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

Sat 15th Nov, 15:00 BST, Banks's Stadium, Walsall

Danny Cowley leads his Colchester United troops to the Banks's Stadium in the League Two on Saturday afternoon, with Matthew Sadler's Walsall the opponent. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for these two clubs. All can be selected using the tabs below.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Walsall and Colchester combined during 90 mins. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this prediction, and we're suggest there's a 76% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Walsall are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Walsall 44%	2.15	2.15 5%
Draw 27%	3.40	3.40
Colchester 29%	3.20	3.40 6%
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	6.00
Walsall 1-0 12%	7.00 7%	6.50
Colchester 1-0 9%	9.00 5%	8.50
Walsall 2-1 9%	9.00	8.00
Draw 0-0 8%	9.00 5%	8.00
Walsall 2-0 8%	10.00	8.50
Colchester 2-1 7%	12.00 9%	11.00
Colchester 2-0 5%	15.00	13.00 13%
Draw 2-2 5%	17.00 13%	13.00
Walsall 3-1 4%	19.00	15.00 15%
Walsall 3-0 4%	19.00 10%	15.00
Colchester 3-1 3%	29.00 12%	21.00 9%
Walsall 3-2 2%	29.00	23.00
Colchester 3-0 2%	34.00	26.00 10%
Colchester 3-2 2%	41.00 21%	26.00
Over 2.5 Goals 45%	2.10 2%	2.05
Under 2.5 Goals 55%	1.70 3%	1.70 2%
Home 1st Goal 50%	1.80	1.80 4%
Away 1st Goal 44%	2.25 2%	2.38 1%
No 1st Goal 5%	9.00 5%	8.00
BTTS - Yes 50%	1.83 2%	1.91 3%
BTTS - No 50%	1.83 4%	1.83 1%
BTTS - Home Win 19%	4.75	4.40 5%
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.75 6%	4.60
BTTS - Away Win 13%	7.00 8%	6.50
Home/draw 71%	1.36	1.30 1%
Away/draw 56%	1.67	1.70 3%
Home/away 73%	1.30	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	1.33	1.35
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	3.25	3.00
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	3.75 7%	3.60 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	1.25 3%	1.25
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	8.00	7.00
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1.08	1.08
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	19.00 12%	15.00 15%
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1.02 1%	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1.06	1.06
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	10.00 5%	8.00
Home DNB 63%	1.57	1.53 3%
Away DNB 48%	2.25	2.38 5%
Walsall win to nil 25%	3.50 7%	-
Colchester win to nil 17%	5.50	-
Walsall / Walsall 24%	3.50 3%	3.30 3%
Walsall / Colchester 3%	34.00 17%	26.00
Walsall / Draw 6%	15.00 15%	13.00
Draw / Walsall 15%	5.50	5.00
Draw / Colchester 11%	7.50 7%	7.00 7%
Draw / Draw 17%	5.00	4.60 4%
Colchester / Walsall 4%	26.00	19.00
Colchester / Colchester 15%	5.50	5.25 5%
Colchester / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00

Win / draw / win League Two table

Walsall have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Walsall have outscored their opponents by 23 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Walsall have played 7 games at home winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 11 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Colchester are in 16th position in the League Two on 18 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Colchester have conceded 16 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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	Walsall Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	15	9	2	4	8	29	-	-	Mar 28	Nov 15
2	Swindon	15	9	2	4	6	29	w 2-1F	Apr 6	Apr 10	d 0-00-0
3	Notts C	15	8	3	4	11	27	Mar 7	Dec 20	Apr 25	Nov 22
4	Salford	15	8	2	5	2	26	w 1-0F	Feb 14	Feb 28	Dec 13
5	MK Dons	15	7	4	4	12	25	Feb 23	w 0-1F	Jan 1	Mar 17
6	Grimsby	15	7	4	4	9	25	l 0-1A	Feb 17	Jan 27	w 1-2A
7	Gillingham	15	7	4	4	6	25	Apr 3	l 1-0A	Dec 6	Dec 29
8	Crewe	15	8	1	6	4	25	Dec 26	Mar 14	d 1-1A	Jan 31
9	Bromley	15	6	6	3	5	24	Nov 29	May 2	l 0-2A	Mar 21
10	Chesterfield	15	6	6	3	3	24	w 1-0F	Jan 31	w 6-2F	Jan 10
11	Barnet	15	6	4	5	3	22	Feb 7	w 1-2F	Feb 21	d 1-1F
12	Cambridge	15	6	4	5	1	22	Mar 17	Jan 1	l 1-2F	Feb 17
13	Fleetwood	15	6	4	5	0	22	Jan 4	d 1-1A	Jan 24	l 4-2F
14	Oldham	15	4	7	4	1	19	Dec 29	Dec 9	Apr 3	d 1-1F
15	Barrow	15	5	4	6	-2	19	l 1-2A	Apr 18	l 0-2A	Feb 14
16	Colchester	15	4	6	5	1	18	Nov 15	Mar 28	-	-
17	Bristol R	15	5	2	8	-12	17	w 2-1A	Jan 10	d 1-1A	Jan 17
18	Tranmere	15	3	7	5	1	16	w 4-2F	Jan 17	d 1-1A	Apr 6
19	Crawley	15	4	3	8	-7	15	Jan 27	d 1-1A	Mar 13	Dec 26
20	Accrington	15	3	5	7	-4	14	Jan 24	w 1-3F	Jan 4	l 1-0A
21	Harrogate	15	4	2	9	-9	14	Apr 25	Nov 22	w 3-1A	Apr 18
22	Cheltenham	15	4	2	9	-16	14	Apr 11	l 1-0A	Nov 29	May 2
23	Shrewsbury	15	3	4	8	-12	13	Dec 13	Feb 28	Feb 7	w 0-2F
24	Newport	15	3	2	10	-11	11	Mar 21	w 2-4A	Dec 20	Mar 7

