It is all going terribly wrong for Barnet who have fallen so badly that they are only out of the relegation zone in League Two on goal difference heading into the weekend. They need to find a way to stop the rot, but no game looks particularly winnable for them at the moment. This one won’t be because Colchester are ticking along very nicely in some good form in the middle of the table. The Bees are 13/10 to win the home game, with Colchester at 19/10 and not without their appeal.
Football League Two – The Hive Stadium, Edgware – Saturday 11th November – 15:00 UK Time
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Barnet FC
Colchester United FCBarnet Form
The Bees looked relatively steady over the first six games of the league season, winning three of them. But since beating Cambridge back on September 9th, they have gone D4 L6 in their last ten league games. During that sequence, they have actually scored in all but one of the ten games, but defensively they keep letting themselves down. They are D3 L2 in their last five and they have drawn each of their last three at home, the last two by a 1-1 scoreline which is an 11/2 price to repeat in this one. They will have had further wind knocked out of them with an FA Cup defeat against Blackburn on the weekend.
Colchester Form
Colchester lost against National League side Oxford City in the FA Cup last weekend, but they are in decent shape in League Two. The U’s have produced a very strong W4 D2 L1 record in their last seven league games and they are unbeaten in four away games now. They have tightened things up with three clean sheets in their last six and two of them have been away from home. Their stats away from home aren’t great, but they are improving and they have been at 0-0 at halftime in their last two away games.
Head to Head News
There was a 1-1 draw between these two at the Hive Stadium last season before Colchester won 2-1 at home. Those are the only two previous League Two matches between the sides. Overall Colchester edge the head to head 7-6 with four draws from all previous meetings. Both teams have scored in each of the last five meetings.
Top Betting Tips
Colchester are in the top ten in the League Two form table over the last eight matches while Barnet are rock bottom of that form table. That speaks volumes, but because of all the drawn matches the Bees have played out at home recently, settle on the draw.