This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Colchester United and Cheltenham Town at 15:00 on Saturday, 17th January 2009 in the League One.
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Colchester U. play host to Cheltenham Town at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the U's.
The last time the two teams met at Colchester U. was just over four years ago, in August 2004, the U's carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 11 Oct | Cheltenham T. | 4 - 3 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.
The Robins 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 Robins's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Colchester U.'s 32 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Cheltenham T. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 20 points from their 23 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| Cheltenham T. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its not been a very profitable last few weeks for Colchester U., and I'm afraid the Footymad team cannot see it getting too much better here. Look no further than honours being even at the end of this one. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Cheltenham T. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |
