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Wolves travel to take on Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 2 of the previous 3 occasions.
The last time the two teams met at Colchester U. was well over fifteen years ago, back in November 1987, with Wolves inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the U's in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Wolves | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Mon 04 Apr | Wolves | 2 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE2 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 21 Nov | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Wolves | LGE2 |
| 1986/1987 | Sun 17 May | Wolves | 0 - 0 | Colchester U. | D3PO |
| 1986/1987 | Thu 14 May | Colchester U. | 0 - 2 | Wolves | D3PO |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 03 Mar | Wolves | 2 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE2 |
| 1986/1987 | Fri 31 Oct | Colchester U. | 3 - 0 | Wolves | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, U's have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 3.
The Wolves have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Colchester U. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 40 points from their 25 games so far. Wolves's 39 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 13 |
| Wolves | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the U's. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Won 10 successive home games. 16 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Wolves | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |