Match Report
The table read 3rd (Bury, 79 pts) against 9th (Colchester United, 70 pts), 9 points apart. The last five rounds placed Colchester United 4th in the league for form — higher than their 9th in the standings. Per game in the league, Bury were scoring 1.78 and conceding 1.22, Colchester United 1.41 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Bury had lost three in a row.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 4 for Bury, 3 for Colchester United and 0 drawn, at 3.71 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
The venue was Gigg Lane in Bury, with room for 11,840 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.




