This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Colchester United and Stevenage at 15:00 on 26th December 2011 in the League One.

Footymad preview History of the Colchester United v Stevenage fixture

Colchester United prepare to entertain Stevenage at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Monday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
No previous matches found

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Recent respective form guides

Colchester United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 12 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

The away form of Stevenage however, is much more impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 1 have been let in at the wrong end.

Colchester United's 29 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Stevenage lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower League One, picking up 32 from their 21 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Colchester United 6 3 0 3 10 9 9
Stevenage 6 3 3 0 6 1 12

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Your FootyMad panel thinks that Colchester United's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Stevenage. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Colchester United 5 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 6 .
Stevenage Undefeated in last 6 away games.
12 games since last defeat.

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