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Colchester v Grimsby, EFL League Two, Tue, 27 Jan 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Tue, 27 Jan 2026

01Full time, half-time 0–1

Grimsby won by 1 goal.

WWLLWLeague form, oldest to newestLWWWD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Colchester Community Stadium. Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Colchester have 13 scored home results and Grimsby 13 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Colchester at home: 1.69 points per match (13 measured matches); Grimsby away: 1.54 points per match (13 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Colchester scored 1.69 per home match (13 measured matches); Grimsby scored 1.54 away (13). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.32 per club appearance across 634 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 15 of 26 pooled club appearances (57.7%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Colchester: 6 wins; Grimsby: 3 wins; draws: 1.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01
Second half00

The match in numbers

ColchesterGrimsby
  • 25Shots13
  • 4Shots on target3
  • 8Corners5
  • 14Fouls13
  • 3Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards1

From shots to goals

Colchester

  • Shots25
  • On target4
  • Goals0

16% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Grimsby

  • Shots13
  • On target3
  • Goals1

23% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

6
Colchester wins
1
Draws
3
Grimsby wins
Goals / meeting
2.40
24 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
50%
5 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
60%
6 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
50%
5 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
20%
2 of 10 meetings
Colchester clean sheets
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Grimsby clean sheets
20%
2 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
8.50
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.90
10 with card data
  1. Grimsby v ColchesterSat, 11 Oct 2025 · EFL League Two 2025-261–2HT 1–1
  2. Colchester v GrimsbyFri, 28 Mar 2025 · EFL League Two 2024-251–2HT 0–0
  3. Grimsby v ColchesterSat, 23 Nov 2024 · EFL League Two 2024-250–1HT 0–0
  4. Colchester v GrimsbyTue, 16 Apr 2024 · EFL League Two 2023-242–0HT 1–0
  5. Grimsby v ColchesterTue, 24 Oct 2023 · EFL League Two 2023-242–3HT 1–2
  6. Grimsby v ColchesterSat, 11 Feb 2023 · EFL League Two 2022-230–1HT 0–1
  7. Colchester v GrimsbySat, 17 Sept 2022 · EFL League Two 2022-230–1HT 0–0
  8. Grimsby v ColchesterSat, 13 Mar 2021 · EFL League Two 2020-210–0HT 0–0
  9. Colchester v GrimsbySat, 5 Dec 2020 · EFL League Two 2020-212–1HT 1–1
  10. Colchester v GrimsbyTue, 11 Feb 2020 · EFL League Two 2019-202–3HT 2–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Colchester at home, Grimsby away
  • 52%
    Both teams scored
    League 53%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 94%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 26%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 15%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.6
    Avg total goals
    League 2.58
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 67%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.3
    Corners per match
    League 9.85
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 35%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.3
    Cards per match
    League 3.84
    23 + 23 matches
  • 67%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 50%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Colchester at home, Grimsby away
Colchester (home)Grimsby (away)
12Position7
DLWWLLast 5, oldest to newestWLWWD
23Played23
1.57Points per match1.61
43%Win %43%
1.52Scored / match1.43
1.00Conceded / match1.22
2.52Avg total goals2.65
52%Both scored52%
26%Clean sheets35%
30%Failed to score17%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

ColchesterGrimsby
  • 0.741st half scored / match0.96
  • 0.521st half conceded / match0.57
  • 0.782nd half scored / match0.48
  • 0.482nd half conceded / match0.65
  • 26%Leading at half-time39%
  • 65%1st half over 0.574%
  • 35%1st half over 1.544%
  • 74%2nd half over 0.570%
  • 30%2nd half over 1.517%
  • 22%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Colchester at home, Grimsby away, this season.

Goals

ColchesterGrimsby
  • 1.52Scored / match1.43
  • 1.00Conceded / match1.22
  • 2.52Match total / match2.65
  • 70%Scored 1+83%
  • 39%Scored 2+44%
  • 74%Conceded 1+65%
  • 22%Conceded 2+39%
  • 74%Match over 1.574%
  • 39%Match over 2.544%
  • 22%Match over 3.530%

Shots and xG

ColchesterGrimsby
  • 13.91Shots for11.78
  • 10.04Shots against11.65
  • 4.83On target for3.83
  • 3.22On target against3.22
  • 11%Shot conversion12%

Corners

ColchesterGrimsby
  • 4.96Corners for4.78
  • 3.87Corners against5.00
  • 8.83Match total9.78
  • 65%Over 7.574%
  • 61%Over 8.561%
  • 30%Over 9.544%
  • 30%Over 10.539%
  • 22%Over 11.530%

Cards

ColchesterGrimsby
  • 1.91Cards for1.74
  • 2.57Cards against2.39
  • 4.48Match total4.13
  • 87%Over 2.583%
  • 70%Over 3.565%
  • 61%Over 4.539%
  • 26%Over 5.517%
  • 10.39Fouls committed10.96
Referee this season
B Atkinson
Matches
7
Cards / match
5.00
7 matches
Over 3.5 cards
71%
7 matches
Over 4.5 cards
71%
7 matches
Fouls / match
22.43
7 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
5Notts County462280
6Chesterfield461579
7Grimsby462478
8Barnet461776
9Swindon461175
10Oldham461668
11Crewe46667
12Colchester461366
13Walsall46065
14Bristol Rvs46-962
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