This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Colchester United and Scunthorpe United at 15:00 on Saturday, 20th December 2008 in the League One.
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Colchester U. prepare to entertain Scunthorpe United at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 26 games played, U's have recorded 13 wins, and Scunthorpe U. have come away with 7 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Weston Homes Community Stadium was just last season, in September 2007, with Scunthorpe U. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the U's in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 04 May | Scunthorpe U. | 3 - 3 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | Colchester U. | 0-1 | Scunthorpe U. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 07 Feb | Colchester U. | 1 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Mar | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 11 Sep | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 07 Mar | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Scunthorpe U. however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The Iron's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Colchester U. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 24 points from their 20 matches. Scunthorpe U.'s total of 37 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the U's at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Iron come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | 10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Scunthorpe U. | 7 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |
