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West Brom. pack their bags to visit Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Tuesday evening,
The previous match played between the two at Layer Road Ground was within the last three years, in September 2004, the U's carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | West Brom. | 2 - 1 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 21 Sep | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | West Brom. | LGEC |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 03 Sep | West Brom. | 1 - 3 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 20 Aug | Colchester U. | 2 - 3 | West Brom. | LGEC |
| 1967/1968 | Wed 31 Jan | West Brom. | 4 - 0 | Colchester U. | FAC |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 27 Jan | Colchester U. | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the U's, with 4 goals against.
The The Baggies have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the The Baggies, and 7 goals against.
Colchester U. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 51 points from their 32 games so far. West Brom. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 56 points from 32 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Baggies's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Colchester U., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| West Brom. | 3 successive away victories. 5 games since last away draw. 8 games since last defeat. |