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	1 - 2	Barrow
Walsall	2 - 1	Bristol R
Walsall	4 - 2	Tranmere
Walsall	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Walsall	1 - 0	Salford
Walsall	0 - 1	Grimsby
Walsall	2 - 1	Swindon
Walsall	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Walsall	0 - 1	Accrington
Walsall	2 - 2	Harrogate
Walsall	2 - 3	Port Vale
Walsall	1 - 1	AFC Wim
Walsall	1 - 3	Grimsby
Walsall	0 - 1	Swindon
Walsall	3 - 1	Chesterfield
Walsall	1 - 1	Gillingham
Walsall	2 - 2	Salford
Walsall	4 - 2	MK Dons
Walsall	5 - 1	Tranmere
Walsall	2 - 0	Newport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Walsall	4 - 2	Newport
A	Walsall	0 - 1	Cheltenham
H	Walsall	1 - 2	Barrow
A	Walsall	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Walsall	2 - 1	Bristol R
A	Walsall	3 - 1	Accrington
H	Walsall	4 - 2	Tranmere
A	Walsall	1 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Walsall	1 - 0	Chesterfield
A	Walsall	1 - 0	MK Dons
H	Walsall	1 - 0	Salford
H	Walsall	0 - 1	Grimsby
A	Walsall	2 - 1	Barnet
A	Walsall	0 - 1	Gillingham
H	Walsall	2 - 1	Swindon
A	Walsall	0 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Walsall	2 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Walsall	2 - 0	Chesterfield
A	Walsall	1 - 0	Crewe
H	Walsall	0 - 1	Accrington

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Bradford	4 - 1	Colchester
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Colchester
MK Dons	0 - 1	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 1	Colchester
Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 3	Colchester
Harrogate	0 - 0	Colchester
Bromley	0 - 1	Colchester
Swindon	3 - 2	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Swindon
H	Colchester	3 - 1	Harrogate
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
A	Colchester	2 - 4	Fleetwood
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Accrington
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Barnet
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Barrow
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Cambridge
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Oldham
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Barrow
A	Colchester	1 - 4	Salford
A	Colchester	0 - 3	Doncaster
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Newport

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Walsall have not lost to Colchester in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Walsall

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 15

8 / 15

Clean sheets

7 / 15

4 / 15

WLS

COU

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

Colchester

Walsall

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

5 / 16

WLS

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Colchester	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Colchester	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	4 - 4	Draw
	0 - 2	Walsall
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	2 - 0
Colchester	1 - 0
Colchester	2 - 0
Colchester	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Walsall
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Colchester	5 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Walsall 1st	Colchester 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Walsall will score no more than 1 goal	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+9 Walsall’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-3 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

10%

better

WLS

COU

view stats

Games scored	12		11
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	7		6
Goals scored	23		21
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	17		17
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+10%

18%

better

WLS

COU

view stats

Games conceded	12		13
Clean sheets	3		2
Conceded first	8		8
Goals conceded	15		20
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	12%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+18%

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

Walsall League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	5	2	3
M Roberts	D Kanu	C Barrett	B Comley

