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Tuesday 19 August 2025 · 19:45 · HT 1-2 · Referee Richard Eley

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

In Colchester United's last 1 home game and Cambridge United's last 1 away game in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 2, with 9.0 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.5 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Cambridge United, full match

51%

Possession

49%

0.78

Expected goals (xG)

1.51

9

Shots

12

3

Shots on target

4

2

Corners

11

Fouls

16

2

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

13'

Goal

Arthur Read COL

39'

Yellow card

Mamadou Jobe CAM

44'

Yellow card

Jack Payne COL

45'

Goal

James Brophy CAM

45+2'

Goal

Mamadou Jobe CAM

56'

Yellow card

Dominic Ball CAM

67'

Yellow card

Samson Tovide COL

68'

Yellow card

Kell Watts CAM

90+3'

Yellow card

Liam Bennett CAM

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

W

D

Cambridge United

3rd in the table

D

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Colchester United's last 1 home game and Cambridge United's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

100%

2/2 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

100%

2/2 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

0%

0/2 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

1/2 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Cambridge United clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Cambridge United fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.5

League 2.6

Corners

9.0

League 9.8

Cards

3.5

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

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

23

Adrian Akande

27

Oscar Thorn

Samson Tovide

SUBSTITUTES

1

17

Cambridge United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jake Eastwood

DEFENDERS

2

6

MIDFIELDERS

4

Dominic Ball

17

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu

Elias Kachunga

FORWARDS

9

Louis Appéré

11

Sullay Kaikai

James Brophy

SUBSTITUTES

31

21

10

Referee: Richard Eley

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

Cards per game

3.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.6

Red cards per game

0.30

Fouls per game

26.2

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.20

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

CAM

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

2.7

2.3

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

95%

Over 1.5

100%

3/3

67%

2/3

83%

5/6

78%

Over 2.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

46%

Over 3.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

19%

Over 4.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

8%

Bet

COL

CAM

Match

League

Yes

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

67%

4/6

54%

Yes and win

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

38%

Yes and draw

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

22%

Yes and loss

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

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Bet

COL

CAM

Match

League

Corners per match

10.3

9.0

9.7

8.9

Over 7.5

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

67%

4/6

57%

Over 8.5

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

67%

4/6

43%

Over 9.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

30%

Over 10.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

19%

Over 11.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

19%

Over 12.5

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

17%

1/6

14%

Referee Richard Eley: 3.9 cards and 26.2 fouls per game in 10 games this season

Bet

COL

CAM

Match

League

Cards per match

3.3

2.3

2.8

4.0

Over 2.5

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

73%

Over 3.5

67%

2/3

0%

0/3

33%

2/6

65%

Over 4.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

32%

Over 5.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Louis Appéré

3 starts · 0.7 per 90

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Jack Tucker

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

James Brophy

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

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

16 Aug

Shrewsbury Town

(A)

2-0

W

9 Aug

Oldham Athletic

(A)

1-1

D

2 Aug

Tranmere Rovers

(H)

1-1

D

Cambridge United

Last 5 games before this match

16 Aug

Harrogate Town

(H)

1-1

D

9 Aug

Swindon Town

(A)

2-3

L

2 Aug

Cheltenham Town

(H)

1-0

W

Head to head

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

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

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Colchester United

Cambridge United

Referee: Richard Eley

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

Cambridge United

Head to head

League Two table