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Tuesday 27 January 2026 · 19:45 · HT 0-1 · Referee Ben Atkinson

Colchester United v Grimsby Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Colchester United's last 10 home games and Grimsby Town's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 20, with 7.8 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.2 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Grimsby Town, full match

63%

Possession

37%

2.39

Expected goals (xG)

0.85

25

Shots

13

4

Shots on target

3

8

Corners

5

14

Fouls

13

3

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

38'

Goal

Harvey Rodgers GRI

56'

Yellow card

Samson Tovide COL

61'

Yellow card

Kieran Green GRI

66'

Second yellow

Kieran Green GRI

75'

Yellow card

Andy Cook GRI

81'

Yellow card

Kyreece Lisbie COL

90+10'

Yellow card

Harvey Araujo COL

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

W

D

Grimsby Town

7th in the table

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Grimsby Town'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 10 home games and Grimsby Town'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

85%

17/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

20%

4/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

70%

14/20 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Grimsby Town clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Grimsby Town fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.6

Corners

7.8

League 9.8

Cards

4.2

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

5

24

30

40

MIDFIELDERS

2

Rob Hunt

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

9

Samson Tovide

19

Will Goodwin

21

Owura Edwards

SUBSTITUTES

12

20

11

15

14

17

23

Grimsby Town

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Jackson Smith

DEFENDERS

5

6

16

17

MIDFIELDERS

4

8

15

18

30

FORWARDS

10

Jude Soonsup-Bell

SUBSTITUTES

21

Tyrell Warren

7

Jamie Walker

9

Jaze Kabia

20

George James McEachran

29

Clarke Oduor

39

Andy Cook

40

Tyrell Sellars-Fleming

Referee: Ben Atkinson

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

Cards per game

5.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.3

Red cards per game

0.29

Fouls per game

21.3

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

GRI

Match

League

Goals per match

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

92%

24/26

96%

25/26

94%

49/52

94%

Over 1.5

81%

21/26

69%

18/26

75%

39/52

75%

Over 2.5

35%

9/26

42%

11/26

38%

20/52

48%

Over 3.5

23%

6/26

23%

6/26

23%

12/52

28%

Over 4.5

15%

4/26

15%

4/26

15%

8/52

12%

Bet

COL

GRI

Match

League

Yes

62%

16/26

46%

12/26

54%

28/52

55%

Yes and win

23%

6/26

12%

3/26

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

35%

9/26

35%

9/26

35%

18/52

42%

Yes and draw

27%

7/26

23%

6/26

25%

13/52

20%

Yes and loss

12%

3/26

12%

3/26

17%

Yes in both halves

8%

2/26

0%

0/26

4%

2/52

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Bet

COL

GRI

Match

League

Corners per match

8.4

9.9

9.1

9.7

Over 7.5

58%

15/26

77%

20/26

67%

35/52

73%

Over 8.5

54%

14/26

65%

17/26

60%

31/52

62%

Over 9.5

27%

7/26

42%

11/26

35%

18/52

51%

Over 10.5

23%

6/26

35%

9/26

29%

15/52

38%

Over 11.5

12%

3/26

31%

8/26

21%

11/52

26%

Over 12.5

12%

3/26

27%

7/26

19%

10/52

19%

Referee Ben Atkinson: 5.3 cards and 21.3 fouls per game in 7 games this season

Bet

COL

GRI

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

4.7

4.4

4.1

Over 2.5

77%

20/26

88%

23/26

83%

43/52

79%

Over 3.5

62%

16/26

81%

21/26

71%

37/52

60%

Over 4.5

42%

11/26

46%

12/26

44%

23/52

42%

Over 5.5

27%

7/26

27%

7/26

27%

14/52

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Kieran Green

22 starts · 0.3 per 90

14%

3/22

27%

6/22

0%

0/22

0%

0/22

Charles Vernam

25 starts · 0.3 per 90

8%

2/25

24%

6/25

0%

0/25

0%

0/25

Jack Payne

16 starts · 0.3 per 90

6%

1/16

19%

3/16

6%

1/16

6%

1/16

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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.