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Preview
- 2026-08-29 at 15:00 GMT marks a key week 3 encounter between Colchester United and Rochdale in 2026-2027's League Two.
- On average in 8 games, Referee D. Bourne registers 4-5 yellows and 0 reds, and 21 fouls.
- With the data available to us, Danny Cowley and Ian Watson have not met as managers before.
- Colchester United have accumulated 4 points to lie 5th whereas Rochdale have 0 points to sit 23rd.
- No absentees for either Colchester United or Rochdale.
- We're predicting Colchester United to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Rochdale are expected to line up in 4-4-2.
- Last time out, J. Payne registered the best mark for Colchester United - 7.3 - and N. Ramming did likewise for Rochdale with an 7.3 score.
- Colchester United won 2-1 against Oldham Athletic, while Rochdale lost their fixture 1-2 vs Crawley Town.
- Neither side is flying – Colchester United 1-1-3 and Rochdale 0-1-4 over the last 5 matches.
- Rochdale lead this rivalry - 5 wins from 12 matches versus Colchester United (who've won just 3 games), alongside 4 draws.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Rochdale to win 2-1, despite Colchester United's 1-0-0 home form - Rochdale's strong 0-0-1 record away with 1.00 goals/game does the trick.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Colchester
Rochdale
Events
| 37' | R. Hunt | ||
| 40' | H. Gilmour | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 57' | |||
| 57' | |||
| 69' | |||
| 71' | I. Watson | ||
| 74' | |||
| 79' | |||
| 79' | |||
| 80' | D. Moss | ||
| 85' | |||
| 87' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 88' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
Colchester is going head to head with Rochdale on 29/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the England League Two. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Colchester v Rochdale H2H statistics!