Preview: Swindon Town vs. Colchester United - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Wednesday's League Two clash betwixt Swindon Town and Colchester United, including predictions, squad quality and imaginable lineups.

Swindon Town volition effort to enactment immoderate region betwixt themselves and the League Two relegation portion arsenic they statesman 2025 by hosting Colchester United astatine The Nigel Eady County Ground connected Wednesday.

Both sides earned come-from-behind 1-1 draws implicit the weekend, with the Robins claiming a constituent astatine Bromley and Colchester doing the aforesaid versus Doncaster Rovers.

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Ryan Delaney of Swindon Town pictured connected December 14 2024 © Imago

A coagulated December has enabled Swindon Town to ascent backmost supra the relegation line, claiming a full of 8 points past month.

They statesman a caller twelvemonth conscionable 3 points supra the relegation line, though they person played much games than each broadside beneath them successful the standings.

Ian Holloway's men person lone mislaid 1 of their erstwhile six encounters crossed each competitions, suffering a 1-0 decision against Bradford City successful mid-December.

Swindon are riding a two-match home winning tally astatine location into this upcoming contest, outscoring their erstwhile 2 opponents successful Wiltshire by a combined borderline of 6-2.

In each of their erstwhile 2 campaigns, this broadside person mislaid their archetypal home brushwood to statesman a calendar year, though they person not suffered 3 defeats successful a enactment since 2002.

The Robins are unbeaten successful their past 3 location fixtures versus Colchester crossed each competitions, eliminating them from the FA Cup successful aboriginal November (2-1 successful extra-time).

Colchester United skipper Tom Flanagan pictured connected September 30, 2024 © Imago

Over successful Essex, Colchester United ended the twelvemonth with immoderate bully momentum, coming backmost to gain a constituent past play for the seventh clip domestically this play erstwhile conceding the opening goal.

Those 7 points gained are the quality betwixt 15th and 22nd place, with the U's safely supra the relegation line, 9 points up of Carlisle United.

Since that heartbreaking decision to Swindon successful the FA Cup, they person bounced backmost nicely, presently unbeaten successful their past 11 matches crossed each competitions.

Danny Cowley's men person not mislaid immoderate of their past six home encounters distant from location and person not conceded successful 3 successive league contests arsenic the visitors.

The U's person won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 7 shot league fixtures to unfastened a calendar year, failing to people much than erstwhile successful immoderate of those encounters.

They are unbeaten successful their past 4 league fixtures versus Swindon Town but person not won an distant lucifer against them successful this contention since September 2019 (3-0).

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Team News

Swindon Town manager Ian Holloway pictured connected December 14, 2024 © Imago

There were six changes made to the Swindon starting 11 implicit the weekend, with Nnamdi Ofoborh, Danny Butterworth, Aaron Drinan, Paul Glatzel, Billy Kirkman and Rosaire Longelo being the newcomers to the opening lineup.

Longelo levelled their lucifer connected Sunday, 3 minutes aft Omar Sowunmi had fixed Bromley the lead, his archetypal of the League Two campaign.

On Sunday, Colchester were erstwhile again missing Anthony Scully due to the fact that of an ankle injury, portion determination was 1 alteration from their opening lineup connected Boxing Day arsenic Teddy Bishop came successful for Arthur Read.

Their lone extremity against Doncaster came six minutes into the 2nd half, courtesy of Lyle Taylor, his 2nd successful successive matches for the U's.

Swindon Town imaginable starting lineup:
Barden; Sobowale, Wright, Delaney, Kirkman, Longelo; Cotterill, Ofoborh, Clarke; Smith, Drinan

Colchester United imaginable starting lineup:
Macey; Egbo, Flanagan, Donnelly, Iandolo; McDonnell, Bishop; Anderson, Payne, Edwards; Taylor

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We say: Swindon Town 2-2 Colchester United

At slightest 3 oregon much goals person been scored the past 4 times these teams person met successful a competitory fixture, and we expect different beardown attacking show for each connected Wednesday, but nary 1 uncovering that decisive advantage.

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