranmere
HColchester1 - 3Oldham
HColchester1 - 1Walsall
AColchester0 - 1Bromley
AColchester0 - 1MK Dons
HColchester0 - 0Crawley
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Northampton have beaten Colchester in 4 consecutive league meetings
League games at Northampton since 2008
Northampton
Colchester
Goals: Scored
7
8
Games: Scored
3 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
1 / 4
NHT
2
COU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Northampton
Northampton3 - 2
Northampton3 - 0
0 - 4Colchester
1 - 2Colchester
League games at Colchester since 2009
Colchester
Northampton
Goals: Scored
4
5
Games: Scored
3 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
2 / 5
NHT
3
COU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
0 - 1Northampton
0 - 1Northampton
Colchester1 - 0
1 - 2Northampton
Colchester2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Northampton Town of late. It has been 7 League Two matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday lunch time against Colchester United.

Northampton 23rd Colchester 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Northampton will score no more than 1 goal
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of Colchester scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-29
Northampton have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted
-13
Colchester have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season
Northampton
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.2
0.9
Attack rating
NHT
COU
44%
better
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Games scored4
7
Failed to score4
2
Scored first3
6
Goals scored4
10
Avg. goals scored0.5
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal15
8
Conversion rate for7
13
Avg. XG for0.8
1.5
KickOff rating
+44%
Defence rating
22%
better
NHT
COU
view stats
Games conceded6
8
Clean sheets2
1
Conceded first4
3
Goals conceded7
13
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1
1.7
KickOff rating
+22%

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

Northampton League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8212
Z JeacockJ Whitmarsh J Whitmarsh T Fornah
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Z Jeacock GLK8
-
E Moore DEF8
-
J Guthrie DEF8
-
T Fornah MID8
2
-
J Wormleighton DEF7
1
-
J Maxwell DEF7
1
-
J Whitmarsh  MID721
-
L. Briggs MID71
2
-
M. Warhurst FWD7
1
-
S Hoskins FWD7
-
C Lemonheigh-Evans MID6
-
N Opoku FWD61
-
H Saunders FWD6
-
L Evans MID5
1
1
J Donacien DEF4
-
M Dyche DEF4
2
-
O Dale FWD4
-
S. Chambers MID3
1
-
J. Powell DEF2
1
-
K Simon-Swyer MID2
-
E List FWD2
-
J. Perkins MID1
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9342
T Lo-TutalaM. SesayO. ThornE Iandolo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Lo-Tutala GLK9
-
E Iandolo DEF911
2
-
R Hunt DEF91
1
-
J Tucker DEF9
1
-
J Payne MID91
-
O. Thorn FWD94
1
-
H Anderson FWD92
1
-
S Raggett DEF8
-
M. Sesay MID831
-
B Ihionvien FWD8
1
-
L. Chiwome FWD6
-
J. Williams FWD61
1
K Vincent-Young DEF51
1
-
J Williams MID5
1
-
P Digby MID5
-
K Kouassi FWD51
-
F Terry DEF4
-
S. Kuffour DEF2
-
B Lubala FWD2
1
-
J Leake DEF1
-
T Bishop MID1
-