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Bradford City travel to take on Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bantams 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 last time the two teams met at Colchester U. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in February 1982, with Bradford City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the U's in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | Bradford City | 2 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1981/1982 | Fri 19 Feb | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 26 Sep | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE2 |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 07 Jan | Bradford City | 1 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 23 Aug | Colchester U. | 3 - 0 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 14 May | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 18 Dec | Bradford City | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Bradford City have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Colchester U. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 54 points from their 43 games played so far, Bradford City's 61 points from 43 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Bradford City only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Layer Road Ground will be a good result. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Bradford City | Previous 4 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 5 away matches. |