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Tuesday 17 February 2026 · 19:45 · HT 1-1 · Referee Declan Brown

Cambridge United v Colchester United: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cambridge United's last 10 home games and Colchester United's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 8.7 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cambridge United's 31 League Two games and Colchester United's 30 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cambridge United v Colchester United, full match

43%

Possession

57%

1.36

Expected goals (xG)

1.68

14

Shots

9

2

Shots on target

3

5

Corners

3

9

Fouls

11

2

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

3'

Goal

Kell Watts CAM

22'

Yellow card

Teddy Bishop COL

30'

Goal

Jack Payne COL

43'

Yellow card

Ben Purrington CAM

84'

Yellow card

James Gibbons CAM

90+5'

Yellow card

Arthur Read COL

At a glance

Cambridge United

3rd in the table

W

L

W

Colchester United

12th in the table

L

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cambridge United's home games and Colchester United's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Cambridge United's last 10 home games and Colchester United's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

35%

7/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

45%

9/20 games · League 55%

Cambridge United clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Cambridge United fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

8.7

League 9.8

Cards

3.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Cambridge United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jake Eastwood

DEFENDERS

3

6

23

26

MIDFIELDERS

14

Ben Knight

17

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu

21

Shane McLoughlin

FORWARDS

7

James Brophy

9

Louis Appéré

11

Sullay Kaikai

SUBSTITUTES

25

2

28

8

27

19

24

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

2

5

24

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

9

Samson Tovide

14

Kyreece Lisbie

21

Owura Edwards

SUBSTITUTES

12

22

40

25

27

17

19

Referee: Declan Brown

6 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.0

Red cards per game

0.50

Fouls per game

16.8

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.17

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Declan Brown's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

CAM

COL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

2.5

2.4

2.6

Over 0.5

90%

28/31

93%

28/30

92%

56/61

94%

Over 1.5

74%

23/31

73%

22/30

74%

45/61

73%

Over 2.5

39%

12/31

30%

9/30

34%

21/61

48%

Over 3.5

13%

4/31

20%

6/30

16%

10/61

27%

Over 4.5

6%

2/31

13%

4/30

10%

6/61

11%

Bet

CAM

COL

Match

League

Yes

48%

15/31

53%

16/30

51%

31/61

54%

Yes and win

26%

8/31

20%

6/30

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

32%

10/31

30%

9/30

31%

19/61

41%

Yes and draw

16%

5/31

23%

7/30

20%

12/61

19%

Yes and loss

6%

2/31

10%

3/30

17%

Yes in both halves

3%

1/31

7%

2/30

5%

3/61

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Bet

CAM

COL

Match

League

Corners per match

8.6

8.5

8.6

9.8

Over 7.5

61%

19/31

60%

18/30

61%

37/61

74%

Over 8.5

48%

15/31

57%

17/30

52%

32/61

64%

Over 9.5

45%

14/31

30%

9/30

38%

23/61

53%

Over 10.5

35%

11/31

27%

8/30

31%

19/61

38%

Over 11.5

16%

5/31

17%

5/30

16%

10/61

27%

Over 12.5

10%

3/31

13%

4/30

11%

7/61

20%

Referee Declan Brown: 3.5 cards and 16.8 fouls per game in 6 games this season

Bet

CAM

COL

Match

League

Cards per match

3.3

4.2

3.7

4.1

Over 2.5

68%

21/31

80%

24/30

74%

45/61

79%

Over 3.5

39%

12/31

63%

19/30

51%

31/61

59%

Over 4.5

29%

9/31

47%

14/30

38%

23/61

41%

Over 5.5

13%

4/31

30%

9/30

21%

13/61

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Ben Knight

14 starts · 0.6 per 90

29%

4/14

36%

5/14

14%

2/14

0%

0/14

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.