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Swindon Town face a trip to Colchester United at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 19 and win only 8 of the 34 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2010, with Colchester U. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 13 Nov | Swindon Town | 2 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 10 Apr | Colchester U. | 3 - 0 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 12 Sep | Swindon Town | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 10 Mar | Colchester U. | 3 - 2 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | Swindon Town | 1 - 3 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Mar | Colchester U. | 1 - 0 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Swindon Town | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Swindon Town is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Robins have hit 8 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Colchester U.'s 38 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Swindon Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower League One with a return of just 31 points from their 30 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the U's, as the Robins have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Swindon Town | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 8 most recent games. |