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Saturday 20 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 2-0 · Referee Harry Wager

Colchester United v Newport County: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Colchester United's last 10 home games and Newport County'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 8.7 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.2 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Newport County, full match

51%

Possession

49%

1.85

Expected goals (xG)

0.79

16

Shots

7

Shots on target

2

Corners

2

12

Fouls

9

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

2'

Yellow card

Matt Smith NEW

22'

Goal

Kyreece Lisbie COL

31'

Yellow card

Cameron Evans NEW

43'

Goal

Samson Tovide COL

64'

Goal

Micah Mbick COL

66'

Goal

Sammy Braybrooke NEW

78'

Yellow card

Ellis Iandolo COL

90+6'

Goal

Jack Payne COL

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

L

D

W

Newport County

20th in the table

L

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Newport County'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 Newport County'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

20%

4/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

35%

7/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

13/20 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Newport County clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Newport County fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.6

Corners

8.7

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

16

Arthur Read

33

Micah Mbick

FORWARDS

7

Harry Anderson

9

Samson Tovide

14

Kyreece Lisbie

SUBSTITUTES

12

2

40

10

11

21

19

Newport County

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

28

Jordan Wright

DEFENDERS

2

Cameron Evans

3

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon

5

James Clarke

15

Lee Jenkins

MIDFIELDERS

7

8

11

20

44

FORWARDS

9

Courtney Baker-Richardson

SUBSTITUTES

1

4

6

17

12

24

27

Moses Alexander-Walker

Referee: Harry Wager

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

Cards per game

4.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.4

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.4

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.29

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

NEW

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.7

Over 0.5

90%

18/20

100%

20/20

95%

38/40

95%

Over 1.5

85%

17/20

80%

16/20

83%

33/40

77%

Over 2.5

35%

7/20

55%

11/20

45%

18/40

49%

Over 3.5

25%

5/20

30%

6/20

28%

11/40

29%

Over 4.5

15%

3/20

15%

3/20

15%

6/40

11%

Bet

COL

NEW

Match

League

Yes

60%

12/20

55%

11/20

58%

23/40

57%

Yes and win

20%

4/20

5%

1/20

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

35%

7/20

45%

9/20

40%

16/40

42%

Yes and draw

25%

5/20

20%

4/20

23%

9/40

23%

Yes and loss

15%

3/20

30%

6/20

17%

Yes in both halves

10%

2/20

5%

1/20

8%

3/40

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Bet

COL

NEW

Match

League

Corners per match

8.3

8.4

8.3

9.7

Over 7.5

50%

10/20

55%

11/20

53%

21/40

71%

Over 8.5

45%

9/20

45%

9/20

45%

18/40

60%

Over 9.5

25%

5/20

35%

7/20

30%

12/40

50%

Over 10.5

25%

5/20

25%

5/20

25%

10/40

38%

Over 11.5

15%

3/20

15%

3/20

15%

6/40

26%

Over 12.5

15%

3/20

10%

2/20

13%

5/40

20%

Referee Harry Wager: 4.4 cards and 22.4 fouls per game in 7 games this season

Bet

COL

NEW

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

4.2

Over 2.5

75%

15/20

70%

14/20

73%

29/40

80%

Over 3.5

65%

13/20

60%

12/20

63%

25/40

62%

Over 4.5

45%

9/20

50%

10/20

48%

19/40

42%

Over 5.5

30%

6/20

25%

5/20

28%

11/40

25%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Micah Mbick

11 starts · 0.5 per 90

0%

0/11

36%

4/11

9%

1/11

0%

0/11

Kyreece Lisbie

13 starts · 0.4 per 90

15%

2/13

31%

4/13

0%

0/13

0%

0/13

Harry Anderson

16 starts · 0.5 per 90

19%

3/16

25%

4/16

13%

2/16

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.