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Peterborough are ready to welcome Colchester United to London Road Ground on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 23 wins out of 35 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at London Road Ground was within the last three years, in November 2008, the Posh carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Peterborough | 2-1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Jan | Colchester U. | 1 - 3 | Peterborough | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 25 Mar | Peterborough | 0 - 3 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Colchester U. | 0 - 0 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Peterborough | 1 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Peterborough United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Posh's have scored 14 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 16.
Colchester U. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The U's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 4 against.
Peterborough lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League One, picking up 29 points from their 19 games so far. Colchester U.'s total of 30 points from their 19 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Npower League One.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Peterborough | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Peterborough are performing in fits and starts at home in recent games, and FootyMad doesn't see things getting any better, as the visitors squeak past and take all the points. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Peterborough | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Colchester U. | No sequences of note |