Colchester United vs Exeter City Prediction & Preview
Exeter City arrive in Essex having won their last two League Two matches 1-0 without conceding a goal. Colchester United's only win in their last six came back on 29 August, and seven days ago they lost 0-1 away to Newport County. Two sides going in opposite directions, then, and both of them going there quietly: neither has scored more than once in a game since the start of September.
What time is kick-off for Colchester United v Exeter City?
Colchester United v Exeter City kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday 17 October 2026, a League Two fixture at the JobServe Community Stadium in Colchester. Danny Cowley's side are at home; Matt Taylor's Exeter travel up from Devon.
- Fixture: Colchester United v Exeter City
- Competition: League Two
- Date: Saturday 17 October 2026
- Kick-off: 15:00 BST
- Venue: JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester
- Match page: Colchester United vs Exeter City predictions
Colchester United form: five points from their last six
Colchester have taken five points from their last six League Two games, winning one, drawing two and losing three. The win was that 1-0 at home to Rochdale, 49 days before this one. Since then it has been a 0-2 defeat away to Bristol Rovers, 1-3 at Swindon Town, 1-1 draws at home with Crewe Alexandra and Cheltenham Town, and the loss at Newport.
Four goals scored across those six, eight conceded. They have not scored twice in any of the six, and they drew a blank in two. One clean sheet.
The home record is thin rather than terrible - one win in three at the JobServe. Away from it they have won none of three.
Exeter City form: four clean sheets and two goals
Exeter's last six have produced eight points against Colchester's five, and almost no football at either end. Two goals scored. Two conceded. Four clean sheets.
That is not a typo in a column somewhere. The 1-0 at Shrewsbury Town seven days ago and the 1-0 at home to Rotherham United the week before that are the only two games in the run in which Exeter found the net. The other four: 0-0 with Walsall, 0-1 at Port Vale, 0-0 with Tranmere Rovers, 0-1 at Bristol Rovers.
Not one of those six saw both teams score. Not one produced three goals or more. Exeter have won one of three at home and one of three away, which tells you the venue is barely a factor in how they play.
Team news
Colchester are without striker Kylian Kouassi, whose hamstring injury in training is expected to keep him out until after the new year, while defender Sean Raggett has a knee problem, according to Colchester United News. Exeter boss Matt Taylor is braced for a scrap, telling Yahoo Sports: "We expect a tough test, a real examination of ourselves. Two honest teams going at it with some quality on the pitch."
Colchester United vs Exeter City prediction
Our prediction for Colchester United v Exeter City in League Two on Saturday 17 October 2026 is a narrow Exeter City win, 0-1 at the JobServe Community Stadium. Exeter's last two results were both settled by a single goal and neither Colchester nor Exeter has managed two in a game across their last six, so a tight, low-scoring afternoon is the obvious read.
Colchester need a goal first and have found four in six attempts. Exeter have kept four clean sheets in the same number of matches. That is the mismatch that decides this.
Our prediction: Colchester United 0-1 Exeter City
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