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Saturday 20 September 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-1 · Referee Abigail Byrne

Colchester United v Bristol Rovers: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Colchester United's last 4 home games and Bristol Rovers's last 4 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 6 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 4 of 8, with 9.8 corners per match (league 9.8) and 5.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Bristol Rovers, full match

51%

Possession

49%

1.15

Expected goals (xG)

1.24

10

Shots

10

4

Shots on target

1

4

Corners

2

7

Fouls

17

2

Yellow cards

5

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

21'

Yellow card

Tom Smith COL

40'

Goal

Fabrizio Cavegn BRI

43'

Yellow card

Luke Thomas BRI

45+3'

Yellow card

Ellis Harrison BRI

52'

Goal

Micah Mbick COL

59'

Yellow card

Joel Cotterill BRI

79'

Yellow card

Kacper Łopata BRI

79'

Yellow card

Arthur Read COL

83'

Yellow card

Josh McEachran BRI

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

L

D

L

Bristol Rovers

14th in the table

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Bristol Rovers'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 4 home games and Bristol Rovers's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

75%

6/8 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

88%

7/8 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

4/8 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

2/8 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

38%

3/8 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

8/8 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Bristol Rovers clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

25%

1/4 games · League 27%

Bristol Rovers fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.6

Corners

9.8

League 9.8

Cards

5.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

12

Tom Smith

DEFENDERS

5

24

26

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

7

Harry Anderson

14

Kyreece Lisbie

33

Micah Mbick

SUBSTITUTES

46

2

11

15

47

9

17

Bristol Rovers

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Luke Southwood

DEFENDERS

3

Jack Sparkes

5

Alfie Kilgour

23

Macauley Southam-Hales

35

Kacper Łopata

MIDFIELDERS

20

Josh McEachran

22

Kamil Conteh

24

Alfie Chang

FORWARDS

9

Promise Omochere

11

Luke Thomas

29

Fabrizio Cavegn

SUBSTITUTES

2

4

27

14

19

30

43

Referee: Abigail Byrne

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

Cards per game

4.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.22

Fouls per game

24.3

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.22

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

BRI

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

2.3

2.1

2.4

Over 0.5

100%

8/8

88%

7/8

94%

15/16

96%

Over 1.5

88%

7/8

50%

4/8

69%

11/16

71%

Over 2.5

13%

1/8

50%

4/8

31%

5/16

41%

Over 3.5

0%

0/8

25%

2/8

13%

2/16

21%

Over 4.5

0%

0/8

13%

1/8

6%

1/16

8%

Bet

COL

BRI

Match

League

Yes

63%

5/8

50%

4/8

56%

9/16

54%

Yes and win

0%

0/8

25%

2/8

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

13%

1/8

50%

4/8

31%

5/16

37%

Yes and draw

50%

4/8

0%

0/8

25%

4/16

22%

Yes and loss

13%

1/8

25%

2/8

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/16

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Bet

COL

BRI

Match

League

Corners per match

10.5

9.9

10.2

9.7

Over 7.5

75%

6/8

50%

4/8

63%

10/16

68%

Over 8.5

75%

6/8

38%

3/8

56%

9/16

59%

Over 9.5

50%

4/8

38%

3/8

44%

7/16

48%

Over 10.5

50%

4/8

38%

3/8

44%

7/16

38%

Over 11.5

38%

3/8

38%

3/8

38%

6/16

28%

Over 12.5

38%

3/8

38%

3/8

38%

6/16

21%

Referee Abigail Byrne: 4.4 cards and 24.3 fouls per game in 9 games this season

Bet

COL

BRI

Match

League

Cards per match

4.4

4.8

4.6

4.3

Over 2.5

75%

6/8

100%

8/8

88%

14/16

80%

Over 3.5

75%

6/8

100%

8/8

88%

14/16

68%

Over 4.5

50%

4/8

50%

4/8

50%

8/16

43%

Over 5.5

38%

3/8

13%

1/8

25%

4/16

26%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Tucker

8 starts · 0.3 per 90

25%

2/8

25%

2/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

Fabrizio Cavegn

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Macauley Southam-Hales

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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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.