Colchester United v Chesterfield: Predictions, Lineups & Odds (04/10)

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Colchester United have had a dismal start to the season, winning just once in their opening ten League Two matches and taking eight points from a possible 30.

Danny Cowley’s side are winless in their last five league matches, drawing three and losing two of those. That run began with a 1-1 draw away at Barnet when the U’s were denied all three points late on. Jack Tucker fired Colchester into the lead inside the first ten minutes and that goal looked to be enough until Danny Collinge rescued a point for the hosts in the final minute.

Another draw followed at home to Crewe Alexandra as a Kyreece Lisbie strike cancelled out Josh March’s opener for the Railwaymen. Next up was a trip to Accrington Stanley to face their fellow strugglers and the U’s were to leave on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline thanks to an Isaac Sinclair strike.

Bristol Rovers were the next to make the trip to the JobServe Community Stadium and again the match would end in a familiar 1-1 scoreline. Fabrizio Cavegn gave Rovers the lead just before half time before Micah Mbick equalised early in the second half. Colchester’s last outing ended in a disappointing 4-2 defeat to Fleetwood Town having led twice in the game. Kyreece Lisbie put the U’s 1-0 up and Jack Payne restored their lead at 2-1 before Jordan Davies struck twice and Mark Helm finshed the scoring.

Colchester United occupy 20th in the League Two table having collected eight points from their opening ten matches, winning just once but drawing five. Colwey’s side have scored ten goals and Kyreece Lisbie leads the scoring charts with four while Jack Payne is the leading provider on three. United have conceded 1.4 goals per game and kept just one clean sheet so far.

Chesterfield come into this fixture on a run of one win in five league matches, a run that started at home to Crawley Town and has seen them draw three times. Paul Cook’s side battled back from 2-0 down at home to Crawley and rescued a point thanks to goals from Dylan Duffy and Armando Dobra before losing on the road at Walsall 1-0.

Back at home to MK Dons, the Spireites needed a late Tom Naylor strike to rescue a point after falling behind to a a 25th minute Rushian Hepburn-Murphy goal. Bromley were next up for Chesterfield in another game where the lead was exchanged before ending 2-2. Dobra and Liam Mandeville were the scorers for Cook’s side.

Last time out, a struggling Newport County side were comfortably beaten 4-1 at the SMH Group Stadium thanks to goals from Will Grigg, Will Dickinson, Ronan Darcy and Mandeville.

Chesterfield have earned 18 points from their opening ten games and currently occupy a place in the top seven. The Spireites have scored 18 goals with Armando Dobra leading the way on four and Liam Mandeville contributing five assists. The Derbyshire outfit have conceded 1.3 goals per game and have kept two clean sheets so far this season.

The last ten league meetings between these sides have produced five draws and three Colchester United victories. Last season saw the U’s take four points from Chesterfield following a 1-1 draw in Derbyshire and a 1-0 win in Essex thanks to a John-Kymani Gordon goal.

Before that, the pair had not met since the 2017-18 season when Chesterfield were relegated from the Football League. Both of those fixtures ended in stalemate, with a 1-1 draw at Colchester and a goalless encounter in the reverse meeting.

Colchester United have scored 11 times and Chesterfield have scored 15 goals in the ten games, giving an average of 2.6 strikes per match.

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