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Bristol Rovers vs Colchester — League Two 2018

Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Preview
18:45
Colchester
Colchester
9/1/2026League TwoLeague Two · Round 4Memorial Stadium
Big match
49%
Bristol Rovers
model favours
49%25%26%

Bristol Rovers score first in only 27% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
52%
over 2.5 goals
54%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 13+ matches

Bristol Rovers49%
×Draw25%
Colchester26%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.4%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Bristol Rovers
1.63
Colchester
1.12

Bristol Rovers creates 46% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 13 away

creates per match

Bristol Rovers
1.40
Colchester
1.11

allows per match

Bristol Rovers
1.13
Colchester
1.85

finishing

Bristol Rovers+0.03on par
Colchester+0.20scores more

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bristol Rovers ↓

Colchester →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–17%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Bristol Rovers or draw
74%
Bristol Rovers or Colchester
75%
Draw or Colchester
51%

Winning margin

Bristol Rovers wins by 2+
26%
Colchester wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Bristol Rovers 1+ goals
80%
Bristol Rovers 2+ goals
48%
Bristol Rovers 3+ goals
22%
Colchester 1+ goals
67%
Colchester 2+ goals
31%
Colchester 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Bristol Rovers (draw refunded)
65%
Colchester (draw refunded)
35%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Bristol Rovers at home — creates 1.40, concedes 1.13 · 14 matches

Colchester away — creates 1.11, concedes 1.85 · 13 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Bristol Rovers attack 1.40 + Colchester defence 1.85 → ÷2 → 1.63

Colchester attack 1.11 + Bristol Rovers defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.12

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 49%?"

Bristol Rovers scores more
49%
level
25%
Colchester scores more
26%

Bristol Rovers at 49% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 49% does not mean "Bristol Rovers will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • Both teams score in 82% of Bristol Rovers’s matches
  • 73% of Bristol Rovers’s matches go over 2.5 goals
  • Bristol Rovers win just 26% against the top half (vs 65% against the bottom)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Bristol Rovers
Defensively solid
Colchester
Balanced
52%Possession51%
66%Pass accuracy71%
12.5ShotsBiggest gap11.4
1.38xG1.29
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Bristol RoversColchester

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

2
Bristol Rovers
2
Draws
1
Colchester
Avg goals: 1.8BTTS: 60%
0–11–12–11–01–1

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
Rovers
DDLW
Colchester
LWWDW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Bristol Rovers vs Colchester — Match Preview

Bristol Rovers face Colchester on September 1, 2026 in this League Two fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Bristol Rovers host Colchester at Memorial Stadium.

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