The game between Bristol Rovers and Colchester United in the League One on Saturday, 24th January 2009 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Colchester U. travel to take on Bristol Rovers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The U's have crashed to defeat in more than half of the matches.
The last time the two teams met at Bristol Rvs. was back in April 2001, over five years ago, with Bristol Rvs. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 04 Oct | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Apr | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 24 Oct | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Jan | Colchester U. | 5 - 4 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 11 Dec | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 30 Jan | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 28 Dec | Colchester U. | 0 - 3 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol Rovers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Pirates in those games, with 8 conceded.
The U's have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The U's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Bristol Rvs. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 24 matches. Colchester U.'s 35 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Colchester U. are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Bristol Rvs.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol Rvs. | No sequences of note |
| Colchester U. | 6 games since last defeat. |
