21st- against 16th position might not seem all that hot. Fear not: We have the info that makes Colchester United - Crewe Alexandra (even) more absorbing!
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
It's no vacation for neither Colchester United nor Crewe Alexandra as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have collected 21 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-9-7. With eight home League Two games in a row without a win, the Colchester United fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
The Colchester coach Garner and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Stevenage (placed 4th).
Before that, Colchester United drew at home versus Newport County.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colchester United handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 10 have contained zero, one or two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Colchester United here at JobServe Community Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 20 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
There's been little loot from Crewe Alexandra's travels as they have only collected 18 points from 19 away games in the League Two. Crewe Alexandra only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 9 draws.
The Alexandra goalkeeper James Beadle is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 200 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Agyei (2) and Long secured the home win 3-0 against Barrow in their previous game. Agyei got a match rating of 8.91 in that game, top player of the team. Agyei scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Doncaster Rovers with the score of 2-0.Crewe Alexandra are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crewe Alexandra as they have only managed to score 14 times from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Crewe Alexandra - Colchester United 1-0. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Colchester United, two draws and five wins for Crewe Alexandra. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Agyei 14 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 8 goals |   N. Chilvers 6 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Colchester United | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 39 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| 47 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 95% | 90% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 68% | 72% |
| 32% | 25% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 37% | 41% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 10% |
| 2% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 42% | 44% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 26% | 33% |
| 38% | 35% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 47% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8.8 | 10.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 8 | 9.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| 58% | 55% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 39% | 38% |
| 11.3 | 10.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 14.5 | 13.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 80 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 70 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 69 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 69 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 67 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 39 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 65 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 64 |
| 8 | Salford City | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 63 |
| 9 | Barrow | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 58 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -1 | 57 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 51 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -15 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 40 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 50 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 50 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 26 | -8 | 48 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 48 |
| 17 | Newport County | 39 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 20 | -2 | 47 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 41 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 47 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 47 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 39 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 57 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -12 | 40 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 40 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -12 | 39 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 38 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 40 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 69 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -22 | 38 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 40 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 61 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -23 | 32 |
