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Brentford face a trip to Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. It couldn't be much closer,Bees having 8 wins against 9 losses.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2002, with Brentford inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the U's in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 11 Mar | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Colchester | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Colchester | 0 - 1 | Brentford | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Feb | Colchester | 1 - 1 | Brentford | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Brentford | 4 - 1 | Colchester | LD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Fri 16 Mar | Colchester | 3 - 1 | Brentford | LD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 17 Oct | Brentford | 1 - 0 | Colchester | LD2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 May | Brentford | 0 - 0 | Colchester | LD2 |
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 6.
The away form of Brentford is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Bees have conceded 11 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Colchester's total of 17 points from their 10 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division Two. Brentford find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 13 points from their 10 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 |
| Brentford | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the U's, as the Bees have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Brentford | 14 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |