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

Moor Lane, Salford

We’ve League Two action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Karl Robinson and his Salford City side host Danny Cowley’s Colchester United at the Moor Lane. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting applied to top teams. All the stats and infographics are designed specifically for the selected market. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.

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The last English League Two meeting between Salford and Colchester was on Saturday 26th April 2025
English League Two
April 26th 2025
Salford 4
1 Colchester
 
H. Adelakun 2'66' E. Iandolo
L. Shephard 21'
C. Stockton 24'
H. Adelakun 56'
 
SAL
COU
Shots On
5
3
Shots Off
5
3
Corners
5
4
Possession
44%
56%
Fouls
19
18
Yellow/red cards
4/0
2/0
 
SalfordColchester
 
M. Young
L. Shephardfootball icon (J. Austerfield 90')
L. Garbutt
H. Mnoga (R. Watson 90')
C. Tilt
O. Ashley (L. Warrington 86')
B. Woodburn (M. Lund 90')
K. N’Mai (C. McAleny 90')
T. Fornah
C. Stocktonfootball icon
H. Adelakunfootball iconfootball icon
M. Macey
(J. Tucker 79') F. Kelleher
T. Flanagan
football iconE. Iandolo
M. Egbo
T. Bishop
(A. Scully 61') J. Payne
A. Read
(K. Vincent-Young 79') J. Gordon
(T. Simpson 61') S. Tovide
(K. Lisbie 62') O. Thorn

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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 38% chance of Colchester coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Salford
35%
11/10
14%
-
Draw
27%
12/5
3%
-
Colchester
38%
23/10
20%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Colchester 1-0
10%
15/2
6%
-
Salford 1-0
10%
11/2
13%
-
Colchester 2-1
8%
11/1
9%
-
Draw 0-0
8%
15/2-
Salford 2-1
8%
8/1
10%
-
Colchester 2-0
7%
16/1
31%
-
Salford 2-0
6%
17/2
14%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Colchester 3-1
4%
28/1
26%
-
Salford 3-1
3%
18/1
10%
-
Colchester 3-0
3%
40/1
41%
-
Salford 3-0
2%
18/1
17%
-
Colchester 3-2
2%
40/1
21%
-
Salford 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
23/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
4/6-
Home 1st Goal
47%
4/6
9%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
6/4
14%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
15/2-
BTTS - Yes
51%
10/11
4%
-
BTTS - No
49%
4/5
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
16%
4/1
9%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
4/1
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
17%
13/2
25%
-
Home/draw
62%
1/3
5%
-
Away/draw
65%
7/10
11%
-
Home/away
73%
3/10
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
4/11-
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
2/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
3/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
2/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
8/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/14-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
18/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/14-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/1
6%
-
Home DNB
54%
8/15
12%
-
Away DNB
57%
11/8
19%
-
Salford win to nil
19%
12/5
15%
-
Colchester win to nil
21%
9/2
22%
-
Salford / Salford
25%
5/2
19%
-
Salford / Colchester
2%
33/1
17%
-
Salford / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Salford
17%
4/1
9%
-
Draw / Colchester
11%
13/2
15%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4-
Colchester / Salford
3%
25/1
10%
-
Colchester / Colchester
14%
5/1
26%
-
Colchester / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Salford have played 44 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Salford have conceded 17 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Salford have played 22 games at home, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 27 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 8th place on 66 points in the League Two league table having played 44 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 13 and losing 5 games. They have scored 36 goals and kept 18 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 9 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 22 away games, winning 6, drawing 11 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Salford
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Doncaster462412102384 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
2
Port Vale462214101980 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
3
Bradford462212121978 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
4
Walsall462114112177 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
4-0A
5
AFC Wim462013132173 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-2F
6
Notts C462012141972 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
7
Chesterfield461913141970 
l
 
0-4A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
8
Salford Home461815131069 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-1A
9
Grimsby4620818-668 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
10
Colchester Away46161911567 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
-
-
11
Bromley46171514566 
d
 
3-3A
w
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
12
Swindon46151714862 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
4-0F
l
 
3-2A
13
Crewe46151714162 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
14
Fleetwood46151516060 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
15
Cheltenham46161218-1060 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
16
Barrow46151417259 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
17
Gillingham46141616-558 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
18
Harrogate46141121-1853 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
19
MK Dons46141022-1452 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
20
Tranmere46121519-2051 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
21
Accrington46121420-1650 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
22
Newport46131023-2449 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
23
Carlisle46101224-2742 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
24
Morecambe4610630-3236 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Salford 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Salford1 - 2Accrington
Salford1 - 1Doncaster
Salford2 - 2Gillingham
Salford0 - 4Chesterfield
Salford1 - 1Crewe
Salford1 - 2Bradford
Salford2 - 0Tranmere
Salford3 - 3Bromley
Salford1 - 1Newport
Salford0 - 2Fleetwood
Salford1 - 0Morecambe
Salford3 - 0Barrow
Salford3 - 0Notts C
Salford2 - 0Harrogate
Salford0 - 1Carlisle
Salford2 - 1Swindon
Salford1 - 2Grimsby
Salford1 - 0AFC Wim
Salford0 - 2Walsall
Salford2 - 1Cheltenham
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASalford3 - 1Morecambe
HSalford1 - 2Accrington
HSalford1 - 1Doncaster
ASalford3 - 1Notts C
HSalford2 - 2Gillingham
ASalford1 - 1Barrow
ASalford3 - 2Bromley
ASalford1 - 0Grimsby
HSalford0 - 4Chesterfield
HSalford1 - 1Crewe
ASalford2 - 2Swindon
HSalford1 - 2Bradford
ASalford1 - 2Port Vale
ASalford0 - 1AFC Wim
HSalford2 - 0Tranmere
HSalford3 - 3Bromley
ASalford2 - 2Walsall
HSalford1 - 1Newport
ASalford1 - 2Cheltenham
HSalford0 - 2Fleetwood
Colchester 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
10
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Morecambe3 - 3Colchester
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AColchester0 - 0Harrogate
AColchester1 - 0Bromley
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Colchester have not lost to Salford in 5 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Salford since 2020
Salford
Colchester
Goals: Scored
2
7
Games: Scored
2 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
3 / 5
D
2
COU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Salford
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Colchester
0 - 3Colchester
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Colchester
League games at Colchester since 2019
Colchester
Salford
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
5 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
1 / 6
SAL
2
D
1
COU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
1 - 2Salford
Colchester2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Salford
Colchester1 - 0
Colchester1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Salford 8th Colchester 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Salford will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Salford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-13
Colchester have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Salford
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
9%
better
SAL
COU
view stats
Games scored35
33
Failed to score9
11
Scored first21
18
Goals scored58
51
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
SAL
COU
16%
better
view stats
Games conceded31
24
Clean sheets13
20
Conceded first21
19
Goals conceded51
43
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against15%
13%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+16%

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

Salford League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3915616
L GarbuttC StocktonB WoodburnO Ashley
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M. Young GLK20
2
-
L Shephard DEF2211
2
-
C Tilt DEF361
12
3
L Garbutt DEF4033
11
-
H Mnoga MID3914
13
-
O Ashley MID3215
16
-
T Fornah MID3914
10
2
H Adelakun MID30133
1
1
B Woodburn FWD3236
9
-
C Stockton FWD37153
4
-
K N'Mai FWD3195
12
-
Subs
J Jones GLK25
1
-
R Watson MID18
1
-
M Lund MID3642
9
-
J Taylor  MID2711
4
-
L Warrington MID161
4
-
J Austerfield MID20
3
-
C McAleny FWD2612
2
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4481017
M MaceyJ PayneJ PayneE Iandolo
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Macey GLK44
3
-
M Egbo DEF4312
9
-
F Kelleher DEF2821
2
-
T Flanagan DEF39
9
-
E Iandolo DEF4213
15
2
T Bishop MID2511
2
-
A Read MID3711
3
-
O. Thorn MID264
4
-
J Payne MID40810
3
-
J Gordon MID393
4
-
S Tovide FWD2774
5
-
Subs
T Smith GLK
-
R Hunt DEF20
6
-
J Tucker DEF10
1
-
K Vincent-Young DEF10
-
T Simpson FWD201
5
-
A Scully FWD151
-
K. Lisbie FWD4
1
-