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Thursday 1 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Stephen Parkinson

Colchester United v Milton Keynes Dons: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Colchester United's last 10 home games and Milton Keynes Dons's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 14 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 20, with 8.4 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.2 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Milton Keynes Dons, full match

60%

Possession

40%

1.43

Expected goals (xG)

1.00

10

Shots

10

3

Shots on target

4

6

Corners

3

9

Fouls

14

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

60'

Yellow card

Luke Offord MIL

90'

Yellow card

Jonathan Leko MIL

90+4'

Penalty

Jack Payne COL

90+5'

Yellow card

Jack Payne COL

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

D

W

L

D

Milton Keynes Dons

2nd in the table

D

W

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Milton Keynes Dons'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 Milton Keynes Dons's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

70%

14/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

95%

19/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

60%

12/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

30%

6/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

13/20 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.2

League 2.6

Corners

8.4

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

3

5

24

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

9

Samson Tovide

19

Will Goodwin

21

Owura Edwards

SUBSTITUTES

12

2

40

15

14

17

33

Milton Keynes Dons

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Craig McGillivray

DEFENDERS

2

15

21

22

32

MIDFIELDERS

6

Liam Kelly

7

Dan Crowley

10

Aaron Collins

FORWARDS

13

Callum Paterson

29

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy

SUBSTITUTES

27

Connal Trueman

34

Callum Tripp

20

Kane Thompson-Sommers

24

Connor Lemonheigh-Evans

9

Scott Hogan

16

Aaron Nemane

17

Jonathan Leko

Referee: Stephen Parkinson

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

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.6

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

26.1

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.27

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

MIL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

3.0

2.9

2.6

Over 0.5

91%

21/23

96%

22/23

93%

43/46

94%

Over 1.5

87%

20/23

87%

20/23

87%

40/46

75%

Over 2.5

35%

8/23

61%

14/23

48%

22/46

47%

Over 3.5

26%

6/23

39%

9/23

33%

15/46

29%

Over 4.5

17%

4/23

17%

4/23

17%

8/46

11%

Bet

COL

MIL

Match

League

Yes

65%

15/23

65%

15/23

65%

30/46

55%

Yes and win

22%

5/23

22%

5/23

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

35%

8/23

48%

11/23

41%

19/46

41%

Yes and draw

30%

7/23

26%

6/23

28%

13/46

22%

Yes and loss

13%

3/23

17%

4/23

17%

Yes in both halves

9%

2/23

0%

0/23

4%

2/46

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Bet

COL

MIL

Match

League

Corners per match

8.3

8.7

8.5

9.7

Over 7.5

52%

12/23

70%

16/23

61%

28/46

72%

Over 8.5

48%

11/23

48%

11/23

48%

22/46

61%

Over 9.5

30%

7/23

35%

8/23

33%

15/46

50%

Over 10.5

26%

6/23

26%

6/23

26%

12/46

38%

Over 11.5

13%

3/23

9%

2/23

11%

5/46

25%

Over 12.5

13%

3/23

9%

2/23

11%

5/46

20%

Referee Stephen Parkinson: 3.6 cards and 26.1 fouls per game in 15 games this season

Bet

COL

MIL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

4.1

Over 2.5

74%

17/23

83%

19/23

78%

36/46

79%

Over 3.5

61%

14/23

65%

15/23

63%

29/46

61%

Over 4.5

39%

9/23

43%

10/23

41%

19/46

41%

Over 5.5

26%

6/23

4%

1/23

15%

7/46

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Callum Paterson

19 starts · 0.4 per 90

5%

1/19

37%

7/19

0%

0/19

0%

0/19

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy

12 starts · 0.3 per 90

17%

2/12

25%

3/12

0%

0/12

0%

0/12

Samson Tovide

14 starts · 0.3 per 90

14%

2/14

21%

3/14

0%

0/14

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.