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Tranmere Rovers v Colchester United : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 21st Nov, 15:00 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Tranmere Rovers and Colchester United meet at the Prenton Park on Saturday afternoon, with both Darrell Clarke and Danny Cowley seeking a win in the League Two. Team form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. Here we've gone for , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Tranmere
51%
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Draw
25%
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Colchester
24%
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Draw 1-1
12%
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Tranmere 1-0
12%
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Tranmere 2-1
9%
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Tranmere 2-0
9%
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Colchester 1-0
8%
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Draw 0-0
8%
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Colchester 2-1
6%
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Tranmere 3-1
5%
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Tranmere 3-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
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Colchester 2-0
4%
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Tranmere 3-2
2%
--
Colchester 3-1
2%
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Tranmere 4-1
2%
--
Tranmere 4-0
2%
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Over 2.5 Goals
48%
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Under 2.5 Goals
52%
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Home 1st Goal
53%
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Away 1st Goal
42%
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No 1st Goal
5%
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BTTS - Yes
50%
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BTTS - No
50%
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BTTS - Home Win
22%
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BTTS - Draw
18%
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BTTS - Away Win
11%
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Home/draw
76%
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Away/draw
49%
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Home/away
75%
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Over 1.5 Goals
73%
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Under 1.5 Goals
27%
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Over 3.5 Goals
26%
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Under 3.5 Goals
74%
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Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
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Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
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Over 0.5 Goals
92%
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Under 0.5 Goals
8%
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Home DNB
68%
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Away DNB
42%
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Tranmere win to nil
29%
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Colchester win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the League Two league table. Tranmere are unbeaten in 9 games against teams below them in the league and kept 4 clean sheets out of 9 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 6 and lost no matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Tranmere have outscored their opponents by 19 goals to 12 goals.

Home League Performance

Tranmere have played 7 games at home winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 12 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Colchester are in 23rd position in the League Two on 12 points having played 13 matches so far this season. Colchester are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Colchester have conceded 19 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Tranmere
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Salford1410131031 
Dec 1
May 8
Apr 10
Dec 12
2
Barnet137511026 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 16
Mar 29
Dec 26
3
Walsall13571922 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 24
l
 
1-3A
Jan 30
4
Crewe14572022 
Apr 3
Dec 29
d
 
1-1F
Feb 20
5
Cheltenham14635-221 
w
 
3-1A
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
Apr 17
6
Grimsby14554620 
Mar 26
Jan 1
May 8
Dec 1
7
York14554320 
Dec 12
Apr 10
Nov 28
May 1
8
Gillingham14554120 
Feb 20
l
 
2-0A
Nov 14
Feb 27
9
Accrington14473619 
Dec 26
Mar 29
Mar 6
d
 
2-2F
10
Chesterfield14545319 
Apr 27
l
 
4-2A
Jan 19
d
 
1-1A
11
Tranmere14473219 
-
-
Mar 20
Nov 21
12
Exeter14545219 
Apr 17
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 16
13
Swindon14545-219 
Jan 9
Dec 19
Feb 13
l
 
3-1F
14
Newport14464318 
Feb 6
d
 
2-2A
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
15
Shrewsbury14536-518 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 6
Apr 24
d
 
2-2F
16
Fleetwood14455017 
Feb 27
Nov 14
Dec 19
Jan 9
17
Bristol R14518-616 
May 1
Nov 28
Feb 9
l
 
2-0A
18
Oldham14437-415 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 13
w
 
2-1A
Mar 13
19
Port Vale12435-415 
Mar 13
d
 
1-1A
Dec 15
Apr 27
20
Rochdale14437-915 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 13
w
 
1-0F
Feb 6
21
Northampton13355-114 
Jan 19
w
 
0-1F
Jan 23
l
 
2-0A
22
Rotherham14266-712 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 9
Jan 1
Mar 26
23
Colchester13265-712 
Nov 21
Mar 20
-
-
24
Crawley12237-89 
Jan 23
d
 
