This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Cheltenham Town and Colchester United at 15:00 on Saturday, 11th October 2008 in the League One.
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Colchester U. pack their bags to visit Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 3 of the 6 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.
The previous match played between the two at Whaddon Road was within the last three years, in January 2006, with Colchester U. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Robins in a (Associate Members) match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 24 Jan | Cheltenham T. | 0 - 1 | Colchester U. | ASSM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 24 Aug | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | Cheltenham T. | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 3 | Colchester U. | ASSM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Cheltenham T. | 4 - 1 | Colchester U. | ASSM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Sep | Colchester U. | 1 - 1 | Cheltenham T. | LGE1 |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 18 Jan | Colchester U. | 4 - 0 | Cheltenham T. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Cheltenham Town's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Robins have scored 8, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Colchester U.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up four victories from the last six. The U's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.
Cheltenham T. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 8 points from their 10 games thus far. Colchester U. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 8 points from 9 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cheltenham T. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
U's's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Cheltenham T., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cheltenham T. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Colchester U. | 9 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |
