Colchester United visit Scunthorpe United in League Two

The U's lie five points clear of the relegation zone, heading into their game with rock-bottom the Iron at Glanford Park.

Colchester are aiming to extend their unbeaten run to four matches and build on their 1-0 win over Port Vale, last Saturday.

From team news to line-ups, key men and the referee, all you need to know can be found below ahead of the game (kick-off 3pm).

U's team news

Colchester are set to welcome back Cole Skuse (pictured below) for their game at Scunthorpe.

The experienced midfielder was forced to miss the U's 1-0 win over Port Vale last weekend with a head injury.

The U's will also assess Alan Judge and Owura Edwards ahead of the game, after they also missed the Vale win.

Left-back Ryan Clampin remains sidelined with a knee injury.

Colchester interim head coach Wayne Brown

“We’ll do our due diligence on the opposition, try and see what their strengths and weaknesses are, try and nullify their strengths and obviously look at ways we can hurt them.

“That’s been the process for any game that we play, no matter what the opposition.

“I think people do get a little bit done up in writing us off against the bigger, better teams in the league and expect the world against teams that are in and around us.

“But that’s the nature of the beast and it’s only natural for people to think like that.

“But for us within eternally, it’s an opportunity for three points and we’ll be doing all we can to prepare the lads in the best way we can to achieve that."

Predicted line-ups

Colchester United: George, Coxe, Chambers, Dallison, Kenlock, Skuse, Wiredu, Wright, Chilvers, Hannant, Sears

Scunthorpe United: Watson, Delaney, Rowe, Taft, Matheson, Cribb, Grant, Hackney, Pyke, Burns, Feeney

Last meeting

Colchester ran out 2-1 winners when they faced Scunthorpe at the JobServe Community Stadium, last October.

Freddie Sears scored an early goal against his old club to give the U's the lead and Armando Dobra doubled it, soon after.

Harry Davis pulled a goal back for Scunthorpe late on but it was not enough to prevent the visitors from falling to defeat.

Opposition view

Scunthorpe boss Keith Hill told the club's website: "If you get consistent good performances, you will get good results, and yield points.

"I think it's important we build on good performances where I think after previous ones we've fallen short in the next game.

"We want a bit of continuity so we can start building.

"We have 11 games and every one is a great opportunity for the players and football club. I seek to create positivity going into next season.

"We've got a relatively healthy squad, looking back on last weekend.

"We've got no new additions but we're not any weaker, so I'm pleased going into this weekend's fixture against Colchester."

Odds

Colchester are 6/5 to give their League Two survival hopes a further boost with a victory today.

The draw is 11/5 with a Scunthorpe win seen at 12/5.

Referee

Alan Young is the man in the middle today.

He has presided over 17 games so far, showing 71 yellow cards - an average of four bookings per game - and three reds.

Fixtures, League Two, today (kick-off 3pm)

Bristol Rovers v Harrogate Town, Carlisle United v Northampton Town, Exeter City v Salford City, Forest Green Rovers v Bradford City, Hartlepool United v Leyton Orient, Port Vale v Crawley Town, Rochdale v Barrow, Scunthorpe United v Colchester United, Stevenage v Newport County, Swindon Town v Oldham Athletic, Walsall v Sutton United.