Our prediction for this League 2 match:
Colchester Community Stadium will host Saturday’s football game between Colchester United and Bromley. The U’s aim to put an end to their three-game winless run and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against the newcomers. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the home team, defender Ben Goodliffe should sneak into the starting XI after scoring as a substitute against Accrington.
Bromley, on the other hand, survived Cambridge United in the EFL Trophy clash, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Colchester, who are a real force to be reckoned with at home. Levi Amantchi limped off with injury in the EFL Trophy win over Cambridge United, but the 23-year-old forward should not have started anyway. In their last meeting in a competitive match, back in 2009 (FA Cup), Colchester crushed Bromley 4-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
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.