Tranmere vs Colchester

England • League Two • 2026/2027 • Round 16

Tranmere

15:0021 November 2026

Colchester

Match information

Country: England
Competition: League Two
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 16
Date: 21 November 2026
Kick-off: 15:00
Stadium: Prenton Park

Prediction

Tranmere win63%

Draw23%

Colchester win14%

Full prediction

Clubs

Tranmere

Founded: 1884
Country: England
Stadium: Prenton Park
City: Birkenhead, Merseyside
Capacity: 16 567
Surface: grass

Colchester

Founded: 1937
Country: England
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
City: Colchester, Essex
Capacity: 10 083
Surface: grass

Recent form

Tranmere

LWDWL

Colchester

DDLLW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
10	Chesterfield	14	+3	19
11	Tranmere	14	+2	19
12	Exeter	14	+2	19
…
22	Rotherham	14	-7	12
23	Colchester	13	-7	12
24	Crawley	12	-8	9

Full standings

Head-to-head

6 April 2026 • League Two • Tranmere 0 : 1 Colchester (Half-time 0 : 0)
2 August 2025 • League Two • Colchester 1 : 1 Tranmere (Half-time 0 : 1)
1 February 2025 • League Two • Tranmere Rovers 1 : 3 Colchester United (Half-time 0 : 2)
21 September 2024 • League Two • Colchester United 3 : 0 Tranmere Rovers (Half-time 2 : 0)
1 April 2024 • League Two • Tranmere Rovers 1 : 1 Colchester United (Half-time 1 : 1)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Tranmere win63%

Draw23%

Colchester win14%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 86%
X2: 37%
12: 77%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 69%
Under 1.5: 32%
Over 2.5: 42%
Under 2.5: 58%
Over 3.5: 22%
Under 3.5: 79%

Both teams to score

Yes: 40%
No: 60%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Tranmere	Colchester
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	100%	0%
+2.5 / -2.5	99%	1%
+1.5 / -1.5	96%	4%
+0.5 / -0.5	86%	14%
-0.5 / +0.5	63%	37%
-1.5 / +1.5	36%	64%
-2.5 / +2.5	16%	84%
-3.5 / +3.5	6%	94%
-4.5 / +4.5	2%	98%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Tranmere: Darrell Clarke
Colchester: Danny Cowley

Missing players

Tranmere

17Zane Okoro - injured

Colchester

17Jaden Williams - injured

Squad - Tranmere

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Luke McGee	31	7	0	0	2	7.32
12	Harrison Male	26	6	0	0	0	6.96
13	Coniah Boyce-Clarke	23	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Joel Senior	27	12	0	1	4	6.63
3	Jacob Slater	22	12	1	2	3	7.06
4	Jordan Turnbull	32	6	0	0	1	6.90
5	Nathan Smith	30	11	0	0	3	6.78
14	Olly Scott	26	-	-	-	-	-
16	Bobby Faulkner	22	10	1	1	1	7.29
22	Lee O'Connor	26	5	0	0	1	6.77
23	Patrick Brough	30	3	0	0	0	6.50
28	Jack McEvilly	20	-	-	-	-	-
30	George Nevett	20	6	0	0	0	7.11
Midfielders
6	Will Vaulks	33	13	2	2	3	7.51
7	Charlie Whitaker	23	12	2	1	1	6.62
8	Sam Finley	34	8	0	1	1	6.95
11	Tom Conlon	30	12	1	0	2	6.87
15	Jordan Davies	28	5	1	0	1	6.48
20	Charlie Veevers	21	3	0	0	0	6.40
25	Lewis Warrington	24	-	-	-	-	-
26	James Plant	22	-	-	-	-	-
44	Ryan Watson	33	2	0	0	1	6.80
Forwards
9	Joe Ironside	33	13	1	1	2	6.64
10	Tom Ince	34	13	2	4	3	6.89
17	Zane Okoro injured	19	8	2	0	1	6.60
19	Courtney Baker-Richardson	30	2	0	0	0	6.90
24	David Kamara	20	-	-	-	-	-
27	Sam Mann	19	-	-	-	-	-
29	Dylan Jones	21	11	5	0	1	6.90

Squad - Colchester

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Tom Smith	24	-	-	-	-	-
22	Thimothee Lo-Tutala	23	12	0	0	0	7.06
31	Oscar Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Robert Hunt	31	11	1	0	2	6.80
3	Ellis Iandolo	29	12	1	1	2	6.98
5	Jack Tucker	26	12	0	0	1	7.02
20	Sean Raggett	32	8	0	0	0	6.71
21	Jake Leake	23	-	-	-	-	-
24	Frankie Terry	22	7	0	0	0	6.72
30	Kane Vincent-Young	30	9	0	1	1	6.72
	Samuel Kuffour	23	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
4	Ben Perry	22	3	1	0	0	7.10
6	Paul Digby	31	9	0	0	1	6.72
8	Teddy Bishop	30	1	0	0	0	-
10	Jack Payne	32	10	1	1	0	6.99
16	Alex Faux	19	-	-	-	-	-
20	Milton Oni	20	-	-	-	-	-
26	Jay Williams	26	8	0	0	2	6.51
34	Kaion Lisbie	19	-	-	-	-	-
41	Max Jollife	21	-	-	-	-	-
47	Ronnie Harvey	19	2	0	0	0	6.45
49	Lennox Emery	18	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Harry Anderson	29	8	2	0	1	6.77
9	Bradley Ihionvien	22	11	0	0	2	6.48
11	Leon Chiwome	20	9	0	0	0	6.22
12	Moses Sesay	19	11	1	1	1	6.76
14	Kylian Kouassi	23	4	1	0	0	6.70
15	Beryly Lubala	28	3	0	0	2	6.80
17	Jaden Williams injured	22	9	1	0	0	6.63
23	Adrian Akande	23	-	-	-	-	-
27	Oscar Thorn	22	12	0	4	1	6.65
39	Kien Connolly	21	-	-	-	-	-
44	Samuel Kuffour	23	3	0	0	0	7.03

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

Tranmere wins1

Draws3

Colchester wins4

Goals: Tranmere: 6 (0.8)
Goals: Colchester: 12 (1.5)
Goals per match: 2.3
Both teams scored: 4 / 8
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 8

Results

6 April 2026 • League Two • Tranmere 0 : 1 Colchester (Half-time 0 : 0)
2 August 2025 • League Two • Colchester 1 : 1 Tranmere (Half-time 0 : 1)
1 February 2025 • League Two • Tranmere Rovers 1 : 3 Colchester United (Half-time 0 : 2)
21 September 2024 • League Two • Colchester United 3 : 0 Tranmere Rovers (Half-time 2 : 0)
1 April 2024 • League Two • Tranmere Rovers 1 : 1 Colchester United (Half-time 1 : 1)
9 September 2023 • League Two • Colchester United 2 : 0 Tranmere Rovers (Half-time 1 : 0)
25 March 2023 • League Two • Colchester United 1 : 1 Tranmere Rovers (Half-time 0 : 1)
27 August 2022 • League Two • Tranmere Rovers 2 : 0 Colchester United (Half-time 1 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Tranmere	Colchester
W-D-L	3-4-3	1-5-4
Scored (per match)	11 (1.1)	8 (0.8)
Conceded (per match)	13 (1.3)	14 (1.4)
Clean sheets	3 / 10	2 / 10
Both teams scored	6 / 10	6 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	4 / 10	3 / 10

Recent form - Tranmere

L7 November 2026 • FA Cup • Barnet 3 : 0 Tranmere (Half-time 0 : 0)
W31 October 2026 • League Two • Tranmere 3 : 1 Cheltenham (Half-time 3 : 1)
D24 October 2026 • League Two • Crawley 1 : 1 Tranmere (Half-time 0 : 0)
W20 October 2026 • League Two • Northampton 0 : 1 Tranmere (Half-time 0 : 1)
L17 October 2026 • League Two • Tranmere 1 : 2 Barnet (Half-time 1 : 0)
D10 October 2026 • League Two • Tranmere 1 : 1 Rochdale (Half-time 1 : 0)
L3 October 2026 • League Two • Chesterfield 4 : 2 Tranmere (Half-time 1 : 0)
D26 September 2026 • League Two • Tranmere 1 : 1 Walsall (Half-time 0 : 0)
W22 September 2026 • EFL Trophy • Tranmere 1 : 0 Shrewsbury (Half-time 0 : 0)
D19 September 2026 • League Two • Exeter 0 : 0 Tranmere (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form - Colchester

W7 November 2026 • FA Cup • Colchester 1 : 0 Worcester (Half-time 1 : 0)
L31 October 2026 • League Two • Colchester 1 : 3 Walsall (Half-time 1 : 1)
L24 October 2026 • League Two • Northampton 2 : 0 Colchester (Half-time 1 : 0)
D20 October 2026 • League Two • Chesterfield 1 : 1 Colchester (Half-time 1 : 0)
D17 October 2026 • League Two • Colchester 0 : 0 Exeter (Half-time 0 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • League Two • Newport 1 : 0 Colchester (Half-time 0 : 0)
D26 September 2026 • League Two • Shrewsbury 2 : 2 Colchester (Half-time 1 : 1)
L22 September 2026 • EFL Trophy • Peterborough 3 : 1 Colchester (Half-time 3 : 0)
D19 September 2026 • League Two • Colchester 1 : 1 Cheltenham (Half-time 0 : 0)
D12 September 2026 • League Two • Colchester 1 : 1 Crewe (Half-time 1 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Salford	14	10	1	3	25	15	+10	31
2	Barnet	13	7	5	1	28	18	+10	26
3	Walsall	13	5	7	1	21	12	+9	22
4	Crewe	14	5	7	2	17	17	0	22
5	Cheltenham	14	6	3	5	23	25	-2	21
6	Grimsby	14	5	5	4	24	18	+6	20
7	York City	14	5	5	4	24	21	+3	20
8	Gillingham	14	5	5	4	20	19	+1	20
9	Accrington	14	4	7	3	23	17	+6	19
10	Chesterfield	14	5	4	5	24	21	+3	19
11	Tranmere	14	4	7	3	19	17	+2	19
12	Exeter	14	5	4	5	11	9	+2	19
13	Swindon	14	5	4	5	15	17	-2	19
14	Newport	14	4	6	4	20	17	+3	18
15	Shrewsbury	14	5	3	6	17	22	-5	18
16	Fleetwood	14	4	5	5	18	18	0	17
17	Bristol Rovers	14	5	1	8	17	23	-6	16
18	Oldham	14	4	3	7	15	19	-4	15
19	Port Vale	12	4	3	5	10	14	-4	15
20	Rochdale	14	4	3	7	17	26	-9	15
21	Northampton	13	3	5	5	9	10	-1	14
22	Rotherham	14	2	6	6	18	25	-7	12
23	Colchester	13	2	6	5	12	19	-7	12
24	Crawley	12	2	3	7	13	21	-8	9

