Colchester 0–1 Grimsby – England League Two, 27 Jan 2026

Match facts

Colchester Grimsby

25 Shots 13

4 Shots on target 3

8 Corners 5

14 Fouls 13

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 1

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (317 league matches this season so far).

Result Colchester to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.76

Expected goals 1.55 – 1.28

Home / Draw / Away

44% 25% 32%

ColchesterDrawGrimsby

Under / Over 2.5 goals

46% 54%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

43% 57%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.7% 1–0 9.2% 2–1 9.1%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Colchester before this match, all matches

1.62points / match

1.58scored / match

1.12conceded / match

11 9 6

WonDrawnLost 26 played · 41:29

Grimsby before this match, all matches

1.54points / match

1.46scored / match

1.15conceded / match

11 7 8

WonDrawnLost 26 played · 38:30

Colchester all matches all matches Grimsby

Per match

1.58 Goals scored 1.46

1.12 Goals conceded 1.15

2.69 Total goals 2.62

11.42 Shots 13.73

4.15 Shots on target 4.69

10.58 Shots faced 9.58

4.04 Corners 5.92

4.38 Corners against 3.96

11.35 Fouls 11.23

1.62 Yellow cards 1.62

0.88 1st-half goals scored 0.77

0.58 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

42% Wins 42%

35% Draws 27%

23% Losses 31%

92% Over 0.5 goals 96%

81% Over 1.5 goals 69%

35% Over 2.5 goals 42%

23% Over 3.5 goals 23%

15% Over 4.5 goals 15%

12% Over 5.5 goals 8%

62% Both teams scored 46%

27% Clean sheets 35%

19% Failed to score 23%

How often Half Time

31% Wins 31%

46% Draws 50%

23% Losses 19%

73% Over 0.5 goals 65%

46% Over 1.5 goals 35%

15% Over 2.5 goals 19%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Colchester all matches

3

1

W

2

W

D

3

4

L

4

1

W

1

D

1

D

1

W

1

W

2

1

W

Grimsby all matches

2

D

1

2

L

1

D

2

L

2

L

D

1

W

1

W

1

W

2

W

Colchester before this match, at home

1.69points / match

1.69scored / match

1.08conceded / match

6 4 3

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 22:14

Grimsby before this match, away

1.54points / match

1.54scored / match

1.46conceded / match

5 5 3

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 20:19

Colchester at home away Grimsby

Per match

1.69 Goals scored 1.54

1.08 Goals conceded 1.46

2.77 Total goals 3.00

13.46 Shots 12.00

5.00 Shots on target 4.00

8.54 Shots faced 10.62

4.46 Corners 4.15

3.69 Corners against 4.46

9.85 Fouls 10.69

1.62 Yellow cards 1.77

1.00 1st-half goals scored 1.08

0.62 1st-half goals conceded 0.62

How often Full Time

46% Wins 38%

31% Draws 38%

23% Losses 23%

92% Over 0.5 goals 100%

85% Over 1.5 goals 85%

38% Over 2.5 goals 46%

23% Over 3.5 goals 38%

15% Over 4.5 goals 23%

8% Over 5.5 goals 8%

62% Both teams scored 54%

23% Clean sheets 31%

23% Failed to score 15%

How often Half Time

38% Wins 38%

23% Draws 46%

38% Losses 15%

77% Over 0.5 goals 77%

38% Over 1.5 goals 46%

23% Over 2.5 goals 31%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Colchester at home

1

D

1

D

6

2

W

3

1

W

2

L

2

W

D

4

1

W

1

W

2

1

W

Grimsby away

3

2

W

3

L

2

W

2

3

L

2

D

2

D

1

D

2

L

1

W

2

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Colchester all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Colchester – Fleetwood Town	2–1 (2–0)	1.71	3.60	4.33	1.80	2.00
17.01.26	Bristol Rvs – Colchester	0–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.20	2.45	2.08	1.73
01.01.26	Colchester – Milton Keynes Dons	1–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.20	2.70	2.05	1.75
29.12.25	Gillingham – Colchester	1–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	2.65	2.10	1.70
26.12.25	Crawley Town – Colchester	1–1 (1–1)	2.85	3.50	2.20	1.83	2.03
20.12.25	Colchester – Newport County	4–1 (2–0)	1.46	4.33	5.75	1.73	2.08
13.12.25	Salford – Colchester	4–3 (1–1)	2.15	3.50	2.95	1.85	1.95
06.12.25	Colchester – Gillingham	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.40	3.70	2.05	1.80
29.11.25	Colchester – Cheltenham	2–0 (1–0)	1.46	3.90	6.50	1.90	1.90
22.11.25	Notts County – Colchester	1–3 (1–1)	2.15	3.30	3.20	1.93	1.93

Grimsby all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Cheltenham – Grimsby	0–2 (0–1)	3.80	3.40	1.91	2.00	1.80
17.01.26	Grimsby – Barnet	1–0 (0–0)	2.55	3.30	2.55	1.85	2.00
01.01.26	Fleetwood Town – Grimsby	0–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.25	2.65	1.80	2.00
29.12.25	Grimsby – Shrewsbury	1–0 (0–0)	1.71	3.70	4.33	1.90	1.95
26.12.25	Grimsby – Oldham	0–0 (0–0)	2.01	3.60	3.25	1.90	1.95
20.12.25	Bromley – Grimsby	2–0 (1–0)	2.20	3.40	2.95	1.85	1.95
13.12.25	Grimsby – Notts County	0–2 (0–0)	1.91	3.70	3.60	1.75	2.05
09.12.25	Shrewsbury – Grimsby	1–1 (1–1)	3.25	3.30	2.10	1.90	1.95
27.11.25	Grimsby – Tranmere	1–2 (0–1)	1.68	3.80	4.33	1.90	1.95
22.11.25	Swindon – Grimsby	2–2 (2–2)	2.25	3.30	2.95	1.83	2.03

Colchester at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Colchester – Fleetwood Town	2–1 (2–0)	1.71	3.60	4.33	1.80	2.00
01.01.26	Colchester – Milton Keynes Dons	1–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.20	2.70	2.05	1.75
20.12.25	Colchester – Newport County	4–1 (2–0)	1.46	4.33	5.75	1.73	2.08
06.12.25	Colchester – Gillingham	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.40	3.70	2.05	1.80
29.11.25	Colchester – Cheltenham	2–0 (1–0)	1.46	3.90	6.50	1.90	1.90
08.11.25	Colchester – Bromley	0–2 (0–0)	2.01	3.40	3.30	1.85	2.00
18.10.25	Colchester – Harrogate	3–1 (3–1)	1.62	3.60	5.00	1.83	2.03
04.10.25	Colchester – Chesterfield	6–2 (4–1)	3.00	3.30	2.25	2.00	1.85
20.09.25	Colchester – Bristol Rvs	1–1 (0–1)	2.30	3.30	2.85	2.15	1.67
06.09.25	Colchester – Crewe	1–1 (0–1)	2.57	3.20	2.57	2.08	1.73

Grimsby away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Cheltenham – Grimsby	0–2 (0–1)	3.80	3.40	1.91	2.00	1.80
01.01.26	Fleetwood Town – Grimsby	0–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.25	2.65	1.80	2.00
20.12.25	Bromley – Grimsby	2–0 (1–0)	2.20	3.40	2.95	1.85	1.95
09.12.25	Shrewsbury – Grimsby	1–1 (1–1)	3.25	3.30	2.10	1.90	1.95
22.11.25	Swindon – Grimsby	2–2 (2–2)	2.25	3.30	2.95	1.83	2.03
08.11.25	Barrow – Grimsby	2–2 (1–2)	3.60	3.40	2.01	1.98	1.88
25.10.25	Crewe – Grimsby	3–2 (2–2)	2.57	3.25	2.55	1.90	1.95
04.10.25	Salford – Grimsby	0–2 (0–2)	2.15	3.40	3.10	1.70	2.10
20.09.25	Barnet – Grimsby	3–0 (1–0)	2.20	3.50	2.85	1.85	2.00
06.09.25	Milton Keynes Dons – Grimsby	2–3 (0–3)	1.96	3.40	3.50	1.93	1.93

