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

Sat 9th Aug, 15:00 BST, Boundary Park, Oldham

the Boundary Park plays host on Saturday afternoon, as Micky Mellon's Oldham Athletic welcome Danny Cowley's Colchester United in the League Two. Stats power the predictions below for seventeen markets, and switching between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to find out more.


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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 Oldham and Colchester combined during 90 mins. Up to date form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to our prediction, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of it coming in. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

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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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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Oldham
39%
11/8-
Draw
27%
12/5-
Colchester
34%
19/10-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Oldham 1-0
10%
13/2-
Colchester 1-0
9%
15/2-
Oldham 2-1
8%
17/2-
Colchester 2-1
8%
10/1-
Draw 0-0
8%
17/2-
Oldham 2-0
7%
10/1-
Colchester 2-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Oldham 3-1
4%
20/1-
Colchester 3-1
3%
22/1-
Oldham 3-0
3%
22/1-
Colchester 3-0
2%
28/1-
Oldham 3-2
2%
28/1-
Colchester 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
21/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
3/4-
Home 1st Goal
49%
10/11-
Away 1st Goal
47%
11/10-
No 1st Goal
5%
17/2-
BTTS - Yes
52%
5/6-
BTTS - No
48%
5/6-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
5/1-
Home/draw
66%
2/5-
Away/draw
61%
8/15-
Home/away
73%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
1/3-
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
9/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
11/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
1/4-
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
7/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/12-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
17/2-
Home DNB
58%
8/11-
Away DNB
53%
1/1-
Oldham win to nil
22%
3/1-
Colchester win to nil
19%
4/1-
Oldham / Oldham
21%
3/1-
Oldham / Colchester
3%
28/1-
Oldham / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Oldham
15%
9/2-
Draw / Colchester
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1-
Colchester / Oldham
3%
25/1-
Colchester / Colchester
18%
15/4-
Colchester / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table
Won
Draw
Lost
Oldham
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Newport000000 
Nov 22
Apr 25
Dec 20
Mar 7
2
Colchester000000 
Aug 9
Apr 3
-
-
3
Walsall000000 
Dec 9
Dec 29
Mar 28
Nov 15
4
Crewe000000 
Nov 15
Mar 28
Sep 6
Jan 31
5
Notts C000000 
Jan 10
Oct 4
Apr 25
Nov 22
6
Salford000000 
Apr 18
Oct 18
Feb 28
Dec 13
7
Shrewsbury000000 
Oct 25
Apr 11
Feb 7
Aug 16
8
Grimsby000000 
Mar 14
Dec 26
Jan 27
Oct 11
9
Tranmere000000 
Dec 20
Mar 7
Aug 2
Apr 6
10
Crawley000000 
Feb 28
Dec 13
Mar 13
Dec 26
11
Oldham000000 
-
-
Apr 3
Aug 9
12
Bristol R000000 
Feb 17
Aug 19
Sep 20
Jan 17
13
Cambridge000000 
Jan 31
Sep 6
Aug 19
Feb 17
14
Chesterfield000000 
Jan 1
Mar 17
Oct 4
Jan 10
15
Swindon000000 
Aug 16
Feb 7
Apr 10
Oct 25
16
Bromley000000 
Sep 13
Jan 4
Nov 8
Mar 21
17
Gillingham000000 
Aug 30
Feb 21
Dec 9
Dec 29
18
Fleetwood000000 
Feb 14
Aug 23
Jan 24
Sep 27
19
Barnet000000 
Sep 27
Jan 24
Feb 21
Aug 30
20
MK Dons000000 
Apr 6
Aug 2
Jan 1
Mar 17
21
Cheltenham000000 
Jan 17
Sep 20
Nov 29
May 2
22
Barrow000000 
Oct 11
Jan 27
Aug 23
Feb 14
23
Harrogate000000 
Mar 21
Nov 8
Oct 18
Apr 18
24
Accrington000000 
May 2
Nov 29
Jan 4
Sep 13
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Oldham
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oldham3 - 3Crawley
Oldham1 - 2Salford
Oldham0 - 2Northampton
Oldham2 - 0L Orient
Oldham1 - 2Mansfield
Oldham1 - 3Sutton
Oldham0 - 2Exeter
Oldham1 - 2Carlisle
Oldham2 - 0Bradford
Oldham2 - 1Bristol R
Oldham0 - 0Rochdale
Oldham1 - 3Scunthorpe
Oldham5 - 5Forest Green
Oldham0 - 1Tranmere
Oldham3 - 2Port Vale
Oldham1 - 3Swindon
Oldham1 - 3Walsall
Oldham3 - 0Stevenage
Oldham1 - 2Harrogate
Oldham0 - 0Hartlepool
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HOldham3 - 3Crawley
AOldham0 - 2Tranmere
HOldham1 - 2Salford
AOldham0 - 2Forest Green
HOldham0 - 2Northampton
AOldham2 - 3Port Vale
AOldham1 - 0Stevenage
HOldham2 - 0L Orient
HOldham1 - 2Mansfield
HOldham1 - 3Sutton
HOldham0 - 2Exeter
AOldham1 - 2Walsall
AOldham0 - 1Swindon
HOldham1 - 2Carlisle
AOldham2 - 2Crawley
AOldham1 - 1Colchester
HOldham2 - 0Bradford
AOldham3 - 3Newport
HOldham2 - 1Bristol R
AOldham1 - 0Scunthorpe
Colchester
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Salford4 - 1Colchester
Doncaster3 - 0Colchester
Newport0 - 2Colchester
Gillingham1 - 1Colchester
Bradford4 - 1Colchester
Cheltenham0 - 1Colchester
MK Dons0 - 1Colchester
Notts C1 - 1Colchester
Carlisle0 - 0Colchester
Tranmere1 - 3Colchester
Harrogate0 - 0Colchester
Bromley0 - 1Colchester
Swindon3 - 2Colchester
Crewe0 - 0Colchester
Fleetwood0 - 0Colchester
Grimsby0 - 1Colchester
Barrow1 - 1Colchester
Chesterfield1 - 1Colchester
Port Vale1 - 1Colchester
Walsall4 - 0Colchester
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester0 - 0Barrow
AColchester1 - 4Salford
AColchester0 - 3Doncaster
HColchester0 - 0Crewe
AColchester2 - 0Newport
HColchester1 - 0Notts C
AColchester1 - 1Gillingham
HColchester1 - 2Grimsby
AColchester1 - 4Bradford
HColchester3 - 0Fleetwood
HColchester2 - 1Port Vale
AColchester1 - 0Cheltenham
HColchester1 - 0Chesterfield
AColchester1 - 0MK Dons
HColchester1 - 1AFC Wim
AColchester1 - 1Notts C
AColchester0 - 0Carlisle
HColchester2 - 1Walsall
AColchester3 - 1Tranmere
HColchester1 - 0Morecambe
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Oldham since 2004
Oldham
Colchester
Goals: Scored
16
18
Games: Scored
9 / 14
12 / 14
Clean sheets
2 / 14
5 / 14
OLD
2
D
7
COU
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Oldham
1 - 2Colchester
Oldham5 - 2
0 - 1Colchester
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Colchester
0 - 2Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Colchester
Oldham1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Colchester since 2005
Colchester
Oldham
Goals: Scored
14
14
Games: Scored
7 / 13
8 / 13
Clean sheets
5 / 13
6 / 13
OLD
3
D
7
COU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 2Oldham
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Oldham
0 - 2Oldham
Colchester4 - 1
Colchester1 - 0
Colchester1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Oldham Colchester
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Oldham 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
+14
Oldham have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
-22
Colchester have scored 22% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Oldham
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
0%
better
OLD
COU
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
OLD
COU
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Oldham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
NO DATA AVAILABLE
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
NO DATA AVAILABLE