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Colchester United v Barrow AFC: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Colchester United's last 2 home games and Barrow AFC's last 2 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 4, with 9.8 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Barrow AFC, full match

66%

Possession

34%

1.99

Expected goals (xG)

1.18

24

Shots

9

6

Shots on target

4

14

Corners

2

10

Fouls

14

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

9'

Goal

Jack Earing BAR

14'

Yellow card

Jack Payne COL

14'

Yellow card

Regan Booty BAR

45'

Yellow card

Charlie Raglan BAR

71'

Yellow card

Tom Barkhuizen BAR

72'

Goal

Lewis Shipley BAR

90+1'

Yellow card

Kyreece Lisbie COL

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

L

W

D

Barrow AFC

24th in the table

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Barrow AFC'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 Colchester United's last 2 home games and Barrow AFC's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

2/4 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

25%

1/4 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

2/4 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

2/4 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Barrow AFC clean sheet

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Barrow AFC fail to score

100%

2/2 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.8

League 2.6

Corners

9.8

League 9.8

Cards

3.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

2

5

MIDFIELDERS

8

10

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

1

30

17

23

Barrow AFC

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

DEFENDERS

MIDFIELDERS

8

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

1

Benjamin Winterbottom

17

18

Referee: Aaron Bannister

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

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.33

Fouls per game

26.7

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.00

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

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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

COL

BAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

1.8

2.0

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

4/4

100%

4/4

100%

8/8

94%

Over 1.5

100%

4/4

50%

2/4

75%

6/8

76%

Over 2.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

47%

Over 3.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

20%

Over 4.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

12%

Bet

COL

BAR

Match

League

Yes

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

55%

Yes and win

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

41%

Yes and draw

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

18%

Yes and loss

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

18%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

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Bet

COL

BAR

Match

League

Corners per match

11.0

7.3

9.1

9.2

Over 7.5

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

59%

Over 8.5

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

47%

Over 9.5

50%

2/4

25%

1/4

38%

3/8

37%

Over 10.5

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

22%

Over 11.5

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

22%

Over 12.5

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

18%

Referee Aaron Bannister: 3.5 cards and 26.7 fouls per game in 6 games this season

Bet

COL

BAR

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

2.3

3.1

4.2

Over 2.5

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

78%

Over 3.5

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

67%

Over 4.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

39%

Over 5.5

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

13%

1/8

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Tucker

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Connor Mahoney

3 starts · 0.0 per 90

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Owura Edwards

3 starts · 0.0 per 90

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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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.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Colchester United

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Cambridge United

(H)

1-2

L

16 Aug

Shrewsbury Town

(A)

2-0

W

9 Aug

Oldham Athletic

(A)

1-1

D

2 Aug

Tranmere Rovers

(H)

1-1

D

Barrow AFC

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Harrogate Town

(A)

0-1

L

16 Aug

Notts County

(H)

2-1

W

9 Aug

Milton Keynes Dons

(H)

0-2

L

2 Aug

Chesterfield

(A)

0-1

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Colchester United and Barrow AFC haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League Two table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Bromley

46

24

15

7

71

46

+25

87

W

L

D

L

W

2

MK Dons

46

24

14

8

86

45

+41

86

D

W

D

3

Cambridge Utd

46

22

16

8

66

33

+33

82

D

W

L

D

W

4

Salford

46

25

6

15

61

51

+10

81

D

W

D

L

5

Notts County

46

24

8

14

74

52

+22

80

D

W

L

W

6

Chesterfield

46

21

16

9

71

56

+15

79

W

D

W

D

7

Grimsby

46

22

12

74

50

+24

78

D

W

L

8

Barnet

46

21

13

12

70

53

+17

76

W

9

Swindon

46

22

9

15

70

59

+11

75

L

D

L

W

10

Oldham

46

18

14

60

44

+16

68

W

L

11

Crewe

46

19

10

17

64

58

+6

67

D

L

W

12

Colchester

46

18

12

16

62

49

+13

66

W

L

W

13

Walsall

46

18

11

17

56

0

65

L

W

L

14

Bristol Rovers

46

19

5

22

56

65

-9

62

D

W

15

Fleetwood

46

15

16

15

57

58

-1

61

D

W

L

16

Accrington

46

14

11

21

47

58

-11

53

L

D

L

17

Gillingham

46

13

14

19

53

72

-19

53

W

L

D

18

Cheltenham

46

14

10

22

53

79

-26

52

L

W

19

Shrewsbury

46

13

10

23

42

69

-27

49

L

D

W

L

20

Newport

46

12

7

27

48

77

-29

43

W

L

W

L

21

Tranmere

46

10

11

25

54

79

-25

41

D

L

W

L

D

22

Crawley

46

8

16

22

44

68

-24

40

D

L

23

Harrogate Town

46

10

9

27

39

68

-29

39

L

W

L

24

Barrow AFC

46

9

28

45

78

-33

36

L

W

L

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Colchester United v Barrow AFC: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Colchester United

Barrow AFC

Referee: Aaron Bannister

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Colchester United

Barrow AFC

Head to head

League Two table