Leicester City face a trip to Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, U's have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 4.
Leicester City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Foxes have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Colchester U.'s total of 43 points from their 27 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 27 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Foxes are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Colchester U.. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Colchester U. | Won 11 successive home games. 17 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
Leicester City | 7 games since last away draw. No win in the 3 most recent games. |