Our prediction for this League 2 match:
Colchester will try to put an end to their four-game winless run in League Two when they face Tranmere Rovers on Saturday afternoon. The U’s defeated MK Dons in the EFL trophy on Tuesday, but the match was marked with Harry Anderson’s injury. First-team regular Mandela Egbo is widely expected to replace Anderson in the starting XI, but there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The Super Whites, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 loss to Gillingham and seeing that Colchester are in need of points, home win should be considered. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team, but Harvey Saunders could sneak into the starting XI after coming as a substitute in the last league fixture. In their last encounter at the venue Colchester defeated Tranmere 2-0 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.