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Salford	7	6	0	1	9	4	+5	18
2	York City	7	5	2	0	16	5	+11	17
3	Cheltenham	7	5	1	1	14	10	+4	16
4	Newport	7	4	3	0	14	6	+8	15
5	Exeter	7	4	3	0	8	2	+6	15
6	Barnet	7	4	2	1	15	10	+5	14
7	Port Vale	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	14
8	Swindon	7	4	2	1	12	7	+5	14
9	Accrington	7	3	4	0	13	8	+5	13
10	Grimsby	7	4	1	2	13	8	+5	13
11	Crewe	7	3	4	0	12	8	+4	13
12	Bristol Rovers	7	4	1	2	11	8	+3	13
13	Chesterfield	7	3	3	1	16	9	+7	12
14	Tranmere	7	3	3	1	12	7	+5	12
15	Fleetwood	7	3	3	1	10	5	+5	12
16	Walsall	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
17	Oldham	7	3	1	3	11	8	+3	10
18	Shrewsbury	7	3	1	3	8	8	0	10
19	Rochdale	7	3	1	3	10	13	-3	10
20	Colchester	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9
21	Gillingham	7	2	3	2	8	9	-1	9
22	Northampton	7	2	2	3	4	4	0	8
23	Rotherham	7	1	5	1	13	15	-2	8
24	Crawley	6	0	2	4	6	12	-6	2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Salford	7	4	1	2	16	11	+5	13
2	Barnet	6	3	3	0	13	8	+5	12
3	Walsall	7	2	5	0	11	6	+5	11
4	Gillingham	7	3	2	2	12	10	+2	11
5	Crewe	7	2	3	2	5	9	-4	9
6	Shrewsbury	7	2	2	3	9	14	-5	8
7	Grimsby	7	1	4	2	11	10	+1	7
8	Crawley	6	2	1	3	7	9	-2	7
9	Tranmere	7	1	4	2	7	10	-3	7
10	Chesterfield	7	2	1	4	8	12	-4	7
11	Accrington	7	1	3	3	10	9	+1	6
12	Northampton	6	1	3	2	5	6	-1	6
13	Fleetwood	7	1	2	4	8	13	-5	5
14	Rochdale	7	1	2	4	7	13	-6	5
15	Cheltenham	7	1	2	4	9	15	-6	5
16	Swindon	7	1	2	4	3	10	-7	5
17	Oldham	7	1	2	4	4	11	-7	5
18	Exeter	7	1	1	5	3	7	-4	4
19	Rotherham	7	1	1	5	5	10	-5	4
20	Newport	7	0	3	4	6	11	-5	3
21	Colchester	7	0	3	4	6	13	-7	3
22	York City	7	0	3	4	8	16	-8	3
23	Bristol Rovers	7	1	0	6	6	15	-9	3
24	Port Vale	6	0	1	5	2	11	-9	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	K. Tshimanga	Barnet	10	3	4
2	A. Pressley	Walsall	9	2	0
3	McCann Charlie	Cheltenham Town	8	0	0
4	A. Drinan	Swindon T.	8	0	0
1	A. Drinan	Swindon Town	7	0	0
5	P. Mullin	Rotherham	7	3	0
2	M. Dennis	Notts County	6	0	0
6	R. Hale	Gillingham	6	2	0
7	J. Woods	Accrington Stanley	6	1	0
8	C. Lakin	Barnet	6	0	3
9	A. Newby	York C.	6	0	0
3	O. Patrick	Tranmere Rovers	5	0	5
10	C. Caton	Accrington Stanley	5	0	0
11	Dylan Jones	Tranmere Rovers	5	0	0
12	G. Lloyd	Shrewsbury T.	5	2	0
13	J. Gibson	Crewe Alexandra	5	0	2
14	Pearce Ollie	York C.	5	0	3
15	R. Coughlan	Fleetwood Town	5	0	0
16	D. Morgan	Crawley Town	5	0	0
17	Macaulay Langstaff	Salford City	5	1	0
14	K. Lisbie	Colchester United	3	0	0
45	Z. Okoro	Tranmere Rovers	2	0	0