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Monday 29 December 2025 · 19:45 · HT 0-0 · Referee Matthew Russell

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

In Gillingham's last 10 home games and Colchester United's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 13 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 8.5 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.7 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Gillingham v Colchester United, full match

44%

Possession

56%

1.66

Expected goals (xG)

1.63

16

Shots

15

4

Shots on target

5

6

Corners

5

23

Fouls

13

1

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

74'

Goal

Robbie McKenzie GIL

77'

Yellow card

Kyreece Lisbie COL

86'

Yellow card

Armani Little GIL

87'

Penalty

Arthur Read COL

At a glance

Gillingham

17th in the table

D

L

D

Colchester United

12th in the table

D

W

L

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

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

High

Low

Both teams to score

65%

13/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

35%

7/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 55%

Gillingham clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Gillingham fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.6

Corners

8.5

League 9.8

Cards

3.7

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Gillingham

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Jake Turner

DEFENDERS

2

4

5

11

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Armani Little

14

Robbie McKenzie

23

Bradley Dack

FORWARDS

12

Sebastian Palmer-Houlden

19

Sam Vokes

SUBSTITUTES

1

3

22

6

10

9

20

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

24

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

7

Harry Anderson

14

Kyreece Lisbie

33

Micah Mbick

SUBSTITUTES

12

30

40

15

21

9

19

Referee: Matthew Russell

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

Cards per game

3.1

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.0

Red cards per game

0.14

Fouls per game

26.6

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.14

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

GIL

COL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

2.9

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

95%

21/22

91%

20/22

93%

41/44

94%

Over 1.5

64%

14/22

86%

19/22

75%

33/44

75%

Over 2.5

41%

9/22

36%

8/22

39%

17/44

48%

Over 3.5

32%

7/22

27%

6/22

30%

13/44

29%

Over 4.5

14%

3/22

18%

4/22

16%

7/44

11%

Bet

GIL

COL

Match

League

Yes

64%

14/22

64%

14/22

64%

28/44

56%

Yes and win

9%

2/22

23%

5/22

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

41%

9/22

36%

8/22

39%

17/44

42%

Yes and draw

41%

9/22

27%

6/22

34%

15/44

22%

Yes and loss

14%

3/22

14%

3/22

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/22

9%

2/22

5%

2/44

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Bet

GIL

COL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.2

8.2

8.7

9.7

Over 7.5

59%

13/22

50%

11/22

55%

24/44

71%

Over 8.5

55%

12/22

45%

10/22

50%

22/44

60%

Over 9.5

45%

10/22

27%

6/22

36%

16/44

50%

Over 10.5

32%

7/22

23%

5/22

27%

12/44

38%

Over 11.5

27%

6/22

14%

3/22

20%

9/44

26%

Over 12.5

23%

5/22

14%

3/22

18%

8/44

20%

Referee Matthew Russell: 3.1 cards and 26.6 fouls per game in 7 games this season

Bet

GIL

COL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.8

4.0

4.4

4.1

Over 2.5

82%

18/22

77%

17/22

80%

35/44

80%

Over 3.5

77%

17/22

64%

14/22

70%

31/44

61%

Over 4.5

59%

13/22

41%

9/22

50%

22/44

41%

Over 5.5

32%

7/22

27%

6/22

30%

13/44

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Kyreece Lisbie

15 starts · 0.5 per 90

20%

3/15

40%

6/15

0%

0/15

0%

0/15

Micah Mbick

13 starts · 0.5 per 90

0%

0/13

38%

5/13

8%

1/13

0%

0/13

Bradley Dack

16 starts · 0.5 per 90

19%

3/16

31%

5/16

6%

1/16

0%

0/16

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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.