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League Two | Gameweek 20
Dec 8, 2021 at 7.45pm UK
Valley Parade
Colchester United

Bradford
0 - 0
Colchester


Watt (85')
FT

Chilvers (77'), Smith (87')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's League Two clash between Bradford City and Colchester United, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Bradford City 0-1 Colchester United

After a draining FA Cup journey this season having to play Exeter three times, travelling down to St James' Park twice last month, all to end up being knocked out of the competition, that may have negatively impacted the Bradford camp. Colchester will be looking to take advantage of that and it is a good opportunity for the visitors to record just their third league away win of the season against a side which is not in terrific form. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Bradford City win with a probability of 41.95%. A win for Colchester United had a probability of 30.22% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Bradford City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.42%) and 2-0 (8.01%). The likeliest Colchester United win was 0-1 (10.11%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.04%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood.

Result
Bradford CityDrawColchester United
41.95%27.82%30.22%
Both teams to score 47.12%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
41.47%58.53%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
20.89%79.1%
Bradford City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
72.47%27.52%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
36.97%63.03%
Colchester United Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
65.02%34.98%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
28.28%71.72%
Score Analysis
    Bradford City 41.95%
    Colchester United 30.22%
    Draw 27.81%
Bradford CityDrawColchester United
1-0 @ 12.42%
2-1 @ 8.42%
2-0 @ 8.01%
3-1 @ 3.62%
3-0 @ 3.45%
3-2 @ 1.9%
4-1 @ 1.17%
4-0 @ 1.11%
Other @ 1.86%
Total : 41.95%
1-1 @ 13.04%
0-0 @ 9.63%
2-2 @ 4.42%
Other @ 0.73%
Total : 27.81%
0-1 @ 10.11%
1-2 @ 6.85%
0-2 @ 5.31%
1-3 @ 2.4%
0-3 @ 1.86%
2-3 @ 1.55%
Other @ 2.14%
Total : 30.22%

How you voted: Bradford vs Colchester

Bradford City
47.4%
Draw
28.9%
Colchester United
23.7%
38
Head to Head
Mar 27, 2021 3pm
Gameweek 38
Colchester
1-2
Bradford
Nouble (42')
Smith (90+4')
Scales (10'), Cook (58')
Scales (75')
Sep 12, 2020 3pm
Gameweek 1
Bradford
0-0
Colchester
Staunton (19')
Welch-Hayes (68'), Eastman (76'), Smith (90+5')
Apr 4, 2020 3pm
Jan 21, 2020 7.45pm
Gameweek 18
Colchester
0-0
Bradford
Harriott (36'), Pell (77'), Clampin (86'), Comley (90')
McCartan (45'), Mellor (88')
Mar 1, 2016 7.45pm
Bradford
1-2
Colchester
Thomas (17')
Thomas (45')
Ambrose (23', 57')
Massey (20'), Ambrose (70'), Garvan (88')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Walsall20134337191843
2Port Vale2110742619737
3Doncaster RoversDoncaster2110653124736
4Crewe AlexandraCrewe209832416835
5Chesterfield2197536231334
6AFC Wimbledon20103731171433
7Notts County208752821731
8Grimsby Town21101102833-531
9MK Dons199373326730
10Gillingham209382218430
11Salford City208662219330
12Bradford CityBradford207762422228
13Bromley206952523227
14Cheltenham TownCheltenham217682930-127
15BarrowBarrow207582018226
16Newport CountyNewport207582731-426
17Colchester UnitedColchester2041152322123
18Fleetwood TownFleetwood195862425-123
19Tranmere RoversTranmere205691529-1421
20Harrogate TownHarrogate2163121732-1521
21Swindon TownSwindon2147102635-919
22Accrington StanleyAccrington204792636-1019
23Carlisle UnitedCarlisle2036111532-1715
24Morecambe2135131938-1914


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