📊 Form Guide

Colchester United

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Colchester United enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 League Two draw versus Cambridge United.

The only name on the scoresheet from Colchester United was Jack Payne (30'). Kelland Watts (3') was the scorer for Cambridge United.

A recurring feature of recent Colchester United games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their previous sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have been a loser. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Going into this encounter, Colchester United have not registered a win against Barnet in their last 2 matches in the league.

Barnet

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Since a loss in their previous game against Swindon Town in League Two competition, Barnet and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only name on the scoresheet from Barnet was Adam Senior (9'). Ollie Clarke (50', 63') was the scorer for Swindon Town.

A sequence of outstanding performances from the Barnet defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 outings combined. In that time, their own attack force has managed to score 8.

Heading into this fixture, Barnet are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 09/01/2007, there has been little to separate the clubs with Colchester United winning 2 of those games, Barnet 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A combined sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 from The U's and 6 netted by The Bees. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The previous league game featuring these sides was League Two match day 6 on 30/08/2025 when it finished Barnet 1-1 Colchester United.

The match was refereed by Tom Reeves.

🗞️ Team News: Colchester United

Ben Perry (Cruciate ligament tear), Harry Anderson (Knee medial ligament tear), Ellis Iandolo (Knee injury) and Micah Mbick (Hip injury) won’t be playing for Colchester United gaffer Danny Cowley.

It seems likely that The U's should go for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro.

📰 Team News: Barnet

We reckon that The Bees might play in a 3-4-3 formation, choosing Martin Dubravka, Josh Laurent, Joe Worrall, Maxime Esteve, Kyle Walker, Lesley Ugochukwu, Hannibal Mejbri, Bashir Humphreys, Marcus Edwards, Zian Flemming and Jaidon Anthony.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Barnet and Colchester United may well end up cancelling each other out here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. That is why we are leaning toward a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 14:07 21/02/2026