📊 Form Guide

Colchester United

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Colchester United are hoping to win again after their last result, the 6-2 League Two triumph vs Chesterfield.

For Colchester United, goals were scored by Harry Anderson (5', 90') and Jack Payne (13', 44', 45'). Liam Mandeville (20') and James Berry (81') scored for Chesterfield.

Fixtures involving Colchester United have tended to be entertaining encounters lately with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past six games, the sum total of 22 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 12 of them accredited to Colchester United.

Gillingham

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After a loss in their previous game against Milton Keynes Dons in League Two action, Gillingham and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

For Gillingham, the goals were scored by Sam Gale (6' Own goal), Seb Palmer-Houlden (76') and Jonny Williams (90'). Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (57') and Callum Paterson (69') scored for Milton Keynes Dons.

Proving their penchant for eventful encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the previous 6 matches in which Gillingham have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals for each clash. Opposing teams have managed 8 of this grand total. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, though.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 26/12/2022 tells us that Colchester United have won 3 of these & Gillingham 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

In all, 11 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 of them from The U's and 4 netted by The Gills. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was League Two match day 40 on 01/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United.

The match was refereed by James Linington.

📰 Team News: Colchester United

The Colchester United boss Danny Cowley doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match with a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: Gillingham

Due to a completely injury-free group to choose from, the Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Gillingham have enough to find the back of the net against this Colchester United outfit, but it probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Colchester United by the conclusion of the game.

Andre Moura, 04:00 07/10/2025