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

5 2

Colchester winsDrawsGrimsby wins

7matches

2.29goals / match

43%over 2.5

43%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
11.10.25E3	Grimsby – Colchester	1–2 (1–1)	1.71	3.70	4.33	1.83	2.03
28.03.25E3	Colchester – Grimsby	1–2 (0–0)	2.05	3.25	3.70	2.40	1.53
23.11.24E3	Grimsby – Colchester	0–1 (0–0)	2.35	3.30	2.90	1.98	1.88
16.04.24E3	Colchester – Grimsby	2–0 (1–0)	2.20	3.40	3.30	1.98	1.88
24.10.23E3	Grimsby – Colchester	2–3 (1–2)	2.10	3.50	3.40	1.80	2.00
11.02.23E3	Grimsby – Colchester	0–1 (0–1)	2.00	3.50	3.80	2.10	1.70
17.09.22E3	Colchester – Grimsby	0–1 (0–0)	3.00	3.25	2.37	2.07	1.72

England League Two table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bromley	27	16	7	4	46	28	+18	55
2	Salford	26	15	4	7	39	33	+6	49
3	Milton Keynes Dons	27	13	8	6	53	29	+24	47
4	Cambridge	26	13	8	5	34	22	+12	47
5	Walsall	26	14	5	7	35	24	+11	47
6	Swindon	26	14	4	8	42	31	+11	46
7	Notts County	26	13	6	7	39	27	+12	45
8	Colchester	26	11	9	6	41	29	+12	42
9	Chesterfield	27	10	11	6	43	37	+6	41
10	Grimsby	26	11	7	8	38	30	+8	40
11	Crewe	27	11	6	10	42	35	+7	39
12	Gillingham	26	9	11	6	37	30	+7	38
13	Barnet	26	10	8	8	35	29	+6	38
14	Accrington	27	10	7	10	31	29	+2	37
15	Oldham	26	8	11	7	28	23	+5	35
16	Fleetwood Town	26	9	7	10	34	34	0	34
17	Tranmere	27	8	8	11	42	46	-4	32
18	Cheltenham	27	9	3	15	26	45	-19	30
19	Barrow	26	6	6	14	27	39	-12	24
20	Crawley Town	27	5	7	15	30	47	-17	22
21	Shrewsbury	26	5	7	14	23	46	-23	22
22	Bristol Rvs	26	6	3	17	21	46	-25	21
23	Newport County	27	5	5	17	29	51	-22	20
24	Harrogate	27	4	6	17	19	44	-25	18

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bromley	13	9	4	0	28	14	+14	31
2	Cambridge	13	9	3	1	22	9	+13	30
3	Salford	13	8	3	2	21	16	+5	27
4	Milton Keynes Dons	14	7	4	3	28	15	+13	25
5	Crewe	14	7	4	3	26	19	+7	25
6	Notts County	13	7	3	3	23	13	+10	24
7	Swindon	13	7	3	3	21	15	+6	24
8	Chesterfield	13	6	5	2	23	13	+10	23
9	Walsall	13	7	2	4	17	13	+4	23
10	Colchester	13	6	4	3	22	14	+8	22
11	Fleetwood Town	13	6	4	3	22	19	+3	22
12	Gillingham	13	5	6	2	19	14	+5	21
13	Accrington	13	6	3	4	16	12	+4	21
14	Grimsby	13	6	2	5	18	11	+7	20
15	Cheltenham	14	6	1	7	14	16	-2	19
16	Oldham	13	4	6	3	15	11	+4	18
17	Barnet	13	5	3	5	21	18	+3	18
18	Shrewsbury	13	4	4	5	11	15	-4	16
19	Crawley Town	13	3	5	5	18	18	0	14
20	Tranmere	14	3	5	6	17	23	-6	14
21	Bristol Rvs	13	3	1	9	8	22	-14	10
22	Barrow	13	2	3	8	10	21	-11	9
23	Newport County	14	2	3	9	14	26	-12	9
24	Harrogate	13	2	1	10	8	25	-17	7

