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Saturday 7 February 2026 · 15:00 · HT 2-0 · Referee James Oldham

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

In Colchester United's last 10 home games and Shrewsbury 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 7.7 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.4 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Shrewsbury Town, full match

61%

Possession

39%

0.41

Expected goals (xG)

1.01

6

Shots

15

4

Shots on target

4

0

Corners

2

12

Fouls

18

4

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

4'

Goal

Will Goodwin COL

10'

Yellow card

Nick Freeman SHR

37'

Goal

Arthur Read COL

53'

Yellow card

Kyreece Lisbie COL

54'

Yellow card

Josh Ruffels SHR

78'

Yellow card

Rob Hunt COL

84'

Yellow card

Matt Macey COL

90'

Yellow card

Kane Vincent-Young COL

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

L

W

Shrewsbury Town

19th in the table

D

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury 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

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

5/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

70%

14/20 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Shrewsbury Town clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Shrewsbury Town fail to score

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.6

Corners

7.7

League 9.8

Cards

4.4

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

2

5

24

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

9

Samson Tovide

14

Kyreece Lisbie

19

Will Goodwin

SUBSTITUTES

12

6

22

21

25

27

17

Shrewsbury Town

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matthew Cox

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

20

25

MIDFIELDERS

6

Sam Clucas

11

Anthony Scully

16

Nick Freeman

FORWARDS

9

George Lloyd

27

John Marquis

SUBSTITUTES

12

4

10

30

7

14

19

Referee: James Oldham

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

Cards per game

3.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.09

Fouls per game

24.7

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.09

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

SHR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

2.5

2.6

Over 0.5

93%

26/28

86%

24/28

89%

50/56

94%

Over 1.5

75%

21/28

64%

18/28

70%

39/56

73%

Over 2.5

32%

9/28

46%

13/28

39%

22/56

48%

Over 3.5

21%

6/28

36%

10/28

29%

16/56

28%

Over 4.5

14%

4/28

11%

3/28

13%

7/56

11%

Bet

COL

SHR

Match

League

Yes

57%

16/28

46%

13/28

52%

29/56

53%

Yes and win

21%

6/28

4%

1/28

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

32%

9/28

39%

11/28

36%

20/56

41%

Yes and draw

25%

7/28

14%

4/28

20%

11/56

20%

Yes and loss

11%

3/28

29%

8/28

17%

Yes in both halves

7%

2/28

0%

0/28

4%

2/56

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Bet

COL

SHR

Match

League

Corners per match

8.6

8.5

8.6

9.8

Over 7.5

61%

17/28

71%

20/28

66%

37/56

73%

Over 8.5

57%

16/28

54%

15/28

55%

31/56

63%

Over 9.5

29%

8/28

32%

9/28

30%

17/56

52%

Over 10.5

25%

7/28

21%

6/28

23%

13/56

38%

Over 11.5

14%

4/28

11%

3/28

13%

7/56

26%

Over 12.5

14%

4/28

0%

0/28

7%

4/56

20%

Referee James Oldham: 3.4 cards and 24.7 fouls per game in 11 games this season

Bet

COL

SHR

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

4.6

4.3

4.1

Over 2.5

79%

22/28

93%

26/28

86%

48/56

78%

Over 3.5

61%

17/28

71%

20/28

66%

37/56

59%

Over 4.5

43%

12/28

43%

12/28

43%

24/56

41%

Over 5.5

29%

8/28

29%

8/28

29%

16/56

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Kyreece Lisbie

19 starts · 0.5 per 90

21%

4/19

37%

7/19

0%

0/19

0%

0/19

Jack Payne

18 starts · 0.3 per 90

6%

1/18

17%

3/18

6%

1/18

6%

1/18

Samson Tovide

18 starts · 0.2 per 90

11%

2/18

17%

3/18

0%

0/18

0%

0/18

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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.