The game between Milton Keynes Dons and Colchester United in the League One on Monday, 12th January 2009 at 19:45 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Colchester U. pack their bags to visit Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium:MK on Monday 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 with only a 12.50% success rate in the fixture.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium:MK was within the last three years, in August 2006, the The Dons carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in an 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 20 Sep | Colchester U. | 0 - 3 | Milton Keynes | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 22 Aug | Milton Keynes | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Dec | Milton Keynes | 1 - 2 | Colchester U. | ASSM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Dec | Colchester U. | 2 - 0 | Milton Keynes | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Milton Keynes | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 15 Jan | Milton Keynes | 2 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Milton Keynes | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Milton Keynes Dons are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Dons in those games, with 5 conceded.
Colchester U.'s away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The U's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Milton Keynes are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 49 points from the 23 games they have played so far. Colchester U.'s 31 points from 23 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 |
| Milton Keynes | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Milton Keynes is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Milton Keynes | 16 games since last home draw. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 13 . |
| Colchester U. | 7 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |
