Ace Football team offers the League Two match preview for Colchester and Salford City, including the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.
Colchester enjoy home advantage, when visitors Salford City swing by this coming Friday for a clash in the League Two. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Placed 22th in the table Colchester have amassed 20 points after 22 matches. On 23 points, Salford City rank 20th with 22 matches played this season.
Form: Colchester vs Salford City
Colchester Form
In their last three matches, Colchester lost 3-1 against Doncaster, 1-2 against Crawley and 2-1 against Wrexham. Colchester only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at JobServe Community Stadium in the League Two. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded 13 goals.
Salford City Form
Salford City came through the last three games without a win, but still booked two points to their account. They lost 2-4 against Milton Keynes Dons, followed by a 0-0 draw with Stockport County. They also shared the points in a 0-0 draw with AFC Wimbledon. Salford City claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the League Two. The scoreline from these matches reads six goals conceded and eight scored.
Betting stats for Colchester and Salford City
Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Colchester and Salford City played across all tournaments.
- Colchester have conceded in 19 of the last 21 matches
- Colchester have lost the last 5 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Colchester have lost the last 5 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Colchester have conceded in 14 of the last 16 home matches
- In 7 of the last 9 home matches Colchester played, both teams scored
- Salford City have not won 11 of the last 13 matches
- In 6 of the last 8 matches Salford City played, both teams scored
- Salford City have not won 8 of the last 10 away matches
- In 6 of the last 8 Salford City matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Salford City have not lost 4 of the last 5 away matches
In-form players: Colchester vs Salford City
Joe Taylor managed to hit the target twice recently for Colchester, while Matt Smith, added two strikes in League Two for Salford City in his last six outings.
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Full-time result
Colchester claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing six. Salford City won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Colchester lost their previous 5 matches.
Both teams to score
Colchester scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Salford City got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Colchester games Salford City will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Friday with Colchester managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Colchester, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Salford City, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches. Colchester conceded a goal in their previous 7 matches on the spin.
Recommended tip: Colchester vs Salford City
In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Colchester and Salford City. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.
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