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Swindon Town pack their bags to visit Colchester United at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Weston Homes Community Stadium was within the last three years, in March 2006, the U's carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Swindon Town | 0 - 3 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Sep | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Jan | Swindon Town | 2 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 15 Aug | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
Swindon Town have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Colchester U.'s 50 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Swindon Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 35 points from their 34 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
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 run of 4 matches. |
| Swindon Town | Not won in previous 5 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |