The game between Millwall and Colchester United in the League One on Tuesday, 3rd February 2009 at 19:45 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Colchester U. face a trip to Millwall at The Den on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The U's will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Colchester U. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Lions 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: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 21 Oct | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Millwall | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 02 Sep | Millwall | 0 - 1 | Colchester U. | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 06 Feb | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Millwall | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Millwall | 6 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 23 Oct | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Millwall | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 25 Sep | Millwall | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Wed 14 Apr | Millwall | 2 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Millwall have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Colchester U. however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.
Millwall's total of 50 points from their 26 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One. Colchester U.'s 42 points from 28 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 |
| Millwall | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
U's's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Millwall, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Millwall | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Colchester U. | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 9 games since last defeat. |
