With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Crawley Town fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Colchester United.
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League Two match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Stevenage, was also a home game here at The People's Pension Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Crawley Town form and stats
5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Crawley Town so far this season. Crawley Town are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The People's Pension Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Crawley's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Stevenage (placed 21st). Ahead of that match, Crawley Town lost 1-3 at home to Harrogate Town.
The penalty miss from Tom Nichols in the defeat against Stevenage was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Crawley Town handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and two defeats.
Crawley are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Grimsby Town awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Crawley in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Crawley Town have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-7-6 (14 played). Colchester United are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Scunthorpe United fixture. Visiting Colchester has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Colchester's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mansfield Town that finished 2-2. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Leyton Orient.
We have checked recent matches where Colchester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were one victory, three draws and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Exeter City in just three days.
The attacking power of Colchester when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Colchester United have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Colchester United - Crawley 1-1. Crawley Town-Colchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crawley Town three wins, Colchester United four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Nichols 7 goals |   J. Brown 7 goals |  C. Harriott 6 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Crawley Town | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 36 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 35 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 79% | 85% |
| 81% | 77% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 74% |
| 50% | 54% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 44% |
| 27% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| 12% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 62% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 63% |
| 19% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 26% |
| 23% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 9.7 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 36% | 48% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 32% |
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Cambridge United | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 48 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Salford City | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Newport County | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 43 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Walsall | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -6 | 35 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 34 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 33 |
| 19 | Port Vale | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 22 | Southend United | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -26 | 24 |
| 23 | Barrow | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -26 | 21 |