Colchester United U21 vs Swansea City U21 prediction and preview

The PunterPick prediction

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Colchester United U21 host Swansea City U21 in the Professional Development League (England) on 6 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Double Chance X2 — Swansea City U21 to win or draw. It was published at odds of 1.25, which the bookmaker market rated at about 73% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Final score: Colchester United U21 1–2 Swansea City U21.

Going into the match, Colchester United U21 had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches, scoring 17 and conceding 29. Swansea City U21 had won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 10, with 18 scored and 12 conceded.

Both teams scored in 6 of Colchester United U21's last 10 and 4 of Swansea City U21's last 10; 8 and 5 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Colchester United U21 averaged 2.00 goals scored and 2.00 conceded across 3 matches; away from home Swansea City U21 averaged 1.33 scored and 1.17 conceded across 6.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.40 goals from Colchester United U21 and 2.26 from Swansea City U21. From that it rates a home win at 22%, a draw at 22% and an away win at 56%, against 26%, 20% and 54% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 78%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Colchester United U21 (green) and Swansea City U21 (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Form before the match

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

More on this match

• Colchester United U21 form and statistics
• Swansea City U21 form and statistics
• Professional Development League statistics