Our prediction for this League 2 match:
Colchester Community Stadium will host Saturday’s football game between Colchester United and Cheltenham Town, the two bottom-table sides. The U’s aim to put an end to their three-game winless run and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against Michael Flynn’s troops. Both Fiacre Kelleher and John-Kymani Gordon are pushing for recalls to the starting XI as head coach Danny Cowley is expected to shuffle his pack.
The visitors, on the other hand, do not seem to be at the top of their game. Given their under-par displays in back-to-back defeats to Barrow (1-2) and Swindon (2-3), we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home side. In their last encounter in the English fourth tier Cheltenham defeated Colchester 1-0, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge. There are no fresh injury concerns in the away team ahead of the trip to Essex.
Highlighted Team (Colchester):
Founded in 1937, Colchester United are a professional football club that compete in the League Two, the English fourth tier. The U’s welcome their rivals at Colchester Community Stadium, the venue which has the capacity of 10,105 people.
Colchester United are well known for their blue kit, but white is the dominant colour of their away kit. The U’s have an official fans association known as the CUSA. Colchester supporters consider Wycombe Wanderers the club’s fiercest rivals, but the rivalries with Southend United and Ipswich Town are big as well. Colchester United did well to win the FA Trophy in the 1991/92 season, with the team clinching the Essex Senior Cup trophy in the 2009/10 season.
In December 1961 the U’s recorded their biggest win, with the team rolling over Bradford City 9-1 in the Fourth Division. Colchester United repeated the success 44 years later as they hammered Leamington 9-1 in the FA Cup round 1.