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Roberts GLK	15			1 -
A Flint DEF	15	1		2 -
C Barrett DEF	15	3	2	2 -
A Pressley FWD	15	4	1	1 -
A Adomah FWD	15	2	1	-
L Warrington MID	14			2 -
C Lakin MID	14	1	1	1 1
E Weir DEF	13	3	1	1 -
R Finnigan MID	12	2	1	1 -
B Comley MID	11			2 1
D Kanu FWD	11	5		-
J Jellis MID	10		1	1 -
H Burke DEF	9	1		-
V Harper MID	9		1	3 -
J Matt FWD	9			-
P Farquharson DEF	7			-
R Browne DEF	6	1	1	-
M Hancock DEF	4		1	-
R Richards MID	3		1	-
J. Hollman MID	3			-
D. Cox DEF	2			1 -
F. Okeke DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	18	2	4
D Kanu	D Kanu	C Barrett	E Weir

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Kanu FWD	5	18
A Pressley FWD	4	8	1	2
C Barrett DEF	3	4	2	2
E Weir DEF	3	4	1	4
A Adomah FWD	2	4	1	1
R Finnigan MID	2	3	1	3
A Flint DEF	1	2		1
C Lakin MID	1	5	1	2
H Burke DEF	1	1
R Browne DEF	1	4	1
L Warrington MID		1
B Comley MID		1
J Jellis MID		1	1	2
V Harper MID			1
M Hancock DEF		1	1	1
R Richards MID		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
377	45	104
A Flint	C Barrett	A Pressley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Flint DEF	377	13	98
C Barrett DEF	357	45	90
E Weir DEF	355	18	53
M Roberts GLK	355		7
L Warrington MID	290	14	37
C Lakin MID	247	29	48
J Jellis MID	216	16	41
A Pressley FWD	206	3	104
H Burke DEF	184	10	43
R Browne DEF	163	7	31
V Harper MID	136	28	60
B Comley MID	120	14	20
R Finnigan MID	105	25	43
D. Cox DEF	85		8
M Hancock DEF	73	5	20
A Adomah FWD	68	7	14
D Kanu FWD	59	1	25
J Matt FWD	32		15
P Farquharson DEF	31	1	7
J. Hollman MID	11	3	6
R Richards MID	10	2	5

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	5	4	4
J Tucker	H Anderson	J Payne	J Payne

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	15	2	1	2 -
T Bishop MID	15			-
A Read MID	15	1	2	3 -
M Macey GLK	14			1 -
J Payne MID	13	4	4	4 -
S Tovide FWD	13	1		1 -
J. Williams FWD	13			1 -
R Hunt DEF	12			1 -
O Edwards FWD	12			1
K Vincent-Young DEF	11			1 -
H Anderson FWD	11	5	1	1 -
H. Araujo DEF	9		1	1 -
J. Powell DEF	9			-
M. Mbick FWD	9	3	1	-
T Flanagan DEF	7			-
J Gordon FWD	7			-
A. Akande FWD	6		1	-
E Iandolo DEF	5			3 -
D Gape MID	4			1 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
T Smith GLK	2			1 -
J Baldwin DEF	2			-
W Goodwin FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	9	4	6
H Anderson	J Payne	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Anderson FWD	5	7	1
J Payne MID	4	9	4	6
M. Mbick FWD	3	9	1	2
J Tucker DEF	2	2	1	1
A Read MID	1	4	2	4
S Tovide FWD	1	7		2
T Bishop MID		2		3
J. Williams FWD		3		2
R Hunt DEF		1		1
O Edwards FWD		1		2
K Vincent-Young DEF				1
H. Araujo DEF		1	1	1
J. Powell DEF		3		1
A. Akande FWD		1	1
E Iandolo DEF		1		2
W Goodwin FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
769	34	92
J Tucker	T Bishop	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	769	8	92
T Bishop MID	666	34	84
A Read MID	606	28	76
H. Araujo DEF	459	9	51
R Hunt DEF	405	13	37
J Payne MID	396	22	60
T Flanagan DEF	364	4	36
M Macey GLK	359		5
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
K Vincent-Young DEF	269	12	35
E Iandolo DEF	261	7	28
O Edwards FWD	222	13	32
H Anderson FWD	187	28	73
M. Mbick FWD	150	13	50
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
S Tovide FWD	75	5	43
J. Williams FWD	66	3	19
D Gape MID	66	8	16
J Gordon FWD	56	3	14
T Smith GLK	49		1
A. Akande FWD	37	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	35		2
W Goodwin FWD	15		3