1-1A
Dec 29
Apr 3
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Tranmere 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere3 - 1Cheltenham
Tranmere1 - 2Barnet
Tranmere1 - 1Rochdale
Tranmere1 - 1Walsall
Tranmere2 - 0Oldham
Tranmere2 - 2Rotherham
Tranmere2 - 0Shrewsbury
Tranmere1 - 1Grimsby
Tranmere1 - 2Bristol R
Tranmere0 - 1Colchester
Tranmere0 - 1Swindon
Tranmere0 - 3Harrogate
Tranmere1 - 3Oldham
Tranmere0 - 1Accrington
Tranmere2 - 0Crawley
Tranmere0 - 2Salford
Tranmere1 - 3Walsall
Tranmere0 - 2Bromley
Tranmere1 - 3Barrow
Tranmere1 - 0Fleetwood
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HTranmere3 - 1Cheltenham
ATranmere1 - 1Crawley
ATranmere1 - 0Northampton
HTranmere1 - 2Barnet
HTranmere1 - 1Rochdale
ATranmere2 - 4Chesterfield
HTranmere1 - 1Walsall
ATranmere0 - 0Exeter
ATranmere0 - 2Gillingham
HTranmere2 - 0Oldham
HTranmere2 - 2Rotherham
ATranmere2 - 2Newport
ATranmere1 - 1Port Vale
HTranmere2 - 0Shrewsbury
HTranmere1 - 1Grimsby
ATranmere0 - 3MK Dons
ATranmere3 - 1Cheltenham
HTranmere1 - 2Bristol R
ATranmere1 - 1Chesterfield
HTranmere0 - 1Colchester
Colchester 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton2 - 0Colchester
Chesterfield1 - 1Colchester
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
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester1 - 3Walsall
AColchester0 - 2Northampton
AColchester1 - 1Chesterfield
HColchester0 - 0Exeter
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Tranmere since 2005
Tranmere
Colchester
Goals: Scored
19
13
Games: Scored
11 / 15
8 / 15
Clean sheets
7 / 15
4 / 15
TRA
5
D
7
COU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
0 - 1Colchester
1 - 3Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Tranmere2 - 0
Tranmere2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Tranmere2 - 1
Tranmere4 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Tranmere1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
3 - 4Colchester
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Colchester since 2004
Colchester
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
22
20
Games: Scored
13 / 15
11 / 15
Clean sheets
4 / 15
2 / 15
TRA
5
D
4
COU
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Colchester3 - 0
Colchester2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Colchester1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Tranmere
1 - 2Tranmere
1 - 5Tranmere
Colchester4 - 2
Colchester3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Tranmere
Colchester1 - 0
1 - 2Tranmere
Goal Statistics

Tranmere Rovers have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive League Two matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Colchester United on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been an issue for Colchester United of late. It has been 5 League Two games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Tranmere Rovers.

Tranmere 11th Colchester 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Tranmere will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
Tranmere have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
-32
Colchester have scored 32% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season
Tranmere
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.6
1
Attack rating
27%
better
TRA
COU
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Games scored12
9
Failed to score2
4
Scored first7
6
Goals scored19
12
Avg. goals scored1.4
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for16
11
Avg. XG for1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+27%
Defence rating
14%
better
TRA
COU
view stats
Games conceded10
11
Clean sheets4
2
Conceded first6
6
Goals conceded17
19
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.6
KickOff rating
+14%

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

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14544
W VaulksD. JonesT InceJ Senior
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
W Vaulks MID1423
3
-
T Ince FWD1424
3
-
J Ironside FWD1411
2
-
J Senior DEF131
3
1
J Slater DEF1312
3
-
T Conlon MID131
2
-
C Whitaker MID1321
1
-
N Smith DEF12
3
-
D. Jones FWD125
1
-
B Faulkner DEF1121
1
1
S Finley MID91
1
-
Z. Okoro FWD921
1
-
H Male GLK7
-
L McGee GLK7
2
-
G Nevett DEF6
-
L O'Connor DEF6
1
-
J Turnbull DEF6
1
-
J Davies  MID61
1
-
D. Kamara FWD6
-
P Brough DEF3
-
C. Veevers MID3
-
R Watson MID2
1
-
C Baker-Richardson FWD2
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13352
T Lo-TutalaM. SesayO. ThornE Iandolo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Lo-Tutala GLK13
-
E Iandolo DEF1311
2
-
J Tucker DEF13
1
-
O. Thorn FWD135
1
-
R Hunt DEF121
2
-
M. Sesay FWD1231
1
-
B Ihionvien FWD12
2
-
J Payne MID1111
-
S Raggett DEF9
-
K Vincent-Young DEF91
1
-
J Williams MID9
2
-
P Digby MID9
1
-
L. Chiwome FWD9
-
H Anderson FWD92
1
-
J. Williams FWD91
1
F Terry DEF7
-
K Kouassi FWD51
-
B Lubala FWD4
2
-
S. Kuffour DEF3
-
B. Perry MID31
-
J Leake DEF1
-
T Bishop MID1
-