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Walsall	13	7	3	3	18	11	+7	24
2	Bromley	14	7	3	4	18	14	+4	24
3	Milton Keynes Dons	13	6	4	3	25	14	+11	22
4	Swindon	13	7	1	5	21	16	+5	22
5	Salford	13	7	1	5	18	17	+1	22
6	Notts County	13	6	3	4	16	14	+2	21
7	Colchester	13	5	5	3	19	15	+4	20
8	Barnet	13	5	5	3	14	11	+3	20
9	Grimsby	13	5	5	3	20	19	+1	20
10	Tranmere	13	5	3	5	25	23	+2	18
11	Chesterfield	14	4	6	4	20	24	-4	18
12	Gillingham	13	4	5	4	18	16	+2	17
13	Oldham	13	4	5	4	13	12	+1	17
14	Cambridge	13	4	5	4	12	13	-1	17
15	Accrington	14	4	4	6	15	17	-2	16
16	Barrow	13	4	3	6	17	18	-1	15
17	Crewe	13	4	2	7	16	16	0	14
18	Fleetwood Town	13	3	3	7	12	15	-3	12
19	Harrogate	14	2	5	7	11	19	-8	11
20	Newport County	13	3	2	8	15	25	-10	11
21	Bristol Rvs	13	3	2	8	13	24	-11	11
22	Cheltenham	13	3	2	8	12	29	-17	11
23	Crawley Town	14	2	2	10	12	29	-17	8
24	Shrewsbury	13	1	3	9	12	31	-19	6

Colchester Grimsby

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Milton Keynes Dons	27	11	16	2.0	1.1	13	8	6	53	29	47
2	6	Swindon	26	10	16	1.6	1.2	14	4	8	42	31	46
3	17	Tranmere	27	11	16	1.6	1.7	8	8	11	42	46	32
4	19	Barrow	26	10	16	1.0	1.5	6	6	14	27	39	24
5	20	Crawley Town	27	11	16	1.1	1.7	5	7	15	30	47	22
6	23	Newport County	27	11	16	1.1	1.9	5	5	17	29	51	20
7	1	Bromley	27	12	15	1.7	1.0	16	7	4	46	28	55
8	11	Crewe	27	12	15	1.6	1.3	11	6	10	42	35	39
9	22	Bristol Rvs	26	12	14	0.8	1.8	6	3	17	21	46	21
10	2	Salford	26	13	13	1.5	1.3	15	4	7	39	33	49
11	7	Notts County	26	13	13	1.5	1.0	13	6	7	39	27	45
12	9	Chesterfield	27	14	13	1.6	1.4	10	11	6	43	37	41
13	16	Fleetwood Town	26	13	13	1.3	1.3	9	7	10	34	34	34
14	21	Shrewsbury	26	13	13	0.9	1.8	5	7	14	23	46	22
15	10	Grimsby	26	15	11	1.5	1.2	11	7	8	38	30	40
16	12	Gillingham	26	15	11	1.4	1.2	9	11	6	37	30	38
17	13	Barnet	26	15	11	1.3	1.1	10	8	8	35	29	38
18	18	Cheltenham	27	16	11	1.0	1.7	9	3	15	26	45	30
19	5	Walsall	26	16	10	1.3	0.9	14	5	7	35	24	47
20	15	Oldham	26	16	10	1.1	0.9	8	11	7	28	23	35
21	8	Colchester	26	17	9	1.6	1.1	11	9	6	41	29	42
22	14	Accrington	27	18	9	1.1	1.1	10	7	10	31	29	37
23	24	Harrogate	27	18	9	0.7	1.6	4	6	17	19	44	18
24	4	Cambridge	26	18	8	1.3	0.8	13	8	5	34	22	47

