Bradford City vs Colchester United Match Analysis and Prediction

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Colchester will be travelling to the Utilita Energy Stadium on Wednesday, when they will encounter Bradford City in League Two.

Bradford are seeking their first win in eight matches in all competitions, while Colchester are aiming to extend their undefeated run in League Two to three games.

Derek Adams’ side are heading into Wednesday’s match after a disappointment in round one of the FA Cup as they were knocked out of the competition by Exeter City.

Their first meeting with Exeter ended in a 1-1 draw, which went to a replay which was later cancelled, which led to Bradford travelling down south to St James’ Park for the second time last Tuesday falling to a 2-1 defeat.

Amongst those FA Cup travels, Bradford have played out many 1-1 draws in League Two, including last weekend when they were on the road again at Scunthorpe.

Yann Songo’o scored his first goal for the club to level the scoreline in that match, but the Bantams will be seeking to keep their first clean sheet since the beggining of October on Wednesday to try and get back to winning.

Derek Adams will have confidence in his team to block Colchester from scoring this week, as the visitors have only scored six times in eight away games this season, one of the lowest in the division.

Colchester’s last league outing was played late in November, when they snatched a point in a 1-1 draw with Newport.

Goalkeeper Jake Turner was awarded the Player of the Match award, and he is likely to need to produce another strong performance on Wednesday as his side do not have a strong attacking power.

Colchester have not won on the road in League Two since September, while Bradford will be relieved to be back on the home turf as they have lost only once in West Yorlshire.

Bradford City vs Colchester United head to head

The two teams have previously met in 14 occasions and their strength seems to be almost the same, as they have had more draws than wins. Bradford City have won two and Colchester United 4 with 8 draws in all competitions. Bradford have scored 15 goals and conceded 18.

Colchester United 2-0 Bradford City 29/09/21

Bradford City 1-2 Colchester United 01/03/16

Colchester United 0-0 Bradford 21/01/20

Bradford City 0-0 Colchester United 12/09/20

Colchester United 1-2 Bradford City 27/03/21

Bradford City latest home form

Bradford are currently in a relatively good run of form despite failing to record successive victories. They have not lost their last three matches at home, drawing all of them. Their last loss was October. In their last five, they have drawn four and lost one in all competitions.

Bradford City 2-2 Bristol Rovers 16/10/21

Bradford City 1-3 Hartlepool United 19/10/21

Bradford City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers 30/10/21

Bradford City 1-1 Exeter City 06/11/21

Bradford City 1-1 Northampton Town 20/11/21

Bradford City latest away form

The Bantams have been on a low run of form on the road in the recent few weeks, having won just two of their last ten matches, one win being through penalties after they drew 1-1 with Sunderland in the EFL Trophy. In their last five, they have won one, drawn two and lost two.

Sunderland 1-1(p) Bradford City 09/11/21

Port Vale 1-1 Bradford City 13/11/21

Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Bradford City 23/11/21

Scunthorpe United 1-1 Bradford City 27/11/21

Exeter City 2-1 Bradford City 30/11/21

Colchester United latest home form

Colchester lost their last match at home, where they were defeated 2-1 against Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup. However, they had not lost in any of their last three games in the league prior to the loss. In their last five, they have won two, drawn one and lost two.

Colchester United 1-3 Sutton United 26/10/21

Colchester United 2-1 Scunthorpe United 30/10/21

Colchester United 3-1 Exeter City 23/11/21

Colchester United 1-1 Newport County 26/11/21

Colchester United 1-2 Wigan Athletic 05/12/21

Colchester United latest away form

The U’s are currently on a low run of from on the road. They won their last away match beating Swindon Town 2-1 in the EFL Trophy. They however have performed poorly in the domestic league. In their last five, they have won two and lost three in all competitions.

Port Vale 3-0 Colchester United 23/10/21

AFC Sudbury 0-4 Colchester United 05/11/21

Ipswich Town 0-0 Colchester United 09/11/21

Stevenage 1-0 Colchester United 20/11/21

Swindon Town 1-2 Colchester United 30/11/21

Bradford City news

Attacker Abo Eisa did not feature against Exeter and is likely to miss out here as well. Elliot Watt replaced Eisa on the right win and could continue in this game, with Lee Angol still leading the line as he has scored three goals in six League Two appearances for Bradford this season.

Colchester United news

Striker Freddie Sears is the leading goalscorer for Colchester, having scored seven thus far, and he certainly will start in this game.

Noah Chivers and Cole Skuse have been integral in the team and have missed just one away league game this season, and they will remain in the midfield on Wednesday.

Prediction and Odds

Bradford have had a draining FA Cup journey, playing Exeter three times travelling twice and got knocked out of the competition in the end, which could impact them negatively.

Colchester will travel with that in mind and will try to take advantage of that, but Bradford may block them on the way. We predict a draw or away win.

Odds: 1 2.31 X 3.10 2 2.20