England - League TwoStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Colchester United and Northampton Town, taking place on Saturday, 25 February 2023, at JobServe Community Stadium in Colchester.
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Colchester United, Recent FormColchester United will not be too disheartened with their 1-0 away defeat at the hands of Carlisle United who sit so many places above them in the table.
It seems pretty certain that Matt Bloomfield will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 5 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 4 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. This season, their defensive frailties have certainly been apparent, having conceded at least 1 goal in 27 of their 33 league games.
There will be mixed feelings from The U's, although undefeated in their last 3 league games at home, 3 of these games ended in a draw.
Northampton Town, Recent FormAny Northampton Town pre-match expectations for their last outing were misplaced, after an unexpected 2-1 home defeat by Grimsby Town.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 4 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 5, and leading to valuable points being dropped. On the road, they are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 away games. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
They've had a less than ideal run of form recently, winning just 1 of their last 6 games.
The Northampton Town travelling support have had something to shout about on the road via the goals from Sam Hoskins, who's scored 3 goals in their last 6 league matches away from home.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 3-2 win for Northampton Town.
In each of the previous 3 matches against The Cobblers, Colchester have let in at least one goal.
In the last 3 league meetings between the teams, Northampton has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Colchester in 3 games.
Sam Hoskins has scored in each of Northampton's last league game against Colchester.
With no real injury worries, Colchester manager Matt Bloomfield will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Northampton manager Jon Brady has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Colchester United Playing at home | Northampton Town Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 52' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 42' | Time first goal conceded | 47' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 1.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 3.9 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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