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Bromley	13	4	9	2.2	1.1	9	4	0	28	14	31
2	11	Crewe	14	5	9	1.9	1.4	7	4	3	26	19	25
3	3	Milton Keynes Dons	14	6	8	2.0	1.1	7	4	3	28	15	25
4	13	Barnet	13	5	8	1.6	1.4	5	3	5	21	18	18
5	16	Fleetwood Town	13	5	8	1.7	1.5	6	4	3	22	19	22
6	6	Swindon	13	6	7	1.6	1.2	7	3	3	21	15	24
7	7	Notts County	13	6	7	1.8	1.0	7	3	3	23	13	24
8	17	Tranmere	14	7	7	1.2	1.6	3	5	6	17	23	14
9	19	Barrow	13	6	7	0.8	1.6	2	3	8	10	21	9
10	20	Crawley Town	13	6	7	1.4	1.4	3	5	5	18	18	14
11	23	Newport County	14	7	7	1.0	1.9	2	3	9	14	26	9
12	2	Salford	13	7	6	1.6	1.2	8	3	2	21	16	27
13	5	Walsall	13	7	6	1.3	1.0	7	2	4	17	13	23
14	9	Chesterfield	13	7	6	1.8	1.0	6	5	2	23	13	23
15	22	Bristol Rvs	13	7	6	0.6	1.7	3	1	9	8	22	10
16	24	Harrogate	13	7	6	0.6	1.9	2	1	10	8	25	7
17	4	Cambridge	13	8	5	1.7	0.7	9	3	1	22	9	30
18	8	Colchester	13	8	5	1.7	1.1	6	4	3	22	14	22
19	10	Grimsby	13	8	5	1.4	0.8	6	2	5	18	11	20
20	12	Gillingham	13	8	5	1.5	1.1	5	6	2	19	14	21
21	15	Oldham	13	8	5	1.2	0.8	4	6	3	15	11	18
22	18	Cheltenham	14	9	5	1.0	1.1	6	1	7	14	16	19
23	14	Accrington	13	9	4	1.2	0.9	6	3	4	16	12	21
24	21	Shrewsbury	13	9	4	0.8	1.2	4	4	5	11	15	16

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Swindon	13	4	9	1.6	1.2	7	1	5	21	16	22
2	17	Tranmere	13	4	9	1.9	1.8	5	3	5	25	23	18
3	19	Barrow	13	4	9	1.3	1.4	4	3	6	17	18	15
4	20	Crawley Town	14	5	9	0.9	2.1	2	2	10	12	29	8
5	21	Shrewsbury	13	4	9	0.9	2.4	1	3	9	12	31	6
6	23	Newport County	13	4	9	1.2	1.9	3	2	8	15	25	11
7	3	Milton Keynes Dons	13	5	8	1.9	1.1	6	4	3	25	14	22
8	22	Bristol Rvs	13	5	8	1.0	1.8	3	2	8	13	24	11
9	2	Salford	13	6	7	1.4	1.3	7	1	5	18	17	22
10	9	Chesterfield	14	7	7	1.4	1.7	4	6	4	20	24	18
11	1	Bromley	14	8	6	1.3	1.0	7	3	4	18	14	24
12	7	Notts County	13	7	6	1.2	1.1	6	3	4	16	14	21
13	10	Grimsby	13	7	6	1.5	1.5	5	5	3	20	19	20
14	11	Crewe	13	7	6	1.2	1.2	4	2	7	16	16	14
15	12	Gillingham	13	7	6	1.4	1.2	4	5	4	18	16	17
16	18	Cheltenham	13	7	6	0.9	2.2	3	2	8	12	29	11
17	14	Accrington	14	9	5	1.1	1.2	4	4	6	15	17	16
18	15	Oldham	13	8	5	1.0	0.9	4	5	4	13	12	17
19	16	Fleetwood Town	13	8	5	0.9	1.2	3	3	7	12	15	12
20	5	Walsall	13	9	4	1.4	0.8	7	3	3	18	11	24
21	8	Colchester	13	9	4	1.5	1.2	5	5	3	19	15	20
22	4	Cambridge	13	10	3	0.9	1.0	4	5	4	12	13	17
23	13	Barnet	13	10	3	1.1	0.8	5	5	3	14	11	20
24	24	Harrogate	14	11	3	0.8	1.4	2	5	7	11	19	11

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.