League Two: Salford City vs Colchester – Betting preview

Ace Football team offers a betting preview for Salford City and Colchester, including latest fixture stats, facts and a free betting tip with the best odds from our recommended bookmakers.

Salford City come up against visiting side Colchester in a League Two fixture on Friday at Peninsula Stadium.

Salford City approach the next League Two round as number 21 in the table, having claimed 27 points this season so far. With 27 games behind them, Colchester amassed 25 points, placing them as number 22 before their next fixture.

Form: Salford City vs Colchester

Salford City Form

Salford City have four points to show from their last three matches, as they lost 3-0 against Accrington, before drawing 2-2 with Forest Green. They won their most recent game 0-1 against Crawley. Salford City are without a win in their last six League Two matches on home soil, which produced a record of two draws and four defeats, in which they conceded 16 and scored six goals.

Colchester Form

Colchester came through the last three games without a win, but still booked two points to their account. They lost 0-1 against Gillingham, followed by a 2-2 draw with Swindon. They also shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Bradford. Colchester are winless in their last six away games in the League Two, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 15 goals while scoring seven themselves.

Betting stats and facts for Salford City and Colchester

Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Salford City and Colchester played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Salford City vs Colchester

Conor McAleny hit the target once in six League Two, while Tom Hopper scored a similar amount in his last six games. Both’ll be hoping to double that at Peninsula Stadium.

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Full-time result

One win at Peninsula Stadium is a poor outcome for Salford City from 10 attempts to claim a win here. They drew four and lost five in this streak. Colchester won three of their 10 most recent games away, drew one and lost six. Amazingly, Colchester failed to keep a clean sheet in their 13 last matches. Colchester have not lost to Salford City in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Salford City only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Curiously, Colchester only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Salford City will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet on Friday, as Colchester have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 games. The former fought their way to three clean sheets in their last 10 games.

Total goals

Salford City performed an average of 0.8 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Colchester, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.

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