The hosts have demonstrated in the early stages of the season that they are a capable outfit if they can just find that clinical edge in front of goal, but it remains to be seen if that will change in the short term.
Bromley meanwhile have made a solid start to their campaign and have already won away from home at Harrogate Town, demonstrating they could be tricky opposition for the U's on Saturday.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Colchester United win with a probability of 39.49%. A win for Bromley had a probability of 35.06% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Colchester United win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.6%) and 2-0 (6.46%). The likeliest Bromley win was 0-1 (8.42%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.03%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-1 draw for this match.
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