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West Brom. face a trip to Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 2 of the 4 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2007, with West Brom. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the U's in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 13 Feb | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 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 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 07 Aug | West Brom. | 4 - 4 | Colchester U. | INVC |
| 1967/1968 | Wed 31 Jan | West Brom. | 4 - 0 | Colchester U. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The U's's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
West Brom.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Colchester U. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 10 matches. West Brom. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 17 points from 10 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the The Baggies has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Colchester U.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| West Brom. | No win in the 2 most recent games. |