League Two fixture information and statistics: Crawley Town against Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Broadfield Stadium (6134 seats)

A demanding season for Crawley Town so far, and the same description fits Colchester United. These struggling sides have the opportunity for some crucial points here.

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League Two
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Crawley Town and Colchester United.

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Crawley Town form and stats

Crawley Town have played 21 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-5-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Crawley Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Newport County, AFC Wimbledon, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United and Harrogate Town), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Crawley's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Tranmere Rovers (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league win after four matches without one. Powell (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Powell scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Barrow.

There will be little rest for Crawley Town after this match as they are travelling to Hartlepool United for a League Two game in only four days.

Crawley Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 31 goals in 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Crawley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 30 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Crawley Town has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Colchester United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Colchester United so far with only 21 points returning home. The records show 6-3-12 (win-draw-lose). When Colchester United is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 4 of 6 matches. Newport County, Colchester United, AFC Wimbledon, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United and Harrogate Town is teams we like to compare Crawley Town with.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Colchester United goalkeeper Tom Smith is eager to challenge this, with his 223 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Colchester United, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Salford City (placed 8th) last time out. Attacker Chilvers got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Chilvers scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Crewe Alexandra.

A tale of few goals? 11 of this club's last 13 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

After this away game Colchester return home for a League Two game against Sutton United. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colchester United as they have only managed to score 19 times from 21 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Colchester have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Colchester United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Newport County, Colchester United, AFC Wimbledon, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United and Harrogate Town.

Head 2 Head

Crawley Town have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Colchester United.

Crawley and Colchester United have met already this season: Colchester United - Crawley Town 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownD. Telford
D. Telford
9 goals
Colchester UnitedN. Chilvers
N. Chilvers
8 goals
Crawley TownA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
7 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Colchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crawley Town Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 6 21 42
10 9 3 Won W 4 6 11
11 5 1 Drew D 0 3 12
21 7 2 Lost L 2 12 19
45 31 7 Scored S 9 19 40
69 30 6 Conceded C 6 27 47
93% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 60%
52% 52% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 33%
33% 33% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 17%
17% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 2%
55% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 48% 48%
17% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 14% 21%
36% 24% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 38% 36%
 
4.7 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.3 4.8
5.3 4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.1 5.2
1.9 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.5 10.7 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.1 9
3.1 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 1.5 1.7
35% 39% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 90% 61% 56%
 
13.2 11 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 12.7 11.5
4.6 3.6 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League Two

  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 41 24 12 5 56 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 20 10 6 4 26 17 29 84
2 Northampton Town 42 20 14 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 21 9 8 4 28 21 17 74
3 Stevenage 41 20 13 8 56 38 21 15 2 4 37 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 18 73
4 Stockport County 42 20 11 11 58 34 21 10 8 3 30 15 21 10 3 8 28 19 24 71
5 Carlisle United 42 19 14 9 60 37 21 11 7 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 71
6 Bradford City 41 19 14 8 54 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 20 10 6 4 24 15 19 71
7 Mansfield Town 41 18 12 11 65 50 20 8 8 4 34 27 21 10 4 7 31 23 15 66
8 Salford City 42 19 9 14 64 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 15 66
9 Barrow 42 18 8 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 21 6 5 10 17 30 -1 62
10 Sutton United 42 15 12 15 42 47 21 11 4 6 24 18 21 4 8 9 18 29 -5 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 14 11 17 40 44 21 9 6 6 25 19 21 5 5 11 15 25 -4 53
12 Swindon Town 41 13 13 15 52 50 20 7 6 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 52
13 Grimsby Town 41 13 13 15 45 52 20 4 10 6 20 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 52
14 Doncaster Rovers 42 15 7 20 43 59 21 10 1 10 25 27 21 5 6 10 18 32 -16 52
15 Walsall 42 11 18 13 42 42 21 8 9 4 24 15 21 3 9 9 18 27 0 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Newport County 41 12 14 15 43 47 20 6 6 8 22 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -4 50
18 Gillingham 42 12 12 18 30 45 21 10 5 6 18 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 48
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 21 6 3 12 19 27 -7 45
21 Harrogate Town 41 9 15 17 49 61 21 5 9 7 27 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 42
22 Crawley Town 42 10 11 21 45 69 21 9 5 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 41
23 Hartlepool United 42 8 15 19 48 72 21 4 10 7 24 33 21 4 5 12 24 39 -24 39
24 Rochdale 42 8 9 25 39 65 21 4 4 13 23 35 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 33

Table
  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 41 24 12 5 56 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 20 10 6 4 26 17 29 84
2 Northampton Town 42 20 14 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 21 9 8 4 28 21 17 74
3 Stevenage 41 20 13 8 56 38 21 15 2 4 37 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 18 73
4 Stockport County 42 20 11 11 58 34 21 10 8 3 30 15 21 10 3 8 28 19 24 71
5 Carlisle United 42 19 14 9 60 37 21 11 7 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 71
6 Bradford City 41 19 14 8 54 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 20 10 6 4 24 15 19 71
7 Mansfield Town 41 18 12 11 65 50 20 8 8 4 34 27 21 10 4 7 31 23 15 66
8 Salford City 42 19 9 14 64 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 15 66
9 Barrow 42 18 8 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 21 6 5 10 17 30 -1 62
10 Sutton United 42 15 12 15 42 47 21 11 4 6 24 18 21 4 8 9 18 29 -5 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 14 11 17 40 44 21 9 6 6 25 19 21 5 5 11 15 25 -4 53
12 Swindon Town 41 13 13 15 52 50 20 7 6 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 52
13 Grimsby Town 41 13 13 15 45 52 20 4 10 6 20 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 52
14 Doncaster Rovers 42 15 7 20 43 59 21 10 1 10 25 27 21 5 6 10 18 32 -16 52
15 Walsall 42 11 18 13 42 42 21 8 9 4 24 15 21 3 9 9 18 27 0 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Newport County 41 12 14 15 43 47 20 6 6 8 22 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -4 50
18 Gillingham 42 12 12 18 30 45 21 10 5 6 18 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 48
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 21 6 3 12 19 27 -7 45
21 Harrogate Town 41 9 15 17 49 61 21 5 9 7 27 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 42
22 Crawley Town 42 10 11 21 45 69 21 9 5 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 41
23 Hartlepool United 42 8 15 19 48 72 21 4 10 7 24 33 21 4 5 12 24 39 -24 39
24 Rochdale 42 8 9 25 39 65 21 4 4 13 23 35 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 33

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